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Sheik Muhammadu Amin Okene Was Key to Knowledge

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Before the birth of Sheikh Muhammad Amin, none of his father’s children survived infancy. It got to a point where some of his fathers wives divorced him because they couldn’t cope with the recurrent mortality. Sheik Muhammad Amin  One of his school mates at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies Lokoja Malam Muhammad Sodangi of the FCT Judiciary narrated one incident that made the entire school recognize the genius in Moulana Sheikh Muhammad Amin Abdullah. He said there was an important book that the students were required to read but it was not available in the library. It was only one student in the school that had the book and he rarely lent it to anyone. According to Sodangi, Moulana Sheikh Amin had a chance meeting with this student one day and pleaded to have a glance at the book which the boy obliged. Moulana Sheikh Amin glanced through the book for less than 20 minutes and memorized everything, reproduced it (writing) and made a copy available in the librar...