al-Azharī, or Soufiane Salime Dramé
Biography
Born into a well-known family of scholars in the town of Jallānī, some thirty miles from Kayes. His brother Zayd founded a school there in 1993, which now has over 1,300 pupils. Sufyān is principal of the Madrasat al-Hilāl al-Islāmī.
Works
1. al-Islām wa-mabādiʾ al-akhlāq
Completed on 9 Jumādā II 1395/20 May 1975 in Bamako.
Publ. Cairo: ʿĪsā al-Bābī al-Ḥalabī, n.d. (copy in NU/ Brenner, 35).