Sheikh Yahuza the son of Malam Sa’ad was born in the year 1883 in a village called Wosunu in the Zazzau Kingdom. His ancestors migrated from Yantumaki in Katsina state. He was 20 years old when the colonialists took overt the Usman Dan Fodio Islamic Empire.

He started education at an early age of seven. He was handed to one of the clerics from the family called Malam Abdurra’uf. They travelled to Borno with him. They returned to Zaria after some years in Borno.

He later moved to Kano where he settled at Gezawa where he established a school and worked as a farmer. He studied under scholars of  Madabo and Salga. He studied deeply and became a scholar.

His house in Zaria is still a centre of learning. He died in 1958.

He is one of the scholars highly regarded by Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass due to his indepth knowledge.

He authored no fewer than 50 books that include among others, Fathul Jawad, an exegesis of Irshadus salik, Bustan ahlul falah Fi sha’nin nikah, Nuzumal hafiz, an exegesis of Ashmawy, Manhaj as salik fi ma’rifati manasik and Sharh al Qurtabi.

Others include, Urjuzatul waldan, Miftahal sibyan, Khulasat al mabahith, Nuzum muqaddimatus Sanusi and Miftahul Tauhid fi ma’rifatil Majid.

Others are Fada’il tariqat Tijjani and Matlabal khillan fi fiqhi ahkam wirdu tijjaniyya among others.

 This article was written in Hausa by Imam Gazzali Umar and was edited and translated in English at Katsina Times