Nigerian Great Sufi Sheikh Dahiru Usman

Bisma Farhana, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria:

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

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 during the 1346 Hijra, (Gregorian calendar: June 29, 1927). As a youth Dahiru Bauchi, studied the Holy Qur’an under the tutelage of his father Alhaji Usman. His father taught him the Holy Qur’an. Eventually he learned to recite the entire Qur’an from memory as could his father. He received the Tijjaniyyah, Tariqah. His father was a Muqaddam (Imam), who was granted authorization (ijazah) for Tijaniyya. Dahiru Bauchi is deputy chair of the Fatwa Committee of the Supreme Council Of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Nigeria.

The renowned Islamic scholar, who is at 90’s with more than 62 children married the daughter of Senegalese scholar and Tijjaniya, caliph, Sheikh Ibrahim Niass. Sheikh Baba Laminu Niasse of Kaolack, Senegal, officiated the marriage in Ibrahim Niass, Mosque Senegal.

Sheikh Dahiru was arrested in Saudi Arabia, by Saudi’s securities when performing his pilgrimage, the cause of the arrest was the doctrinal war between the three major Nigerian Islamic groups, Darika, Izala, and Shi’ah, that characterized this year’s Ramadan tafseer.

Shi’a killings, Usman blamed the 2015 Zaria massacre on Nigerian authorities.

Here are some more information according to: Professor Khalid Abdullahi Zaria – DELF, DALF, FFLE, FPFN & FFSN.

THE REASONS WHY SHEIKH TAHIR BAUCHI IS DISTINCT AMONG WORLD SCHOLARS:

Biography Of Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi RTA, OFR;

1. Age: 95; 1346 Zuwa 1441.

2. Children: 95; Mata 48, Maza 47.
   Those that memorised the Quran up head among them 77.
   13 children dies while 82 living
3. Grand Children 406
   Those that memorised the Quran up head =188.Number of his grand Children from his male Children, 236.
   Number of his Grand Children from his females children, 170.
   His 1st Grand child Baba ‘Dan Hindu, ‘Dan Marigayiya Sayyida Aisha Sheikh Tahir “Adda Yalwa”
   His number 406th Grand Child is Sayyida Raihanatu Sheikh Tahir who was born this week
4. Number of his Great Grand Children 100.
   Those that memorised the Quran 10.
   Total Number of his Children, Grand Children ad Great Grand Children is 601
   275 among them memorised the Quran by heart
   

Source: Wikipedia and Nasrul Ilm Nigeria