INDELIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PALACES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF ISLAM IN YOURUBALAND, NIGERIA
History affirms it to be factual that many of the rulers and kings in Yorubaland have been catalysts of Islam from its inception. Some of them contributed to the entrenchment of Islam, the fortification of Shari’ah, the appearance of Islamic movements and the development o...
| Published in: | Religions' educator |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2022
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Religions' educator
Year: 2022, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 85-93 |
| Further subjects: | B
Palaces
B Islam B Yorubaland B Nigeria B Osogbo |
| Summary: | History affirms it to be factual that many of the rulers and kings in Yorubaland have been catalysts of Islam from its inception. Some of them contributed to the entrenchment of Islam, the fortification of Shari’ah, the appearance of Islamic movements and the development of Islamic learning in their various domains became a reality. In the 17thcentury,mention was made of Muslims in Yorubaland. For example, A Muslim community, according to historical records had been established in Old Oyoby the middle of the 17thcentury. Areas like Songhai and Mali which were the already Islamized areas had already been visited by soldiers, traders and settlers even before the century mentioned above.By the 18thcentury, Islam had spread to some areas like Saki, Kisi Iseyin, Oyo, Ogbomoso and Igboho in Yorubaland. Efforts of the Yoruba kings in the introduction of Islam from their various palaces cannot be overemphasized. The Empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai and Kanem-Borno later became seats of Islamic civilization. The old Oyo Empire with its capital at Oyo Ile witnessed Islamic scholars who lived to emulate Abdulkareem al -Maghili from Tilmisan in modern Algeria. These habitually travelling scholars and their students introduced Islamic learning to Jenne, Niani, Kawkaw (Gao), Timbuktu, Kano, Kanem Borno, Katsina and other parts of the then Bilād -al -Sudān where Yorubaland was situated and accorded a reputation of having a mosque at the palace around 15th/16thCentury. The paper employed historical method which attemptedto trace the introduction of Islam to Yorubaland and its spread through the Yoruba kings and rulers in their various domains. Their contributions in the entrenchment of Islam and how it came to fruition were allexamined. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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