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Yakubu Musa Katsina also known as Yakubu Musa Hassan is a renowned Islamic scholar^[2][3] and a member of the founding leaders of one the largest Islamic organizations in West Africa JIBWIS,^[4] where he still serves as the Chairman Board of Trustees.^[5][6]

Sheikh Yakubu Musa Katsina was born in Gwaram Local Governmernt of Jigawa State and bred in Kano, Jos, Plateau Katsina States. He started his early Islamic education under his father. At the age of seven, he was carried by his sister's husband who was also a relative to Kano for the usual Qur'anic education. He stayed in the house of his sister where he learnt the Quran and memorized it. He equally studied some classical Islamic books in Kano. At the time he reached seven years, he already started learning some crafts activities in order to be self reliant. He already knew the art of potter from his father as well as metal box making. While in Kano, he learnt fishing and was recognized as a skilled fisher by his mates. Later on, he came back to Gwaram. But he stayed not much until he traveled to Jos to further his education with his paternal uncle, Sheik Ibrahim Mushaddadu, a renowned Tijjaniyya Muqaddam. It was when he was with this SHEIKH that SHEIKH Ibrahim Inyas visited Jos for the secoon time,where the young Yakubu Musa established acquaintance with him. In Jos Yakubu Musa enrolled into Modern Islamiyya school established by The JNI for the training of graduate students of makarantun allo. In that school, Yakubu Musa excelled and was even promoted to the secondary school section of the JNI school. He was equally trained as a murshid of the JNI. It was this training that influenced his future career as an Islamic propagator.

When Islam got a momentous expansion at Kafanchan, now in Kaduna State, the people of the town requested for teachers and preachers. Yakubu Musa was sent along three others. By then they were all following the Tijjaniyya sufi order. In Kafanchan, the developed schools for both children and adults.

At that moment, the daawa of SHEIKH Abubakar Gumi was gaining ground and was even aired by the Radio Nigeria Kaduna. His constant criticisms of sufism were appealing to all fare minded. Yakbu Musa was among them. He then Bena to make analysis of what were l obtained in the Quran and sunna of the prophets with what Sheik Gumi pointed out as negation to Sufism. Hence, Yakubu Musa changed from adhering to Sufism. He then established allegiance with Sheik Gumi and even became a very close student to him. Later on he attended the Arabic Teachers College in Katsina and also went to Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Department Of Legal Studies before later becoming an Islamic cleric in Nigeria.^[7]

He founded the Riyadhul Qur’an Islamic School and Sautussunnah Comprehensive Secondary School both in Katsina State.

Hailing from Katsina state, a predominantly Muslim city in northern Nigeria, Sheikh Katsina has been seen outspoken in several occasions against corruption and other injustices in the country.^[8][9]