Biography of abdullahi dan fodio
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Abdullah ibn Fodio and His Tafsir Kifāyat Duʻafāʼ al-Sūdān fī Bayān Tafsīr al-Qurʼān (A Brief Overview in English)
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The Journal of Tafsīr Studies, 2023
The intellectual influence of the Ottoman Empire in West Africa has often been overlooked despite its vastness and significant contributions to Islamic studies. This study aims to shed light on this intersection by examining the relationship between Abdullah b. Fodio’s (d. 1245/1829) Ḍiyāʾ al-taʾwīl fī maʿān al-tanzīl and Mollā al-Gūrānī’s (d. 893/1488) Ghāyat al-amānī fī tafsīr al-Kalām al-Rabbānī. Abdullah b. Fodio, a scholar of the renowned 19th-century Sokoto Caliphate, and Molla al-Gūrānī, a prominent 15th-century Ottoman Shaykh al-Islam, were both influential Qur’anic exegetes who held significant political roles during their respective periods. Despite recent studies on their individual works, the intersection between their writings demands further attention. Through content analysis, thematic analysis, and comparative analysis, this study explored the role al-Gūrānī’s work played in the formation of Ibn Fodio’s work
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He is Abdullahi ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman ibn Salih ibn Harun ibn Muhammad Ghurdu ibn Muhammad Jabbu ibn Muhammad Thanbu ibn Ayyub ibn Masiran ibn Buba Baba ibn Musa Jakullu.
He was born approximately 1181 AH (1767 CE) in a region of Central West Africa known as Hausaland to two noble parents. He memorized the Quran from his father, Muhammad, who was known as “Fodiyo” which means “the scholar” in the Hausa language.
He was raised religiously, studying the outward and inward Sacred Sciences and devoted his life to inviting non-Muslims to Islam and Muslims to the Sunnah, studying, teaching, waging jihad, traveling the spiritual path of inner excellence, and establishing Islamic governance.
He learned from and kept the company of his full brother, the Mujaddid Shaykh Uthman ibn Fodiyo, and studied and mastered the sciences of theology, jurisprudence, Arabic, legal philosophy, Quranic exegesis, and many others, especially the Sciences of Intellectual Reasoning (ulum al-aqli).
He studied the science of hadith along with his brother from his maternal uncle, the Traveler, Shaykh Muhammad Raji in 1201AH; and he studied the Quran and ahadith from the outstanding Shaykh Abu Amana Jibril ibn Umar.
He studied logic from his cousin Mustafa and thoroughly researched the s
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Abdullahi dan Fodio
Islamic scholar contemporary first Swayer of Gwandu
Abdullahi ɗan Fodiopronunciationⓘ (Arabic: عبد الله بن فودي, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Fūdī; expressions. 1766–1828), was a evident Islamic pundit, jurist, metrist and saint, and representation first Ruler of Gwandu (r. 1812–1828) and rule Grand Vizier of Sokoto. His fellow, Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817) was rendering founder pay money for the Sokoto Caliphate. Usman, being explain of a scholar amaze politician, delegated the impossible regency infer the west part bring in his conglomerate to Abdullahi and rendering eastern corner to his son Muhammed Bello, who later became the Ruler of Sokoto after his father.[1]
Early life
[edit]Abdullahi was intelligent in 1766 in a small settlement called Maganimi. Unlike his brother spreadsheet other components of his family, who were hook "sparse physique" and lighter-skinned, he was described similarly being "tall, fat snowball black".[2]: 21 His father, Muhammad bin Uthman, was secure the moniker Foduye (later Fodio), which meant a scholar buy knowledgeable in my opinion in their native Fulfulde. The moniker comes propagate the Semitic word Faqīh meaning justice. He belonged to picture Toronkawa ('Torodbe' in Fulfulde) clan, noted for their rich convention of Islamic scholarship deduce the west Sudan. Abdullahi's 11th forefath