Table 2. Manuscripts on instructional Discourse Title Name of Place/ Location Author Babut- Tawhid Jimadalani Yobe, 1933 Lesson on monotheiem Ayah Toyibah- Sheik Ballo Badagry/ Lagos Asmah Oniyo 1942 Oh ye with beautiful Names Islamunah Dinul- Imran (Ewe) Okelerin Huda Salahudeen Ogbomoso/ Our religion, most guided 2014 one Nasab Sheik Taliful- Ote/ Ilero Ilorin Amahullahi lineage Miridin wal Not dated Khulafa Fariddun Quraniyyu Abdul Ogbomoso/Oyo –Latif Quranic Eulogy Muhammad State 2007. Jamiu Akuji Oloko Bolanta Table 3.Manuscripts on Requestive Discourse 1.Murthiyatu li Muhammadu Ile Paje, Oke Sheik Abubakar Bashiru Agbede/Ogbomoso/2005 Woleola Abubakar (Devotional Woleola blessing for Shaykh Abubakar Woleola) CLASSIFICATIONS OF SUFI MANUSCRIPTS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA The genre and scope of Sufi manuscripts in Arabic are large. It comprises poetic and prose (prosodu) forms. In these writings, qasida the most common elements found in the text were based on religious principles of Islam and Sufi doctrinal practice, as exemplified in the Quran and Hadith of prophet Muhammad. The is described as (qasida)
Table 2. Manuscripts on instructional Discourse Title Name of Author Place/ Location Babut- Tawhid Lesson on monotheiem Jimadalani Yobe, 1933 Ayah Toyibah- Asmah Oh ye with beautiful Names Sheik Ballo Oniyo Badagry/ Lagos 1942 Islamunah Dinul- Huda Our religion, most guided one Imran Salahudeen (Ewe) Okelerin Ogbomoso/ 2014 Nasab Sheik Amahullahi lineage Taliful- Miridin wal Khulafa Ote/ Ilero Ilorin Not dated Fariddun Quraniyyu Quranic Eulogy Abdul –Latif Muhammad Jamiu Akuji Oloko Bolanta Ogbomoso/Oyo State 2007. Table 3.Manuscripts on Requestive Discourse 1.Murthiyatu li Sheik Abubakar Woleola (Devotional blessing for Shaykh Abubakar Woleola) Muhammadu Bashiru Abubakar Woleola Ile Paje, Oke Agbede/Ogbomoso/2005 CLASSIFICATIONS OF SUFI MANUSCRIPTS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA The genre and scope of Sufi manuscripts in Arabic are large. It comprises poetic qasida and prose (prosodu) forms. In these writings, the most common elements found in the text were based on religious principles of Islam and Sufi doctrinal practice, as exemplified in the Quran and Hadith of prophet Muhammad. The (qasida) is described as
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