Sheikh sharif ibrahim saleh an haifesa ne adaren asabar 12 ga watan mayo shekara 1983 a kawyen iredibe,inda qabilar shuwa arab take fatauchi,kusa da karamar hukumar Dikuwa a jihar Borno,mahafinsa shine sheikh Muhammad Alsalih,da ga yunus Alnawwy,mahaifinsa shahararren melamine mai yawan ibada,mahaifiyarsa Fatima yer sheikh Muhammad albashir alhusaini,ta shahara da karamchi da kuma yadda dukkan mutanen wajen suke mutuntata,tana kuma daga masu bada tarbiya da kuma son neman ilimi,ta rasa mai dakinta ne yayinda dansu yake da shekera bakwai,ita ta kula da tarbiyansa har ya girma.Ba shakka ita tazamo jagora sheikh Ibrahim saleh har ya kasanche shahararren jigon malami a duniya.ta kasanche mai hanasa yin kasuwanchin dabbobi saboda kar ya shiga mar gaban karatunsa,yayinda yake da shekara sha biyar mahaifiyarsa ta kasanche mai sa ido kan duk wassu lamura da danta yakeyi.

Sheikh Ibrahim ya kasanche chikin dunniyar alquarani yayinda yake dan karami kasanchewar mahaifinsa mutum ne mai yawan nafilfili chikin dare,hakan yasa shi ya haddache yawa surori tin kan akaisa makarantan alquraani,abinda yasa yawanchin almajiran babansa chikin rudani yayinda yake musu gyra in sunyi kuskure,duk da kasanchewansu suna gaba da shi a karatu, kasanchewar dukkanni bangarori biyun na mahaifansa shaharraru ne a ililimin addini wannan ya sa suka dage tukuru wajen ganin dannasu ya zamo wani jigo a ilimin addini.

A shekara ta 1944 zuwa 1964  sheikh Ibrahim saleh ya jajirche wajen neman ilimin alquraani dakuma ilimai da suke da dangantaka da fahimtar alqurani kamansu mandiq da falsfa,da balaqa wato ilimin fasaha,nemansa ga fitattun malaman alqurani ya fara ne daga chikin gidansu zuwa ga shararrun makarantun alquraani da ka fi saninsu da tsangaya ko tsangayoyi,a Maiduguri,da kuma makwabta,saninsa ba da wuya bay a kasanche Kaman wani gobara da ta mamaye ko ina game da zirfin da yayi wajen sanin alqurani da ilimiin addini,ya zamo sananne sabi da ziyara da yake wajen neman ilimi a wurare kamansu Tarmuwa,Gulumba,Gide,Maishimari,da kuma Maiduguri,ya zamanto madaukaki kuma shaharre chikin daliban ilimi har ma da fitattun malamai sabo da hazakarsa wajen neman ilimi da dadin karatunsa na alquraani da kuma kyewawan dabiunsa.

Da kawai shararrun malamai da sukayiwa shehin kyekkyewar shaida kuma suka yaba mar kwarai yayinda yake dalibi yanan neman ilimi,kamansu sheikh muhammadul habib,jika ga sheikh ahmadu tijjani,yayinda ya ziyarchi Maiduguri da ga kasar Algeria,da sheikh Muhammad Mustafa Alawi,da Shekh kadi lari abani,da sheikh Mustafa birshi,da sheikh ahmad ali abulfathi,da sheikh gibirima dagira,da sheikh tijjani usman,da sheikh Abubakar atiku,da dai shehinnai masu dimbin yawa da gaske.

Daga chikin manufofinsa da aka fi saninsa da su shine ko wani dalibin ilimi yana da wani jigon malami da yake son zama misali garesa,shi ko sheikh ya kasanche yana son zama Kaman imam Algazali,da kuma alhafiz bin hajar Alasqalani chikin ilimin hadisi,wajen ilimin wake kuwa da shaharren mawallafinnan imam abdulwahhab sharani,kuma ya kasanche ya na masaltuwan matuka da wayennan malaman ga dukkan wanda ya sanhi.

Heikh ya kasanche malami ne wanda ya nemi iliminsa chikin gida nan Nigria kuma hada da neman malami wajen Nigeria abinda yasa shehi yaje ziyara neman ilimi garuruwa da dama chikin kasashen Africa har ma da sauran kasashe.

A shekara 1963 shehi yayi tafiyarsa ta farko zuwa kasa mai tsarki domin sauke farillar hajji da kuma samun ijaza wato shaida daga malaman ilimin hadisi,qurani da riwayoyinsa da kuma ilimai na addini baki daya,inda ya hadu da shararrun malamai kuma fittattu kan wayennan bangarori na ilimi da yaje nema,kaman sheikh umar bin ali alfaruq Alfullati,da sheikh Alawi bin Abbas almaliky,da shekh muhammad arabi altubbani,and sheikh hassan bin ibarahim alashari,da su ka tabbatr da chanchantarsa da yasamu numban yabon daga wajensu,hakazalika shekh ya sami ijaza ta yabo da ga malaman kasar egypt a wajen ilimin hadisi daga sheikh muhammadul hafiz,kuma daga wassu bangarori na ilimin addini kaman ilimin kartuttunkan alqurani ya sami shaidar yabo daga wajen shararren makaranchi sheikh mahmud khalil al husari,da kuma shekh Amir bin usman alsayyid,chikin wadanda suka mar lamba ta yabo da shaida kan ilimim hadisi ha ila yau dakwai sheikh Ahmad nur albarmi daga kasar pakistan,sheik muhammad zakariya bin yahya alkhan dahlawi daga kasar india,dakuma sanannen malaminnan na islama sheikh ibrahin inyass daga kasar senegal.

