Modibbo adama biography for kids
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Sheikh Modibbo Abdul-Qādir Jaylānī Ibn Modibbo Altine was born in 1903 at “Badara” a village in Bauchi state. He was named Abdul-Qadir Jelani by his father because he was an adherent of Qadiriyya Sufi order.
He started learning from his father at young age of 14 years old. His father died and left behind Abdul-Qādir and a younger brother Muhammad Tukur and a sister called Sufrah. After some years, he went to Kano in order to further his studies, he first learned from Mallam Sani Harazimi, he also went to Zaria and learned from Shariff Sani (Tudun Wada, Zaria) where he was initiated into Tijjaniyya Sufi beställning. He went back to Kano for the second time to study Islamic knowledge.
After some years he return back to his home town (Badara) and decided to continue the journey started by his father to Mecca. He settled at various places in Gombe where many people followed him to learn. He entered Adamawa and settled at “Gudun Miya” (a vi
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For about 200 years until 2002, it was Masallacin Kara (the corn-stalk Mosque).
Myth held that, in the past, every stalk had some mystical and therapeutic powers and that if the mosque was reconstructed with anything else, it would crumble after kvartet years.
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But 13 years after modernly reconstructed, it has not crumbled.
Who was at Gurin
Last August, I launched the series of my news features on the historical significance and current state of the existing relics of the 19th Century Shehu Uthman Danfodiyo-led Jihad which carved out an expansive Caliphate covering sections of the present-day West and Central Africa. Mythical
I started with Danfodiyo Mosque beside Tafkin Kwatto at Gudu, Sokoto State, where the Jihad was formally launched in 1804. Originally constructed with stalks and stilts in 1804, the Gudu Mosque was rebuilt with mud early 1960s bygd the then Premier of the defunct Northern Region and Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. It was
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Modibbo Raji
Nineteenth century Islamic scholar in Gwandu and Adamawa
Modibbo Raji | |
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Born | Muhammad Raji b Ali 1790 Maratta, Gobir, present-day Republic of Niger. |
Died | 1865(1865-00-00) (aged 74–75) Yola |
Resting place | Yola |
Children | Abubakar (Alfa), Usman (Baba Modibbo), Mustafa (Ba Dikko), Ahmad (Ba Sambo), Murtala (Baba Girei), Isa (Gaji), Amina, Zainab (Goggo Abu), Asma'u (Goggo Nana), Fatima (Goggo Zahra'u), Hajara (Goggo Hamdalla), Maimuna (Goggo Muna), Hafsat (Goggo Peto) |
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Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Sect | Tijaniyya |
Jurisprudence | Maliki |
Teachers | Usman dan Fodio Abdullahi dan Fodio |
Modibbo Raji (Arabic: محمد راجي بن علي بن أبو بكر; 1790 – 1865) was a 19th-century FulaniIslamic scholar who was part of the community of Usman Dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, and his brother Abdullahi dan Fodio.[1] After a long career as a teacher, Qadi, Nai