Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, the Glossary
Ahmad Abubakar Gumi is an Islamic cleric, scholar and former military officer with the rank of captain in the Nigerian Army.[1]
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38 relations: Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais, Abubakar Gumi, Ahmadu Bello, Ahmadu Bello University, Allah, Captain, Constitution of Nigeria, Fiqh, Greenfield University, Greenfield University kidnapping, Ibn Taymiyya, Islam, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Kagara Emirate, Kano State, Katsina State, Malik ibn Anas, Maliki school, Mufti, Niger State, Nigeria, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Army Medical Corps, Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigerians, Northern Region, Nigeria, Physician, Politics of Nigeria, Ramadan, Saud Al-Shuraim, Saudi Arabia, Sultan Bello Mosque, Sunni Islam, Tafsir, Tawhid, Umm al-Qura University, Zamfara State.
- Maliki fiqh scholars
- Nigerian Muslim activists
- Nigerian Sunni Muslims
- Nigerian Sunni religious leaders
Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais (ʻAbd ar-Raḥman ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAziz as-Sudais), better known as al-Sudais, is the Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; a renowned Qāriʾ (reciter of the Qur'an); he was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005.
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Abubakar Gumi
Abubakar Mahmud Gumi (7 November 1924 – 11 September 1992) was a Nigerian Islamic scholar and Grand Khadi of the Northern Region of Nigeria (1962–1967), a position which made him a central authority in the interpretation of the Shari'a legal system in the region. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and Abubakar Gumi are Hausa people, Maliki fiqh scholars and Nigerian Sunni Muslims.
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Ahmadu Bello
Ahmadu Ibrahim Bello, famously known as Sardauna of Sokoto (12 June 1910 – 15 January 1966), knighted as Sir Ahmadu Bello, was a conservative Nigerian statesman who was one of the leading northern politicians in 1960 and served as its first and only premier from 1954 until his assassination in 1966, in which capacity he dominated national affairs for over a decade.
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Ahmadu Bello University
The Ahmadu Bello University (popularly known as ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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Allah
Allah (ﷲ|translit.
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Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc.
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Constitution of Nigeria
The Constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Fiqh
Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.
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Greenfield University
Greenfield University is a private university in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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Greenfield University kidnapping
The Greenfield University kidnapping took place on 20 April 2021, when at least 20 students and 2 staff were kidnapped in Kasarami village, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria, during an attack by suspected armed bandits at Greenfield University.
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Ibn Taymiyya
Ibn Taymiyya (ٱبْن تَيْمِيَّة; 22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328)Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din Ahmad, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Kaduna
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria.
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Kaduna State
Kaduna State (Jihar Kaduna, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; script, 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤣𞤵𞤲𞤢; Si̱tet Ka̱duna) is a state in the northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna, which was the 8th largest city in the country as of 2006.
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Kagara Emirate
The Kagara Emirate is a traditional state which located in Kagara near to Birni-gwari town, founded by the Nagwamatse of kontagora through Madaki masoyi.
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Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: Jihar Kano جِهَرْ كَنُوَ; translit) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country.
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Katsina State
Katsina State (Jihar Katsina جىهر كثينا; Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢) is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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Malik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas (translit; –795) was an Islamic scholar and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi and Malik ibn Anas are Maliki fiqh scholars.
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Maliki school
The Maliki school or Malikism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.
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Mufti
A mufti (مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (fatwa) on a point of Islamic law (sharia).
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Niger State
Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
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Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Nigerian Army Medical Corps
The Nigerian Army Medical Corps (NAMC) is an administrative corps of the Nigerian Army tasked with medical functions.
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Nigerian Defence Academy
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna, Nigeria, that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force.
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Nigerians
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria.
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Northern Region, Nigeria
Northern Nigeria (or Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Politics of Nigeria
The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Ramadan
Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.
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Saud Al-Shuraim
Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim; born 19 January 1966) is a Quranic reciter who was one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. He also holds a Ph.D degree in Sharia (Islamic studies) at the Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. Shuraim was recently appointed as dean and "Specialist Professor in Fiqh" at the University.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
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Sultan Bello Mosque
Sultan Bello Mosque (مسجد السلطان بلو) also known as The Kaduna Central Mosque, is one of the largest mosques in Kaduna State, Nigeria, built in 1962.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Tafsir
Tafsir (tafsīr; Explanation) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran.
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Tawhid
Tawhid (تَوْحِيد|translit.
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Umm al-Qura University
Umm al-Qura University (UQU; lit) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Zamfara State
Zamfara (Adlam: 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria.
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See also
Maliki fiqh scholars
- Abd al-Qadir dan Tafa
- Abdallah bin Bayyah
- Abdullahi dan Fodio
- Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Abu Layth
- Abu al-Arab
- Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî
- Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti
- Al-Shafi'i
- Hamza Yusuf
- Ibn Farhun
- Ibn al-Hajib
- Ibrahim al-Laqqani
- Malik ibn Anas
- Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït
- Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Muhammad al-Zurqani
- Qadi Abd al-Wahhab
- Rania Awaad
- Sulaiman Muhammad Adam
- Taqi al-Din al-Fasi
Nigerian Muslim activists
- Ahmad Abubakar Gumi
- Aisha Yesufu
- Ibrahim Zakzaky
- Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
- Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi
- Qasim Umar Sokoto
Nigerian Sunni Muslims
- Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad Sulaiman Ibrahim
- Bello Bala Shagari
- Dahiru Usman Bauchi
- Ibrahim Ahmad Maqary
- Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
- Jobawa
- Kabiru Gombe
- Muhammad Auwal Albani Zaria
- Rilwan Akiolu
- Sani Yahaya Jingir
- Shehu Shagari
- Sulaiman Muhammad Adam
- Yakubu Musa Katsina
Nigerian Sunni religious leaders
- Ahmad Abubakar Gumi
- Ahmad Sulaiman Ibrahim
- Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
- Kabiru Gombe