Ahmad Abubakar Gumi is an Islamic cleric, scholar and former military officer with the rank of captain in the

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(NDA). He is the current

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and mufassir at the Kaduna central mosque Sultan Bello.

Early life

Ahmad Gumi is the eldest son to late Shaykh

Abubakar Gumi Abubakar Mahmud Gumi (7 November 1924 – 11 September 1992) was a Nigerian Islamic scholarly method, scholar and Grand Khadi of the Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region of Nigeria (1962–1967), a position which made him a central authority ...

. He was born in Kano state. He came from a geneanalogy of islamic scholars with his father being the first Grand Khadi of the old Northern Region. His father was instrumental in the revivification of Islam in Northern Nigeria, particularly under Sir Ahmadu Bello.

Education

Ahmad Gumi attended Sardauna Memorial College (SMC) for his senior secondary education. After secondary school he got admitted into the

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and after his graduation he was enlisted into the

. Gumi resigned from military service at the rank of Captain and moved to

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to further his Islamic education at the

Umm al-Qura University Umm Al-Qura University (UQU; ar, جامعة أم القرى ) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic Law) in 1949 before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm Al- ...

where he studied

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and Tafsir. His colleagues at the university included

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Saud Al-Shuraim Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (Arabic: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. A Quranic reciter, ...

. He also gives annual

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Tafseer Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

in Sultan Bello Mosque Unguwan sarki

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Military career

He served in the Nigerian Army Medical Corp (NAMC) as a medical officer and he retired as a captain.

Bandits advocacy

As a result of insecurities all over Nigeria, Ahmad Gumi strive to negotiate with kidnappers to lower their arms for a safety Nigeria, He use to enter jungle and forest reaching out to their various Bandits camps and hideout, dragging their attentions to submit to the will of Allah and not to keep on kidnapping or killing people for wealthy ransom, as Allah will grant them forgiveness if they repent. This mission started on February when Ahmad Gumi attend a peace making mission in Zamfara State, Since that occasions, He has taken many preaching visits to Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states, urging bandits to stop attacking peoples. When he heard about the abduction of

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, He have successfully lead to the release of 27 abducted students of

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, after he heard that the situation of the students is critical. The kidnappers had previously killed five of the students and released one of them after a ransom was paid, they had threatened to kill the remaining hostages if a ransom was not paid before Wednesday as the expiration deadline. Ahmda Gumi also met different kidnappers for the issues of people abduction seeking for their freedom, He met kidnappers on the issue of Kagara students in Niger State. On different occasions, he called the attention of Kidnappers to drop their weapons by submitting to the will of Allah and to abide by the Nigerian Constitution, and to the Nigerian Government to pardon and grant amnesty for the seek of Nigerian people to live in peace and harmony without living in tension situations.

Criticism

On Friday, June 25, 2021, the Department of Security Service (DSS) has invited the Ahmad Gumi for interrogation due to how he relate with the bandits across Nigeria for peace making.

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