Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara

On 15th December 2022, upper Shari'a Court in Kano sentenced Abduljabbar to death by hanging after he was found guilty of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad.

On 10 Saturday, July 2021, the government of Kano State officially organize the debate between him and four young Islamic sheikhs as representatives from Izala Society, Salafiyya, Tijjaniyya and Qadiriyya, in person of late Sheikh Mas'ud Mas'ud Hoto representing Qadiriyya sect. Dr Rabi'u Muhammad Umar Rijiyar Lemu representing Salafiyyah, Abubakar Mai Madatai representing Tijjaniyya sect and Kabir Bashir Kofar Wambai representing Izala sect.

On 17 July 2021, he was imprisoned of blasphemy towards Muhammad.

Abduljabbar throughout his life was well known as a Qadiriyya follower and a scholar by Muslims communities in Nigeria, following the footsteps of his father, later on around the year 2020 to 2021, he expressed his faith as a Shia believer during an interview with BBC Hausa, saying "after a thoroughly long time research which I have made by myself, I realized that Shi'a have more scriptural evidence over Sunni Islam in that aspect" He said "I will not bother myself if you call me a Shi'a, but I'll be concerned with calling me a Sunni".

Abduljabbar was born in Kabara town in the city of Kano State, Nigeria, to the family of the prominent Qadiriyya leader of West Africa Sheikh Nasir Kabara. His mother's name is Hajiya Hafsah Adussamad. He is a brother to the current Qadiriyya leader of West Africa known as Qaribullahi Nasuru Kabara, his brother leading the Qadiriyya Movement in Nigeria since the demise of their father in the year 1996.

Abduljabbar Nasuru Kabara (born 7 February 1970) Abduljabbar is a Nigerian controversial Islamic cleric and a Qadiriyya scholar based in Kano, Nigeria, accused of blasphemy towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the son of Nasuru Kabara, the former leader of the Qadiriyya sect of West Africa and a junior brother to Karibullah Nasir Kabara the successor of their late father.