Mame Sheikh Ibrahima Fall is a Senegalese religious leader.
Son of Serigne Modou Rokhaya Fall, a great scholar of Islam in Senegal and Mame Seynabou Ndiaye, Mame Cheikh Ibrahima Fall is a direct descendant of the royal family of damel Dethialaw Atmane Fall, of the Géer nobility of Cayor.
He professes the faith of his marabout, namely Orthodox Muridism.
Sheikh Ibrahima Fall's other creed is work as a way of spiritual elevation and accession to the sealed enclosure of Allah.
He had elevated work to the rank of pious action.
Ibrahima Fall He studied at the Koranic school of his father Amadou Fall and completed his training with other masters in the field of theology, Tawhid of Fiqh and Fikh and Tassawuf, and also in Arabic grammar or rhetoric.

His meeting with Ahmadou Bamba marks an important turning point in his spiritual adventure and in his quest for Allah the Absolute.

Being from a family of Wolof nobility, he renounces any claim to chieftaincy.

After several years of austerity, it develops mainly agricultural activities whose benefits are almost totally oriented towards the needs of the Mouride community.

He is an important financial support for Mouridism and for the royal road to reach Allah to whom he dedicates his life and his fortune.

His contribution to the expansion of Mouridism is such that it has been said that if Ahmadou Bamba was the soul and the inspiring designer of the Way, Mame Sheykh Ibra Fall was certainly his secular arm, the linchpin

Died in 1930 in the Diourbel region, he was buried in Touba with his master Ahmadou Bamba.

 

 

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