Rijiyar Nagwamatse (means Well of Nagwamatse or Nagwamatse Well) is a 150 years tourist and historical place located 20 kilometers to
Kontogora,
Nigeria.
History
The tourist contains water that was first scratched from the founder of traditional state
Kontogora Emirate,
Umaru Nagwamatse
Umaru Nagwamatse dan Abu Bakr Atiku (18061876) was the founder and the first ruler (Sarkin Sudan) of the Kontagora Emirate. He was the grandson of Usman dan Fodio and the son of the third sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, Sultan Abu Bakr Atiku.
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, the lying place of the well was the exact spot were Nagwamatse performed a miracle by scratching his right finger and water gushed from the earth, in a report from the people of the emirate says he usually perform
Ablution
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* Ablution as hygiene
* Ablution as ritual purification
** Ablution in Islam:
*** Wudu, daily wash
*** Ghusl, bathing ablution
*** Tayammum, waterless ablution
** Ablution in Christianity
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for mid afternoon prayers known as ''
salat Asr
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i'' and according to the statements of the resident in the emirate told
Daily Trust Newspaper that the water has never been below six feet under.
In a report from
Independent Newspaper said that the legendary Nagwamatse during his
Jihad
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to central region his resting place under a tree the warrior struck the ground with his sword at the time he wants to perform ablution for prayers and until now its exit.
Nagwamatse is the fifth son of
Sultan of Sokoto and the domain to the set up of Sarkin Sudan Kontogora Emirate together with his two sons Ibrahim Nagwanatse and Abubakar Modibo, he was a warrior and prince of
Sokoto caliphs who came to rule in a far away from his founding fathers emirate now known as Kontogora of
Niger State in a report from Abdullahi Musa said that the time he arrived at the emirate it was at noon of the day 1864 and today the (Well) remain a tourist and notable place of visit in
Northern Region Nigeria.
Notes
Niger State
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