Creator: Abdourahmane Kounta
Sunuy Mag TV

Description: In the video "Gàmmu 2017 / Causerie de Serigne Abdourahmane Kounta," Serigne Abdourahmane Kounta takes advantage of his interview with Sunuy Mag TV to address the controversial and long-standing debate about whether or not the gàmmu (annual pilgrimage celebration) is Bid’a (Innovation in religion). Although he admits that the gàmmu is Bid’a, he cautions that detractors of the gàmmu are pseudo-intellectuals who have a narrow understanding of the concept of Bid’a. Elaborating on the topic, he distinguishes between two types of Bid’a: positive and permissible Bid’a on the one hand, and negative and reprehensible Bid’a on the other. According to him, the gàmmu belongs to the former type of Bid’a, because it is based on the consensus of the majority of the Umma which is, after the Holy Quran and the prophetic tradition, a reliable jurisprudential source.

Video interview in Wolof; summary by Dr. Moussa Thiao.

Date: December 17

Date Range: 2010-2019

Location: Ndiassane, Tivaouane, Senegal

Format: Video/mp4

Language: Wolof

Rights Management: For educational use only.

Contributing Institution: Maria Grosz-Ngate; MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University

Contributor: Moussa Thiao

Source: Sunuy Mag le Portail des erudits Senegalais: Published on December 13, 2017; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp27yz_J040