A Critical Edition, Translation And Commentary Of Uthman Bin Fodio's Irshad Al- Ummah Ilataysir

📄 Project Abstract

This thesis is a critical edition; translation and commentary of Shaykh Uthman b. fodio"s work Irshad al Ummah ila Taysir al Milluh. The author offered an exhaustive discussion on the L-ase of Islam in three issues, which are: practical worship. Juristic verdict and judicial ruling. The author criticized Taqlid. which is strict adherence and partisanship to one school of law in the above three issues of the religion, arguing that there is no any injunction in the Quran or in the Sunnah. no any authentic report from the leading scholars, enforcing a particular school of law to be followed by all muslims. noting that a muslim is free to follow any school of his wish and there is no any interdiction in that. The researcher believes that the decadence and stagnation of the Muslim Ummah today in Nigeria pertaining learning and religious practice are consequences of the relegation and total disregard of the ideals taught by the Sokoto Jihad leaders (such as Shaykh Uthman b. fodio) in their l...