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Sheikh
Lawal Abubakar
Sheikh Lawal Abubakar
Personal
Born	7 November 1924; Movement
Main interest(s)	Tafsir al Quran, Hadith
Notable idea(s)	Tafsir and Fiqhu
Notable work(s)	Wa'azin Musulinci
Teachers	Abubakar Gumi
Occupation	Scholar, Teacher and Media Personality
Muslim leader
	Students Ahmad Abubakar Gumi;
	Influenced by Mallam Abubakar (His Father), Abubakar Gummi;
Children	Nasiru L. Abubakar, Sheikh Dahiru Lawal Abubakar, Hassan Lawal Abubakar, Nafisah Lawal Abubakar, Hussain Lawal Abubakar

Sheikh Lawal Abubakar (5 May 1924 – 24 May 2004) was a Nigerian

Islamic scholar, a Mufassir and Muhaddith from Kokami village, Danja Local Government area of Katsina State. He was the Imam of Maiduguri Road Mosque, and emerged as the replacement of Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, conducting the annual Ramadan Tafseer at Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna

.

As a scholar, Lawal Abubakar was known for his humility and humour. Even though he was a patron of the Izala Movement, he maintained good relationships with teachers of other Islamic groups such as Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi of the Tijaniyyah Movement.

He was survived by thirty (30) children. Among them, Qadhi Sheikh Dahiru Lawal Abubakar succeeded him as the Imam of Maiduguri Road Mosque. Dahiru studied Mass Communications from

Bayero University

. He would later emerge as a Judge in Shariah Court.

Lawal Abubakar was a quiet figure, and was not involved in any controversy.

After succeeding

Qur'an, a Tafsir booked authored by Sheikh Abubakar Gumi

.

Lawal Abubakar has written two (2) books, Wa'azin Musulunci and Shugabanci a Musulunci.

Biography

Early life and education

Lawal Abubakar was born

Gumi was born in the village of Gummi now a local government area in Zamfara state on the last Friday of Ramadan in the Islamic year 1344, to the family of Mahmud, an Islamic scholar and Alkali (judge) of Gummi. His education started within the walls of his family when he was a pupil of his father's Islamic teachings. He later sent to a school under the tutelage of a Malam called Musa at Ambursa,

Muslim

organization.

After completing his studies at the middle school, he went to Kano to study Law and was trained as a Qadi. He started work as a scribe to Qadi Attahiru but he soon became disenchanted with the specifics of his job. He gave private lessons on Islam and tafsir as an escape from his disenchantment. He lost his father in 1937 while he was at the middle school. He got married 3 years later to Maryam in 1941 when he was just 19.^{[citation needed]}

Early career

Media Presence

The Izala Movement

By the late 1960s, after the death of Bello, Gumi's major Nigerian political support and moderating influence was gone. He felt the new administration had

Awards and honors

He received the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 1999, during President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration.

References

Category:1922 births Category:1992 deaths Category:Sokoto Category:Nigerian Sunni Muslims Category:People from Zamfara State Category:Hausa people Category:Maliki fiqh scholars