AN EXAMINATION OF THE CHALLENGES OF QUR’ANIC EDUCATION AND ITS MEMORIZATION IN DOMA CHIEFDOM OF NASARAWA STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

Uthman bin Affan reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it. ( Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4739). The glorious Qur’an education in accordance with Qur’an teaching is imparting such knowledge instructional materials such slates used as teaching aids. Qur’an school was first established by Shaykh Abdul-Rahman Muhammad in Doma during the reign of Andoma Onyamale Osabo who ruled Doma in 1869 and later four Qur’anic education centers or schools were established during the reign of Andoma Attah Okete in 1881 and Andoma Owuso Akabe in 1890 by those scholars in Doma Chiefdom: Shaykh Yahya Adam in Ungwan Nupawa, Shaykh Sidi Ali in gida wangwa, Shaykh Abdullahi Yawuri in Ungwan Galadima, Shaykh Mustapha Abubakar in Ungwan Liman Shaykh Abdul Banufi in Ruttu, Shaykh Gana Rilwanu in Iwashi, Mallam Ali Kasimu in Alagye, and Mallam Isa Ashafa in Brurumburum. Despite the fact that Qur’anic education has been in existence in Doma Chiefdom for a long time it is bedeviled with numerous challenges like no class room, inadequate of curriculum, inadequate of accommodation,which are still not attempted to. This paper first aims at examining Qur’anic education as a subject in the field of learning and as a moral reformative strategy in Nasarawa State, focusing on Doma Chiefdom. Secondly, data were collected through interviews, personal observations and library work would be analyzed, and discussed.  Finally found, inadequate of class room, there is no good water etc. The paper ends by recommending ways out of the challenges