Abdullahi Ahmed Sumaila

Abdullahi Ahmed Sumaila born on 22 October 2001, is known by the royal title of Dandarman Sumaila, he is a District Head title holder at North West Nigeria, Sumaila Local Government of Kano State at Rano Emirate. He is a member of the Muallimawa dynasty a branch of the Aliyawa, House of Maiduniya and Banu Gha with descent from the noble Madinawa, Jobawa, Toronkawa and Hausawa clans of the Arabs, Fulani and Hausa tribes, called the Hausa-Fulani Arabs.
Abdullahi is one of the youngest traditional figures in Kano State, North-West of Nigeria, he worked at Aurum Nigeria Limited before his turbaning as a District Head title holder.
Family
Abdullahi is the son of Wamban Sumaila Ahmed Abdullahi Aliyu Abdurrahim Sumaila, his paternal grandparents were Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu
His paternal great-grandparents were Aliyu-Talle Maiduniya Sumaila
and Amina Idris Ali Kofar Yamma Sumaila.
His paternal great-great-grandparents were Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya and Maryam Muhammad Inuwa Chango, a Fulani from Chango Village at Warawa Local Government on the paternal side, and a member of the
Jobawa Fulani Clan on the maternal side, her mother Binta was the daughter of the Village head of Sumaila, Sarkin Sumaila Dan Sumaila Akilu who was a descendant of Makaman Kano Iliyasu and Makaman Kano Isa I.
Education
Abdullahi received early religious education at home, where he learnt and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, he has a bachelor's degree in economics.
Reign
He was turbaned as a title District Head at Sumaila in 2021.
Principles
On his accession to the position of District Head he advocated that his subjects should continue to follow the Islamic religious principles earlier set out by his paternal great-great grandfather Waliyi Abdurrahim Maiduniya who was an Imam at Kadawa, during his tenure as an imam he advanced the acceptance of the Maliki School of thought in the Kano Emirate by influencing later scholars to use the principles of the Maliki school of thought instead of the other Islamic school of thoughts, the Maliki school is one of the four major madhhabs of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources. Unlike other Islamic fiqhs, Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law, the Maliki madhhab is one of the largest groups of Sunni Muslims, comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents, but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab. Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa (excluding northern and eastern Egypt), West Africa, Chad, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Emirate of Dubai (UAE), and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia.

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