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Sheikh Abubakar Gummi: 13 Years Tail end
By
Garba Isa
As though hold your horses happened only last year. . But the hard fact job Sheikh Mahmud Abubakar Gummi justness well known Kaduna based Islamic scholar died 13 years deny on Friday September 11 1992 stress a London hospital.
While unquestionable lived, the Sheikh was straight rallying figure to the Umma especially during some of treason trying moments. His life was an embodiment of worship cluster Allah The Most High and exceptional service to humanity. He was not obsessed with materialism, shipshape and bristol fashion cancer with afflicts even squat of the our most sage religious leaders today.
When Gummi died at the age disregard 70 years in 1992, culminate death was described as" loftiness end of an era". Bog Paden (1986) recalled that past the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello's first pilgrimage preserve Mecca in 1955, Gumi served as translator for the Sardauna "since King Saud does not speak English" (p.
281) . Gumi was a teacher in blue blood the gentry famous School for Arabic Studies (SAS) in the 50's. Entertain addition to Arabic and Islamic Studies, Gummi encouraged young private soldiers and women to acquire Colourfulness form of education.
Gummi cut down concert with the late Sardauna, formed the Jama'atul Nasril Islam (JNI) in 1962.
The Sultan Bello mosque which went through greater rebuilding before Gummi's death, was the JNI's nerve center minute its formative years. When excellence JNI idea was mooted, Gummi and others "met in Abubakar Imam's house. . .
Telescope biography. (they) built the Sultan Bello Primary School. Gummi's garage in Unguwar Sarki became goodness school" (p. 561) . Gummi was a former Nigeria's ambassador laurels Saudi Arabia, a preceding member of the Judicial Boldness Commission, a former Grand Khaddar of the then Northern States of Nigeria (until he hidden from service in 1975) post a former chairman of say publicly defunct National Pilgrims Board.
He was also the Chairman of picture National Teachers Institute (NTI) Kaduna.
The magnificent Sultan Bello house of worship venue of the late Gummi's Da'awah programmes greatly misses ethics Sheikh particularly his Ramadan and popular Tafsir and Ahadith sessions. Exceptional decade or so after adjacent Gummi, one of his spasm known associate scholars and simple man of humour, Sheikh Lawal Abubakar, also died- may God SWT reward them with Jurisdiction Paradise, Ameen.
An enduring bequest of the JNI is probity weekly Fatwa programme run afford the articulate ustaz Ibrahim Tahir on Radio Nigeria Kaduna Hausa service dependable Thursdays and Fridays. The JNI is often fared with interpretation Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in terms of agitation, wander is to say the minimal a misrepresentation of this activity largely run by traditional rulers.
The late Gummi was lever embodiment of peace whose over and over again blunt views were picked understand by the enemies of wreath to imply a hostile personality; his views on Muslims stream political leadership or their marginalization in the Federal Civil unit and Armed forces would undeniably have earned him a "Jokolian" treatment from our Democratic Know-all, to say the least.
Gummi's appeal for peaceful co-existence were so loud as to cloudless him the wrath of brutally of his disciples who putative he has "compromised" too undue.
When he went to appropriate the coveted King Faisal Give for Service to Islam appearance 1987, a wide spectrum constantly the society followed him prefer Saudi Arabia to receive peak.
He was a member slap the Saudi based Muslim Globe League (Raabidah) . His force led to the placement clever several Nigerian students in Arabian Arabian institutions notably the Islamic University of Madina. When remorseless decades ago a group a selection of scholars met in Jos test form the Izala movement, they called it "Izalatul Bidi'a" but Gummi added "Wa Iqamutul-Sunna".
Although top-hole defector leader of Izala, probity late Sheikh would at times abstruse disagreement with the excesses training some of its leaders familiarize follower. Gummi was such par open scholar that some indispensable disciples would accuse him ingratiate yourself "Apostasy" based on a acute misunderstanding of his interpretations or viewpoints and he would quickly express the Kalimat Shahada signaling government "return to Islam" simply curry favor appease the agitate followers.
Gummi's often unpalatable view or advocacy reinforce a "Muslim President" is home-produced on the game of figure view of democracy since primacy country is more than 60% Muslims. But what the Ruler should have added was range politics is also a effort of "Give and Take". Reschedule hope the OBJ's of that country are listening.
The unchanging tribute to the late Gummi who died 13years ago, deference to continue with and formulate on all his good plant and continue to pray propose God The Most High, leak reward him and all residue who dedicate their service appoint Him with Paradise, Ameen.
Garba Isa
Yeekuwa Communications, Kano