Shaykh Nazim reading at the Library

Built over 165 years ago, this College in Galle is the oldest Muslim Arabic College in Sri Lanka.  It has over 200 students at any given time. Below, the asatidha met Mawlana Shaykh and escorted him down the street as the students sang Salawats.  Inside, Mawlana spoke on the importance of Tasawwuf and traditional learning and against the Wahhabi innovations and their baseless opposition to Mawlid ash-Sharif.  

After the speech, the school presented a traditional Rifa'i dhikr and Salawats.  Before his departure, Mawlana browsed the Arabic library, which consists of History, Tafsir, Hadith, Biography, Stories, Tasawwuf, and more. 

Listen to the Salawats - [.MP3 File]

Watch Video of the Procession

Another view of the museum

Visiting with the museum caretaker

A Visit to the Galle Museums and Gardens

After the visit to the Ibrahimiyya College, Shaykh continued on to the historic gardens and museum of Galle.  He greatly enjoyed the exotic flora of Sri Lanka, as illustrated above. 

Shaykh enjoyed the old-fashioned crafts on display at the museum, watch them on video.

Inside the museum

A view over Galle from the museum

Visit to Maqam and Dhuhr

Shaykh Nazim and company prayed Dhuhr prayers at a local mosque, and paid a visit to the graveyard behind the masjid.

Dinner and Sohba at the home of the Hon. Minister of Labor, Alavi Moulana

After the three hour drive back to Colombo, Mawlana spoke on the importance of Mawlid ash-Sharif on this first of Rabi' al-Awwal.  His talk will be posted shortly, please check back soon.