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Aladua Ralakatibu (prayer of the Khatib = orator) is a Khutba = sermon (originally from about 1250) (found in Madagascar)
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Taken from: Gabriel Ferrand: les Migrations Musulmanes et Juives a Madagascar in L�Histoire des Religions 1905
Are mentioned in this sermon: The Prophet and his family, Abu Bakr, Omar et Othman, Aisa, Fatima, Hasan et Hosain, al-asara mubassara the two uncles of the Prophete Hamza et Al-Abbas, the Caliph Abu Ahmad Abdallah al-Musta�sim billah with the title Amir al-Muminin, prince of the believers, His imperial highness the Sultan ?????? son of the Sultan Othman.
The Caliph al-Mostasim ruled from 1242 till 1258 AD when the Mongols destroyed Baghdad.
As this sermon calls him prince of the believers the Muslims in Madagascar who used this sermon must have been sunnis who left the muslim lands shortly before the Mongols destroyed Baghdad to settle in Madagascar.