SHEIKH UMAR MUHAMMED IMAM

SHEIKH UMAR MUHAMMED IMAM
Sheikh Umar Muhammed Imam

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Late UMAR MUHAMMED(Imam Anyigba) portrait of a Muslim Leader

Umar was born at Anyigba in 1952 to a Muslim scholar,Muallim Muhammed Thani Abdullahi
He attended the famous Arabia primary school, Idah, He left for Zaria in 1969 to continue his acquisition of Islamic knowledge under one Muhammed Mallam Karami. He left Zaria for Kano in 1979.
He returned to Anyigba when news reached him that his father was critically ill in 1981. After his father's death in the same year,Umar was appointed deputy,Naib Imam Anyigba.
Umar was formally chosen as Imam Anyigba at the age of 29 in 1983 with Alhaji Abdul'Azeez Idris as the deputy,
He (Umar) was one of the first person to have suggested the need to have an Islamic secondary school in Anyigba and made all effort to see that it was established.
He supervised the building of the blocks of class rooms and offices in the school from beginning to the present stage.
He travelled to different parts of the country trying to convince various Islamic organisations on the need to help the young institution. The Muslim High School Anyigba became fully operational on 5 february, 1987
He got married to ALTINE, a Kanuri, lady in 1980.His latest marriage was in 1994. He left behind 2 wives and 9 children.