SHAYKH ALIYU HARAZIMI (KANO, 1919-2013).
. {A Sufi Ascetic in Contemporary Nigeria} By: Auwalu Muhammad Hassan (Sa'adatu Rimi College of Education, Kano). . Published in: The Annual Review of Islam in Africa (ARIA), Issue No. 12/1, 2013-2014 {pgs 132-138} . INTRODUCTION. The emergence of Shaykh Aliyu Harazimi in Kano as the ultimate epitome of tsoron-Allah (piety) and gudun duniya (lit.: world-denial; Hausa word for 'asceticism') coincided with the growth of a culture of lavish consumerism and exploitation which Hausa Muslims normally associate with the corrupt values of the new urban political class, and which is especially evident in Kano. The growth of narratives about Shaykh Aliyu Harazimi's asceticism can be interpreted, among other things, as an implicit social commentary voicing an underlying criticism of the values of the new urban bourgeoise. . Shaykh Aliyu Harazimi was part of a network of scholars of the Tijaniyya associated with the Senegalese Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975). The followe