Izala Society

Izala Society or Jama'atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunnah), also called JIBWIS, is a Salafi movement originally established in Northern Nigeria to fight what it sees as the bid'ah (innovation) practiced by the Sufi brotherhoods. It is one of the largest Sunni societies in Nigeria, Chad, Ghana, Niger, and Cameroon.

Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'a Wa Iqamatus Sunnah
Ƙungiyar Izala
AbbreviationJIBWIS
PredecessorAbubakar Mahmud Gumi
Merged intoHadaddiyar Kungiyar JIBWIS Jos Nigeria
SuccessorSani Yahaya Jingir
FounderAbubakar Gumi and Isma'il bn Zakariyya
PurposePromoting sunnah and eradicating Bid'ah
HeadquartersJos, Nigeria
Location
  • Has 36 state headquarters including the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja)
Region
West Africa
ServicesIslamic Propagation, Charity and Teaching based on Qur'an & Sunnah.
National Chairman
Abdullahi Bala Lau
Key people
Sheikh Nasir Abdulmuhi
AffiliationsSunni Islam
Websitewww.jibwisnigeria.org

Organization

Jibwis was established in 1978 in Jos, Nigeria by Sheikh Ismaila Idris (1930-2000)[1] "in reaction to the Sufi brotherhoods",[2] specifically the Qadiriyya and Tijjaniyya who practice Sufism.

According to Ramzi Amara,

Today JIBWIS is one of the largest Salafi societies not only in Northern Nigeria, but also in the South and even in the neighboring countries (Chad, Niger, and Cameroon). It is very active in Da‘wa (propagation of the faith) and especially in education. The Izala has many institutions all over the country and is influential at the local, state, and even federal levels.[1]

The group has been called a salafist organisation "that embraces a legalist and scripture centered upon understanding of Islam".[3] David Commins has described it as the fruit of missionary work by the Saudi Arabian funded and led by the World Muslim League.[4][5] "Essential texts" for members of the JIBWIS are "Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's treatise of God's unity and commentaries by his grandsons". Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was the founder of the Wahhabi mission, the official Islamic interpretation of Saudi Arabia. He saw Sufism as rife with idolatry (shirk).[6] The Izala Society has been considered the most nonviolent and most educated Islamist group, due to their disposition to work, contribution and sharing knowledge to humanity through Qur’an and Sunnah.[7]

Prominent members

See also

References
  1. Ben Amara, Ramzi (c. 2007). "Sharia Debates in Africa". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. Paden, John N. (2008). Faith and Politics in Nigeria. US Institute of Peace Press. p. 28.
  3. Hill, Jonathan N. C. (May 2010). SUFISM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: FORCE FOR COUNTER-RADICALIZATION? (PDF). Strategic Studies Institute. p. 18.
  4. Commins, David (2009). The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B.Tauris. p. 153. The League also sent missionaries to West Africa, where it funded schools, distributed religious literature and gave scholarships to attend Saudi religious universities. These efforts bore fruit in Nigeria's Muslim northern region with the creation of a movement (the Izala Society) dedicated to wiping out ritual innovations. Essential texts for members of the Izala Society are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's treatise of God's unity and commentaries by his grandsons.
  5. emblem of Saudi Arabia and emblem of Izala (upper left corner)
  6. Commins, David (2009). The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia. I.B.Tauris. p. 153. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ... argued that the criterion for one's standing as either a Muslim or an unbeliever was correct worship as an expression of belief in one God. ... any act or statement that indicates devotion to a being other than God is to associate another creature with God's power, and that is tantamount to idolatry (shirk). Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab included in the category of such acts popular religious practices that made holy men into intercessors with God. That was the core of the controversy between him and his adversaries ...
  7. Sulaiman, Musa Abdullahi. "BenAmaraDiss" (PDF). The Izala Movement in Nigeria.
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