Idris Abudl’aziz Dutsen Tanshi, a Prominent Bauchi-based Islamic cleric, has passed away after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed sickness.
TheNewsGuru reports that Tanshi died in Bauchi after shortly after returning from medical treatment in India.
Confirming the Chief Imam of Dutsen Tanshi Jummaat Mosque’s death, one of the scholar’s close disciples, Abdulhakeem Shaaban Baban Keke stated that the cleric breathed his last in Bauchi, shortly after returning from medical treatment abroad.
According to Keke, Idris Abdul’aziz remained dedicated to his scholarly work despite his long battle with illness.
However, following the lingering illness, the cleric stopped delivering sermons and could not lead this year’s Eid prayers, an absence that his followers deeply felt.
Tanshi before death known and honoured for his commitment to the Sunnah and his staunch opposition to innovations or novelties introduced into religious matters that lack a basis in the Quran or the Sunnah, called Bid’ah.
His deep knowledge of Islam earned him the title “Dr. Tauhidi” among his followers.
Tanshi’s teachings, which were often delivered with clarity and conviction, shaped the understanding of Islam for many across Nigeria and beyond.