The African Caliphate HB

 The African Caliphate, Hardback Edition, New,
The Life, Works & Teaching of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio (1754 - 1817),
*[A5] Hardback - 326 pages, Back in Stock - Feb 2017,
by Ibraheem Sulaiman,
Edited by Abdalhaqq Bewley,
Published by Diwan Press.




Description from the publisher :


The Life, Works & Teaching of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio (1754 - 1817)


This scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.


As well as giving the biography of the Shehu and a comprehensive account of the history of his movement, the book also provides an in-depth examination of his teaching and literary works. These factors are all inextricably interwoven since, in a way scarcely equaled by any other historical figure, the Shehu’s writings sparing directly out of the exigencies and requirements of his immediate situation and were what drove his movement foreword and gave it its momentum.


As will be seen, his sole inspiration and source of guidance in every instance were the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of his Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to such a point that he even died at exactly the same age. It is also astonishing how relevant the Shehu’s teachings are, in spite of the clear difference in both time and environment, to the situation of so many Muslims in the world today and the solution to many of the problems besetting Islam are clearly indicated within its pages.



About the author
– Malam Ibraheem Sulaiman teaches law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and is a research fellow at the University’s Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, where he was the director for a decade. He has attended seminars and conferences in many different countries and presented papers on Islam, Shari’a and political matters.





Table of Contents :


----Foreword,
----Introduction.


--[1]. Hausaland before Usman dan Fodio,
-------The Philosophy of Tajdīd,
-------The Philosophy of Law,
-------The Timbuktu Tradition .

--[2]. The Education of Usman dan Fodio,
------The Shaping of a Character.

--[3]. Raising the Students,
-------Intellectual Training,
-------Spiritual Training,
-------Ṣalāt,
-------Fasting,
-------Qur’anic Recitation,
-------Remembrance of Allah,
-------Charity,
-------Tasawwuf.

--[4]. Building the Community,
-------Moral Ideals,
-------Knowledge,
-------Cognition,
-------Repentance,
-------Zuhd,
-------Ṣabr,
-------Diplomacy, Forgiveness and Ḥilm,
-------Discipline,
-------The Communal Spirit,
-------Brotherhood,
-------Parent-Child Obligations,
-------Family Obligations,
-------The New Culture.

--[5]. Inviting to All that is Good,
-------The Philosophy of the Call,
-------The Callers,
-------The Methodology of the Call.

--[6]. Reviving the Sunnah,
-------Principles of Social Mobilization
-------Errors in Hausa Society
-------Innovations in Faith
-------Innovations in the Practice of the Law
-------Innovations in Ihsān,
-------Advice for the ‘Ulamā

--[7]. The Intellectual War,
--------Mobilisation of the Muslims,
--------The Subversive Parties,
--------Membership of the Muslim Community,
--------Mobilisation of the Women,

--[8]. The Concerns of the Mujaddid,

--[9]. The Politics of Change,
-------The Shehu and the Rulers,
-------The Shehu’s Multitudes,
-------Factors in the Process of Reviving Islam.
 
--[10]. The Ultimate Break,
--------The Flight,
--------Putting Theory into Practice,
--------The Hijrah,
--------The Imamate,
--------The Jihad.

--[11]. The Declaration of Jihad,
--------Stages of the Struggle,
--------The Overthrow of the Decadent Order,
--------The Internal Enemy,
--------The Start of the Jihad,
--------The Laws of War,
--------The Jaysh al-Futuh,
--------The Battle of Tsuntsuwa,
--------The Battle of Alwassa,
--------The Meeting at Birnin Gada,
--------Abdullahi’s Departure from Gwandu,
--------The Liberation of Alkalawa,

--[12]. The Vision of a Mujaddid,
--------The Road to the Revival of the Sunnah,
--------The Shehu’s Vision for the Khilāfah,
--------The Moral Foundation of the State,
--------The Social Edifice of the State,
--------Forestalling Disintegration.

--[13]. The Triumvirate,
--------Principles of Legislation,
--------Means of Social Integration,
--------Muhammad Bello’s Role.

--[14]. The Shehu’s Legacy,
--------The Legacy on Policy Making,
--------On Legislation and Administration of the Law,
--------On the Process of Reviving Islam,
--------On the Need for Piety,
--------The Shehu Passes Away,
--------Achievements of the Mujaddid,
--------The Advancement of Women.


---Conclusion
---The Causes of Success

---Bibliography,

------Texts written by ‘Abdullahi dan Fodio,
------Texts written by Shehu Usman dan Fodio,
------Texts written by Muhammad Bello,
------Other Arabic sources,
------Non-Arabic sources,


---Glossary.











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