Dahiru Usman Bauchi
Grand Leader of the Tijaniyya Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi | |
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 Bauchi in 2021 | |
| Title | Sheikh |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Dahiru Usman(1927-06-29)29 June 1927 Northern Region, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria |
| Died | 26 November 2025(2025-11-26) (aged 98) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Children | 95 (estimate) Ibrahim Dahiru Bauchi, Tijani Dahiru Bauchi, Bashir Dahiru Bauchi |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Northern Nigeria |
| Main interest(s) | Qur'an Teaching and Commentaries (Tafsir), Preaching. |
| Notable work(s) | Tafsir al Quran |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni, Sufi |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Teachers | 15,000+ |
| Movement | Tijaniyya |
| Muslim leader | |
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Sheikh Dahiru UsmanOFRⓘ (29 June 1927 – 26 November 2025) was a Nigerian Islamic scholar. He was part of the IslamicSufi group known as the Tijaniyyah and prominent in Nigeria.
Early life
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi was born in East Gombe at Northern Region, Nigeria. His parents were from Bauchi in East Gombe. His maternal roots are from Gombe. Dahiru Bauchi was born in the Hijri year 1346 (Gregorian calendar: 29 June 1927).
Education
As a youth Dahiru Bauchi studied the Holy Qur’an under the tutelage of his father Alhaji Usman. Eventually he learned to recite the entire Qur’an from memory as could his father. He studied under scholars like Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon-Bare-bari, Shaykh Abubakar Atiku and Shaykh Abdulqadir Zaria He received the TijjaniyyahTariqah. His father was a Tijani muqaddam (Imam), who was granted authorization (ijāzah) for tariqa. Dahiru Bauchi is deputy chair of the Fatwa Committee of the Supreme Council Of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Nigeria. [1]
Criticism
Bauchi was detained in 2009 in Saudi Arabia by Saudi security forces while performing his pilgrimage in Mecca. The cause of the arrest was the ongoing doctrinal dispute between three major Nigerian Islamic groups, Darika, Izala, and Shi'ah, that broke out during Ramadan of that year.[2]
Shi'a killings
Bauchi blamed the 2015 Zaria massacre on Nigerian authorities.[3]
Personal life and death
Bauchi had more than 80 children, and was married to the daughter of the renowned 20th-century Tijani scholar Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse. Sheikh Baba Laminu Niasse of Kaolack, Senegal, officiated the marriage in Ibrahim Niasse Mosque, Senegal.[4]
Bauchi died peacefully in his home after a prolonged illness in the early hours of 26 November 2025, at the age of 98.[5]
See also
References
- ^Mohammed, Ahmed; Bauchi (2 April 2015). "Buhari's victory God's answer to prayers of Nigerians- Dahiru Bauchi". Daily Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ali alkali "Saudi's Security Arrested Nigeria Tariqa leader Sheikh Bauchi"Archived 2 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, allafrica, 10-2009
- ^Doya, Khalid Idris (28 December 2015). "Sheikh Dahiru blames army on Shi'a". Islamic Movement. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^Nl Talk Talk "usman bauchi with 61 children got new bride"Archived 12 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Naijaloded, July 2016
- ^Musa, Hadiza (27 November 2025). "Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi is dead". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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