Sheikh Dahiru Usman OFR Pronunciation (born 29 June 1927) is a Nigerian Islamic Scholar. He is the supreme leader of the Islamic Sufi group known as the Tijaniyyah in Nigeria.

Grand Leader of the Tijaniyya Movement in Nigeria
Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi
Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi
Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi
TitleSheikh
Personal
Born
Dahiru Usman

(1927-06-29) 29 June 1927 (age 97)
ReligionIslam
NationalityNigerian
Children61, estimate
EraModern era
RegionNorthern Nigeria
DenominationSufi, Tariqa
JurisprudenceMaliki
MovementTijaniyya
Main interest(s)Qur'an Teaching and Commentaries (Tafsir), Preaching.
Notable work(s)Tafsir al Quran
Teachers15,000+
OccupationScholar
Muslim leader
Students
  • 10,000000+

Early life

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Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi was born in East Gombe at Northern Region, Nigeria.[citation needed] His parents were from Bauchi in East Gombe. His maternal roots are from Gombe. Dahiru Bauchi was born in the Hijri year 1346 (Gregorian calendar: June 29, 1927).

Education

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As a youth Dahiru Bauchi studied the Holy Qur’an under the tutelage of his father Alhaji Usman. Eventually he learned to recite the entire Qur’an from memory as could his father. He studied under scholars like Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon-Bare-bari, Shaykh Abubakar Atiku and Shaykh Abdulqadir Zaria He received the Tijjaniyyah Tariqah. His father was a Tijani muqaddam (Imam), who was granted authorization (ijāzah) for tariqa. Dahiru Bauchi is deputy chair of the Fatwa Committee of the Supreme Council Of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Nigeria. He is 95 years old but still healthy as a youth [1]

Criticism

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Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi was detained in 2009 in Saudi Arabia by Saudi security forces while performing his pilgrimage in Mecca. The cause of the arrest was the ongoing doctrinal dispute between three major Nigerian Islamic groups, Darika, Izala, and Shi'ah, that broke out during Ramadan of that year.[2]

Shi'a killings

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Usman is not blamed in the 2015 Zaria massacre on Nigerian authorities.[3]

Personal life

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The renowned Islamic scholar, now in his 90's with more than 80 children, married the daughter of the renowned 20th-century Tijani scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse. Sheikh Baba Laminu Niasse of Kaolack, Senegal, officiated the marriage in Ibrahim Niasse Mosque, Senegal.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mohammed, Ahmed; Bauchi (2015-04-02). "Buhari's victory God's answer to prayers of Nigerians- Dahiru Bauchi". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-05-25.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ ali alkali "Saudi's Security Arrested Nigeria Tariqa leader Sheikh Bauchi" Archived 2010-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, allafrica, 10-2009
  3. ^ Doya, Khalid Idris (28 December 2015). "Sheikh Dahiru blames army on Shi'a". Islamic Movement. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ^ Nl Talk Talk "usman bauchi with 61 children got new bride" Archived 2019-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Naijaloded, July, 2016