Dare Babalola
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, a leading Islamic scholar, is dead.
News of his death started circulating early Thursday morning.
A former presidential aide to late President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, in a post on X confirmed the death of the revered Islamic scholar.
“It is with a heavy heart and complete submission to the will of Allah (SAW) that we receive the news of the passing of our revered leader, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, one of the leaders of the Tijjaniyya order in Nigeria,” he wrote.
He also prayed for the deceased.
His brief post concluded, “May Allah forgive his shortcomings, accept his noble deeds and grant him Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen.”
The deceased’s son, Sayyadi Ali Dahiru Usman Bauchi, also confirmed his death to Daily Trust.
“It is confirmed. Sheikh has returned to his creator. We are all from Allah and to Him we shall all return.
“It is time for Sheikh to rest. We thank Almighty Allah. Allah has done everything for us to spare the life of Sheikh till this time. Sheikh’s life was well spent. Alhamdulillah.
“I’m right now in Madinah, so I cannot confirm to you where the remains of the Sheikh will be buried; maybe in Abuja or Bauchi,” he said.
Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi was born on June 28, 1927 (1346 A.H., i.e., 98 years ago according to the Islamic Calendar), in Nafada, which was then under Bauchi State but is now under Gombe State, Nigeria.
Before his death, he was living in Kofar Gombe, Bauchi State, Nigeria. He started his Islamic education from his biological father, Alhaji Usman, where he became a Hafizul Qur-ān (Memoriser of the Glorious Qur-ān) before the age of 20.
He also studied with so many great Islamic scholars within and outside Nigeria. He said his greatest Islamic Scholar was Sheikh Ibrāhīm Inyass.
