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Paper short abstract:

The paper seek to present a popular public recitation of the Prophetic Devotion text of Ishriniyyat in Kano by Wajam'u Rasulullah, through anthropological approach. The Public Prophetic Devotion in Kano is dynamic and complex, as Sufi influences and practices in the city had been for many centuries.

Paper long abstract:

From the late 1940s, the ancient city of Kano has been the epicenter of a effective Sufi revival and activities. The Fayda Tijjaniyya and Qadiriyya networks led the projection of the revival of the Sufi activities. The outcone of this revival development of Sufi activities, that had many centuries of history in the city, gained a public visibility and importance.

The available studies have studied contemporary Sufism in Kano through its activities in oopular culture such as rituals, songs, processions and writings produced by the Kano's scholars. The Sufi activities in Kano have organic link with a wider culture of reading

This paper will present data that gathered from my ongoing research. The main goal of my project is to document a significant, but unexplored form of Sufi textual and oral culture of Kano, that is, the Wajam'u Rasul (Ishriniyyat Reciters Forum) under the leadership of late Bala Mai Yafe and his successors that are devoted totally to the public recitation of the Ishriniyyat text. Wajam'u dedicated solely on the recitation of Ishriniyyat of al-Fazazi (d.1230) produced thousands of reciters and it is the only Ishriniyyat Forum that extends beyond Kano in whole Nigeria. The Wajam'u contribute a significant role in the community that produced them, the aesthetics and ethics of the Prophetic devotion. The paper will use an anthropological approach and focus on the Wajam'u in Kano, providing an overview of the history of the founder, his successors and Wajam'u membership, styles of recitation, public and socioeconomic and religious