Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed deep sadness over the passing of reverred Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, leader of the Tijjaniyya Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, who died at the age of 101.
Shettima expressed his sympathy in his condolence message issued by Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), on Thursday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Usman-Bauchi died in the early hours of Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Malam Ahmed Mohammed, a member of the family, confirmed the death in Bauchi.
Shettima said Sheikh Dahiru’s extraordinary longevity was itself a divine blessing that allowed multiple generations of Nigerian Muslims to benefit from his profound knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual guidance.
The vice-president described the late spiritual leader as one of Nigeria’s greatest Islamic scholars whose teachings and exemplary life touched millions of Muslims across the country and beyond.
” We have lost a spiritual guide, a teacher, and a moral compass whose dedication to Islamic scholarship spanned more than a century.
” Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi was among the great pillars of Islamic knowledge in our time. His life was a demonstration of faith, learning, and service to Allah and humanity, ” he said.
Shettima stated that the Sheikh’s extraordinary life allowed multiple generations of Nigerian Muslims to benefit from his profound knowledge, wisdom, and spiritual guidance.
He praised the late Islamic scholar’s lifelong commitment to spreading Islamic knowledge and his pivotal role in strengthening the Tijjaniyya Brotherhood in Nigeria and West Africa.
“We find comfort in knowing he lived a long, fulfilled life devoted to Allah and to uplifting humanity.
“His legacy of scholarship and service will continue to inspire us all,” the vice-president added.
“I pray that Almighty Allah will forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannatul Firdaus.
” May Allah also grant his family, the Tijjaniyya Brotherhood, and the entire Muslim Ummah the fortitude to bear this loss,” Shettima prayed.