Yana da matukar muhimmanchi sanin chewa sheikh ya kasanche shararren dalibin ilimine chikin shekaru ashirin kachal,inda ya samu horaswa ta ilimi anan kasa nigeria sai da hakan baya nuna chewa bai da malami akasan wajen kaman yadda ya gabata,sabo da gogayyarsa da malamai na chikin kasa tasa yazamo sannanne ga malamai dake kasan waje.

Duk da yake shekh ya sami dukkan iliminsa ne chikin kasa Nigeria hakan yasa duk wani abu da akeyi na ilimi a Nigeraia sheikh na da hannu chiki,sabo da ba wata aya da za akaranta da sheikh bai samo wani hadisi dake bayani akanta ba,ko kuma maganan wani sahabin annabi akanta,kuma sai ya anbachi dalilin da yasa aka sauko da wannan aya wato (asbabunnuzul),kuma sai ya ambachi shin wannan aya ko an soketa da wata ayar wato abinda malamai suke kira (nsikh wal mansukh) yakan anbachi duk wannan kan ko wani aya.

Baichin zirfin ilimi da shehi yayi a Bangarori na ilimin addinin islama da muka anmbata hakanan shehkh ya zirfi chikin ilimin tauhidi da fiqhu inda yasan duk wata fahimta ta duk wani malami kan ko wacche mas’ala kuma yasan sabanin ra’ayi tsakanin wayennan malamai,dakuma kan wata hujja wayennan malamai suka gina ra’ayinsu,masala idan har kan addini ne baya daukanta da sauki,yasan fahimtar imam malik kwarai da gaske hakama dukkanin sauran mazhabobi musamman kuma abinda yakara mar sani kan sauran mazhabobin kakkyewar alaqarsa da malaman da suke alaqa da mazhabobin.

A shekara 1963 shekh ya zamo mai shiryawa gomnatin arewachin nigria yadda za su maida tsangayoyin alqurani suna masu bada ilimin alqurani tare da ilimin zamani,a kasar Borno kuwa lokachinda a ka bude makarantar bada huraswa kan ilimin addinin islama da shara’a (BOCOLIS)Gomnatin Borno ta sanya sheik shine mai gudanar musau da yanda za atafiyar da koyarwa a wannan makranta,bayannan sheikh yazama daya daga chikin masu fada aji kan sha’anin makarantu(schools governing boad)daga shekara ta 1984 zuwa 1990 kuwa ya zamo shine shugaban wannan gungiya ta masu fada aji akan harkar makaranto a kasar Borno,a shekara 1990 ha ila yau aka zabi shehi da yazamo shine shugaba na harkadda ta shafi aikin hajji a jahar Borno wato (chairman of the state pilgrim welfare boad)ya shafe shekaru biyu yana wannan matsayi daga bisani yakoma kan matsayinsa na shugaban harakadda ta shafi ilimim a makarantar BOCOLIS.

Sheikh ya kasanche ya na alaqa da gumnati ta kasa baki dya inda ya kasanche ashekara 1976 mai bada shawara na din din din  kan harka da ta shafi addini  da makamatan hakan,haka kuma yakan wakilchi Nigeriya a duka wata harka ta addini akasan waje kaman kasar saudiya,iran,Egypt,Turkey,Libiya,Morrocco,Malesiya,Indunusiya,Pakistan,Senegal,Iraqi,Sudan,da de sauransu,ya kuma shafe shekaru yana wa’azi a watan azimi afadar shugaban kasa a Lagos,kuma yayi wannan ga shwadannin kasa da dama,shekh yana kan gaba ko da yaushe kan wayarwa mutane muhimmanchin zaman lafiya da hadin kai tsakanin musulumai da muhawara ta salama tsakanin addinai anan kasa Nigeraia da duniya baki daya.

Sonsa ga rubuche rubuche da kuma dukufa da zirfin nazari chikin ilimi hakanne yasa shekih ya wallafa litattafai 400dasuka hada da  kasidu sama da dari da ya rubuta a tararruka daban daban da harshen Larabchi,wadanda suka shafi ilimin alquraani mai girma da hadisan manzon Allah tsira da amichin Allah yatabbata a gresa,tarihin falsafa,ilimin fiqhu,ilimin taurari,ilimin sanin harshen larabchi,ilimin sufanchi,ilimin siyasa a musulinchi,ilimin shria kan abinda ya shafi gado,ilimin zamantakewa ta zaman lafiya tsakanin al-ummu.