Mukhtar al-Kunti

**Sidi al-Mukhtar ibn Ahmad al-Kunti ** (1729-1811) wani babban malami ne na kungiyar Qadiriyya a yammacin Sudan wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen yada addinin musulunci a yammacin Afrika a ƙarni na sha tara.

## Asalin
An haifi Al-Mukhtar ibn Ahmad al-Kunti a shekara ta 1729 a yankin Erg Oralla da ke arewacin Mabroûk a ƙasar Mali . 

Iyalinsa na cikin Zawāyā, ƙungiyar ƙabilun da suka yi watsi da tashin hankali da kariyar kai don samun zaman lafiya na ibada da kiwo, suna ba da gudummawa ga ƙungiyoyin mayaka don guje wa lalata.  Shi ɗan ƙabilar Kunta ne masu faɗa a ji, asalinsu larabawa zuriyar Uqba ibn Navi Al Fihri. Yawancin Kunta sun ƙaura zuwa gabas zuwa yankin arewacin Timbuktu kuma sun zama masu sayar da gishiri. Kunta sun karɓi koyarwar Muhammad al-Maghili, sanannen malami a wajen 1500&nbsp;CE wanda aka ce ya gabatar da tsarin Qadiriyya na Sufaye a yankin. 

Mahaifin Al-Mukhtar ya rasu yana dan shekara goma.

Wasu daga cikin danginsa sun taimaka wajen karatunsa, haka ma 'yan kabilar Kel al-Suq da Kel Hurma. Babban malaminsa shi ne Shaykh Sidi Ali bin al-Najib na Araouane, babban malamin Qadiriyya. 

Ya kuma kasance mai kula da ƙabarin da ke kusa da Oualata na Sidi Ahmed al-Kunti (aka al-Bakka'i Bu Dam'a, Arabic   ), wani waliyyi Kunta wanda ya rasu a shekara ta 1515. 

John Hunwick ya ba da shawarar cewa tsakanin 1754 zuwa 1757 al-Mukhtar ya yi karatu a Morocco . Ya auri wani kani mai nisa da dawowar sa.  Duk da haka, wannan bai dace da tushe na farko a kan rayuwar malamin, ciki har da hagiography na ɗansa.  Al-Mukhtar bai bar Afirka ta yamma ba a cikin karatunsa, ko sauran rayuwarsa.

## Sana'a
Al-Mukhtar ya gaji Sidi Ali a matsayin Shaihu lokacin da ya rasu. Ya yi sansaninsa a Azawad, kimanin  zuwa arewa maso gabashin Timbuktu. Daga Azawad ya yi sulhu a rikicin kabilanci, musamman tsakanin Kunta da Barabish.  Al-Mukhtar al-Kunti yana da ƙwarewar jagoranci ban da iliminsa da halaye na ruhaniya. Tun daga shekara ta 1757, an riga an amince da shi a matsayin shugaban Kunta, kuma nan da nan duk sauran shaihin Qadiri suka amince da shi, ya kara tsunduma cikin warware takaddama tsakanin al'ummar Abzinawa na yankin. 

Daga ƙarshe al-Mukhtar ya zama sanannen jagora na ruhaniya a wani babban yanki kusa da lanƙwasa kogin Neja . A wannan yanki mutanen Iwellemmedan sune manyan mayaka kuma Kunta suka mamaye kasuwanci tare da samar da jagoranci na addini. 

Ya ba da shawara ta ruhaniya ga sarkin kabilar Ullimiden Kawa Ag Amma.

Ya rasu yana da shekaru 82 a shekara 1226&nbsp;AH (1811&nbsp;CE) kuma dansa Muhammad ya gaje shi sannan kuma jikansa Ahmed al-Bakkay. 

## Tasiri
Al-Mukhtar al-Kunti ya kasance kwararren marubuci, wanda aka ce ya rubuta littafai dari uku kan bangarorin Musulunci da ayyukansa. 

Sai ya ga kansa a matsayin mujaddadi, sai ya dauka wahayi ne daga Annabi da ya bayyana gare shi ya ce: "Kai ne manzo na gaskiya don ka gyara mini hanyata." A cikin rubuce-rubucensa ya yi adawa da abubuwa kamar laya da layu, da kuma karuwar ɗimbin *mallam* da ke sha'awar kuɗi .

Al-Mukhtar al-Kunti ya yi imani da gaske cewa ya kamata shaihi ya jagoranci misali, yana bin tsantsar son zuciya da gaskiyar Musulunci ta sanar. Ya yi wasiƙu sosai tare da sauran masana a cikin ƙasa mai busasshiyar ƙasa da ɓarke wadanda suka tashi daga Daular Kanem – Borno a gabas zuwa gabar tekun Atlantika. 

Babban tasirin da Al-Mukhtar ya yi da kuma goyon bayan *tarikar* Qadiriyya na nufin Musulunci ya fadada matsayinsa a yankin fiye da na kebantaccen addini na 'yan kasuwa da malamai. An bukaci ’yan *tarika* su yada sako a tsakanin maguzawan Allah daya wanda dukkan mutane suke karkashinsa. Mukhtar al-Kunti ya horar da malamai ta yadda za su kafa makarantun Islamiyya a kasashen maguzawa, kuma wadannan makarantu za su iya kara yada labarin. 

Da yake amsa tambaya kan matsayin al'ummar Fula, Sidi al-Mukhtar a fili ya ki amincewa da wani banbanci tsakanin bakar fata da farare. 

Al-Mukhtar al-Mukhtar Shaykh Sīdyā al-Kabīr babban malamin Qadiriyya ne a Mauritania .  A cikin Daular Ségou, an kashe almajirinsa Bakari saboda ba ya son yin sulhu da arna. 

Al-Mukhtar ya koyar da Usman dan Fodio da Seku Amadu na Masarautar Massina . 

Usman dan Fodio ya kalli al-Mukhtar a matsayin malami, kuma an ruwaito cewa al-Mukhtar ya goyi bayan Usman a yakin da ya kafa daular Sokoto a shekarar 1809, yana mai cewa "Usman ibn Fudi yana daya daga cikin fitattun waliyai; jihadinsa adalci ne." 

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