Jamāl al-Dīn b. Muḥammad al-Annī explained

Jamāl al-Dīn b. Muhammad al-Annī (d. 1882) was one of Islamic scholars from Annā, Rayya, Wollo, Ethiopia. He introduced Qādirī order in the region. He qualified many scholars like Muḥammad al-Dānī who later became his khalīfa (successor) at Dana, Habru, Ethiopia. He died and was buried in Koramē, a place in Habru district, North Wollo, Ethiopia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He is said to have composed 99 works on dhikr and ṣalawāt including Kifāyat al-ṭālibīn fī maʿrifat muhimmāt al-dīn.

Notes and References

1. Book: Islam in Ethiopia, by J. Spencer Trimingham. John Spencer Trimingham. 1952. Oxford University Press, G. Cumberlege. 458382994.
2. Book: Ahmed, Hussein. Islam in nineteenth-century Wallo, Ethiopia : revival, reform, and reaction. 2001. Brill. 9004119094. 925620084.
3. Ahmed. Hussein. 1988. Introducing an Arabic hagiography from Wallo”. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. 8. 194.