Sheikh dahiru usman bauchi biography of martin
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I’m blessed with 70 children, several grandchildren – Usman, Tijjaniyya Movement leader
Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, 92, one of the most prominent clerics in Bauchi State, is the Deputy Chairman, Fatwa Committee (Islamic Scholars’ Committee of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria).
Usman, who is also the leader of Tijjaniyya Movement, shares his life story with ARMSTRONG BAKAM
How did you become a Muslim scholar?
I am Fulani and I was born on June 28, 1927, which is equivalent to Wednesday 2nd Muharram, 1364 of the Islamic calendar.
Sheikh dahiru usman bauchi biography of martin
I schooled under my father’s tutelage or guidance as my teacher, and received or embraced the Tijjaniya Movement through him. My father similarly embraced the movement through one Alhaji Gwani Abba. And it was from my father I learnt to memorise the Holy Quran.
Later, my father instructed me to go anywhere and search for more knowledge or further my Quranic education in the land. Based on the advancement of knowledge, I acquir