COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ISLAMIC ETHICAL VALUES IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE AND THE CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN NIGERIA
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ISLAMIC ETHICAL VALUES IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE AND THE CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN NIGERIA
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2010-08
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DALHATU, ABDULLAHI
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Abstract
This research has been on the Comparative Analysis of the Islamic
Ethical Values in the Sokoto Caliphate and the Contemporary
Northern Nigeria. It is observed that moral and ethical degeneration
have re-emerged among a significant number of the contemporary
Muslims in the Northern Nigeria, the domain where the Sokoto
Caliphate exercised its rules based on the Islamic provisions. Some
of the life styles of the contemporary Muslims in the Northern
Nigeria are to a large extent devoid of ethics and value orientation.
Thus, it is part of the objectives of this research to investigate and
find out the ethical values that guided the Sokoto Caliphate. In the
literature review of this research, efforts were essentially geared
towards discussing ethical values that guided the Sokoto Caliphate
in its political, social and economic activities so as to serve as
lessons to the contemporary Muslims in the Northern Nigeria.
Moreso, there were concerted efforts made in an attempt to prove
the Truth or otherwise of the colonialist and Orientalists assertion
that the Sokoto Jihad Movement was motivated by racial and
economic factors and to some extent by political factor. In addition,
there was also an attempt to prove the truth or otherwise of the
assumption raised in the chapter one of this research that "The
Sokoto Caliphate was guided by some ethical values in its political,
social and economic life.' In the process of carrying out this
research work, some major findings were made that would prove
significant to the life-styles of the contemporary Muslims
particularly in the areas of ethics and values. The importance of
ethics and values and the need for every society to decide its values
based on its norms and cultures have been found and confirmed in
this research. This research essentially found out that the Sokoto
Caliphate was guided by some cardinal values which helped it to
achieve the objectives for which the Caliphate was established.
These cardinal values include among others the following: high
moral standard, teaching and learning, Sufism, women education,
brotherhood etc. It was also found that moral values and education
played the leading vital role in deciding who should be a leader in
the Sokoto Caliphate as against what operates among the
contemporary Muslims. And finally some recommendations were
made in this research among which includes the introduction of a
course by Islamic Studies Departments in higher institutions of
learning (both at undergraduate and postgraduate level) that will
introduce the students to the ethical values in Sokoto Caliphate.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSTY, ZARIA IN
PARTIAL FULFIMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR
THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAMIC
STUDIES.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(ISLAMIC STUDIES SECTION)
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA,
Keywords
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS,, ISLAMIC ETHICAL,, VALUES,, SOKOTO CALIPHATE,, CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN NIGERIA,