Kitab al-Farq

E289423

Islamic scholarly treatise religious reform text

Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.

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Label	Occurrences
Kitab al-Farq canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholarly treatise ⓘ religious reform text ⓘ
addresses	criteria for distinguishing Muslims from non-Muslims in practice ⓘ obligations of Muslim rulers ⓘ purification of belief (‘aqida) ⓘ purification of worship (‘ibada) ⓘ responsibilities of scholars (‘ulama) in reform ⓘ social and moral reform in Muslim communities ⓘ
aim	to correct improper religious practices ⓘ to distinguish true Islamic belief from local customs ⓘ to guide religious reform ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicContext	Fulani-led reform movement ⓘ Hausa-speaking Muslim communities ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	Sokoto Jihad ⓘ surface form: Sokoto jihad
associatedWithPerson	Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
author	Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
circulationRegion	Hausaland ⓘ broader central Sudan region of West Africa ⓘ
critiques	corruption among Muslim elites ⓘ syncretic religious practices ⓘ un-Islamic innovations in worship ⓘ
doctrinalPosition	condemnation of un-Islamic innovations (bid‘a) ⓘ promotion of Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
focusesOnRegion	West African Muslim societies ⓘ
genre	Islamic jurisprudential literature ⓘ polemical religious treatise ⓘ
historicalContext	pre-jihad West African Muslim societies ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th to early 19th century West Africa ⓘ
influencedBy	classical Sunni reformist thought ⓘ
intendedAudience	West African Muslim rulers ⓘ West African Muslim scholars ⓘ general Muslim community in Hausaland ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
legacy	key text in the intellectual history of the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ reference work for later West African reformers ⓘ
mainTheme	distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations ⓘ proper Islamic practice ⓘ religious reform ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Sokoto Jihad ⓘ surface form: Usman dan Fodio’s jihad proclamations other reformist writings of Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
religiousSchool	Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
supports	implementation of Sharia ⓘ strict adherence to Qur’an and Sunna ⓘ
usedAs	ideological basis for religious reform in Hausaland ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Usman dan Fodio → notableWork → Kitab al-Farq ⓘ

Bayan Wujub al-Hijra → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Kitab al-Farq ⓘ

Muhammad Bello → notableWork → Kitab al-Farq ⓘ

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → notableWork → Kitab al-Farq ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio