![]() (circa 1790 C.E.) Thus, the text was composed as a form of historical consciousness in order to connect the growing Muslim population to an intergenerational line of authority that gave them a sense of centeredness and confidence in the face increased state repression. ![]() Because of the growing appeal of the Shehu and the growth of his jama`at, Nafata and his government, out of enmity and fear, repealed all of the concessions of the social contract that the Shehu had won for the Muslims of Gobir under one of the previous rulers named Bawa in 1205 A.H. It was during the reign of Nafata ibn Yaqubu ibn Baabari over the Gobir Habe` kingdom of Hausaland in the central Bilad ‘s-sudan. ![]() It was composed at the time the Shehu was 45 years old and had already achieved the spiritual station of qutbaaniyya (spiritual pivot/pole or central point) had reached the level of ijtihaadiyya (independent judgment) and was recognized as the mujaddid (social reformer/renewer) of the 12th century hijra. ![]() The text was composed on a Wednesday, the 28th of Jumad’l-Awwal, 1213 A.H. The SIIASI presents this work, the Asaaneed ‘l-Faqeer al-Mu`tarif bi’l-`Ajazi wa’t-Taqseer (The Chains of Authority of the Impoverished One Recognized by His Impotence and Deficiency) for the general public and as an ijaaza for the Umma of Muhammad. ![]()
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