Bayan Wujub al-Hijra

E289424
Islamic treatise reformist work religious text

Bayan Wujub al-Hijra is a seminal Islamic reformist treatise by Usman dan Fodio that argues for the religious obligation of migration away from unjust or un-Islamic rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic treatise ⓘ
reformist work ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
aim to justify migration away from unjust rulers ⓘ
to provide religious basis for political reform ⓘ
argumentBasis Hadith ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
surface form: Qur’an

classical juristic opinions ⓘ
associatedScholar Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic reform in Hausaland ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
surface form: Sokoto jihad
author Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
doctrineType fiqh-based argument ⓘ
genre Islamic legal treatise ⓘ
Islamic reformist literature ⓘ
historicalContext late 18th century West Africa ⓘ
pre-jihad Hausaland ⓘ
influencedBy Maliki school ⓘ
surface form: Maliki jurisprudence

classical Islamic legal discourse on hijra ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainTopic hijra ⓘ
migration in Islam ⓘ
obligation of migration ⓘ
un-Islamic governance ⓘ
unjust rule ⓘ
notableFor articulating duty to leave lands ruled by unjust or un-Islamic authorities ⓘ
influencing Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Hausaland ⓘ
present-day northern Nigeria region ⓘ
positionOnHijra hijra is a religious obligation under unjust or un-Islamic rule ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Hausaland ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Kitab al-Farq ⓘ
Usul al-Siyasa ⓘ
religiousLawDomain Islamic law of residence and migration ⓘ
Islamic political jurisprudence ⓘ
religiousPerspective Sunni ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
supportsConcept establishment of just Islamic rule ⓘ
separation from non-Islamic political authority ⓘ
usedBy Usman dan Fodio’s followers ⓘ
usedFor criticizing corrupt Muslim rulers ⓘ
legitimizing migration to areas under Islamic rule ⓘ

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Usman dan Fodio → notableWork → Bayan Wujub al-Hijra ⓘ
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → notableWork → Bayan Wujub al-Hijra ⓘ
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio