Serigne Mouhamadou Fallou Mbacké (Serigne Muhammadu Fadal Mbacke; Wolof: Sëriñ Muhammadu Fallou Mbàkke; 1888-1968) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the second Caliph of the
Mouride brotherhood, a large
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
order based in
Senegal, from 1945 until his death in 1968.
He was the son of Sufi saint and religious leader Sheikh
Amadou Bamba.
Life
Serigne Mouhamadou Fallilou Mbacké was born in 1888 (on the 27th night of
Rajab) in
Daaru Salam, Senegal. He presided over the inauguration of the expansion of the
Great Mosque of Touba
The Great Mosque of Touba ( ar, الجامع الكبير في توبا) is a mosque in Touba, Senegal. It was founded by Ahmad Bamba in 1887 and completed in 1963. Bamba died in 1927 and was interred inside the mosque. Since his death the mosq ...
on June 7, 1963. His eldest son is Serigne Modu Busso Dieng.
References
Mouride caliphs
People from Touba, Senegal
1888 births
1968 deaths
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