Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Nigerian Salafist Islamic scholar and member of Nigeria's Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna, a religio-political organisation based in Abuja.[2] His teaching aimed at revolutionizing the socio-political and religious life of his people. He prophesied about the Boko-Harram insurgency.

Sheikh Ja'far Mahmud Adam
Ja'afar Mahmud
Title	Sheikh Ja'afar
Personal
Born	Ja'afar Mahmud Adam February 12, 1960 Daura, Katsina State
Died	April 13, 2007 Kano
Cause of death	Assassination
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Nigerian
Ethnicity	Hausa
Era	Modern era
Region	Northern Nigeria
Denomination	Sunni and Salafi[1]
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Movement	Malikiyya
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Tafsir and Tauheed
Occupation	Islamic cleric
Muslim leader
Influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Abubakar Gumi

Teaching

Adam preached in Maiduguri's Indimi Mosque, which was attended by the Deputy Governor of Borno.[3]

Death

Adam was shot dead at his mosque in the northern city of Kano in April 2007.[4][5]

References

1. Gérard L. F. Chouin, Religion and bodycount in the Boko Haram crisis: evidence from the Nigeria Watch database, p. 214. ISBN 978-90-5448-135-5
2. Gérard L. F. Chouin, Religion and bodycount in the Boko Haram crisis: evidence from the Nigeria Watch database, p. 214. ISBN 978-90-5448-135-5
3. US Embassy, Abuja (November 4, 2009). "Nigeria: Borno State Residents Not Yet Recovered From Boko Haram Violence". Wikileaks. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
4. "Boko Haram suspected after cleric killed in Nigeria". www.thesundaily.my.
5. "Boko Haram suspected after cleric killed in Nigeria - International - World". Ahram Online.