Hasumiyar Gobarau

Minaret Gobarau (var. Gobirau, Goborau ) mai  minaret dake tsakiyar birnin Katsina, arewacin Nigeria. A matsayin farkon misali na gine-ginen musulmi a garin da aka sani da cibiyar tauhidi, hasumiya ta zama alamar birnin.

 Tarihi 
Gobarau minaret (a Hausa, Hasumiyya) gini ne mai kafa 50 a tsakiyar birnin Katsina, babban birnin jihar Katsina . Minnatar wani masallaci ne da aka gina a karni na 15 a zamanin Sarkin (Sarki) Katsina, Muhammadu Korau (1445-1495) wanda shi ne sarkin musulmi na farko a tsohuwar masarautar Katsina . Asalin masallacin yana da nasaba da kokarin fitaccen malamin addinin musulunci Sheikh Muhammad Abdulkarim Almaghili . Almaghili, an haife shi a garin Tlemcen da ke kasar Aljeriya a yau, ya yi koyarwa na dan wani lokaci a Katsina a lokacin da ya ziyarci garin a karshen karni na 15 a zamanin mulkin Muhammadu Korau. An gina masallacin Gobarau ne domin ya zama cibiyar ayyukan ruhi da tunani. Masallatai da aka samu a birnin Timbuktu sun yi wahayi zuwa gare shi a lokacin. 

Daga baya kuma an yi amfani da masallacin a matsayin makaranta. A farkon karni na 16, Katsina ta zama cibiyar kasuwanci da ilimi mai matukar muhimmanci a kasar Hausa, kuma masallacin Gobarau ya zama shahararriyar cibiyar ilimin addinin musulunci. Gobarau ya ci gaba da zama Babban Masallacin Katsina har zuwa farkon karni na 19 a lokacin da Sarkin Katsina Ummarun Dallaje (1805-1835) ya gina sabon masallaci, amma daga baya Muhammadu Dikko (1906-1944), wanda ya gina sanannen Masallacin Dutsi (Masallacin Babban Masallacin Katsina/Masallacin Juma'a na Kofar Soro), wanda har yau yake amfani da shi.

Sarkin Katsina Muhammadu Kabir Usman (1981–2008) ne ya gyara masallacin da hasumiyarsa.

 Tatsuniyoyi 
Shahararriyar tatsuniya game da asalin Gobarau ta nuna cewa lokacin da Muhammadu Korau ya kashe Jibda-Yaki Sanau, sarkin katsina na karshe, ya so ya gina masallaci. Bayan an zabo wurin ne sai aka samu matsalar alkiblar da masallacin zai fuskanta. Muhammadu Korau ya shawarci malaman addinin Musulunci na wancan lokacin, kuma duk suka amince da wata alkibla, sai wani Malam Jodoma, wanda bako ne. Sai gardama ta kaure, sai sauran malamai suka zagi Jodoma da cewa shi baqo ne mai son kawo rashin zaman lafiya. A fusace Malam Jodoma ya nufi wata hanya, sai ga Ka'abah ta bayyana a fili. An kuma yi amfani da hasumiya wajen hango sojojin da suka mamaye.

Muhammadu Korau ya yi mamaki, ya mai da Mallam Jodoma babban limaminsa, abin da ya ba wa sauran malamai mamaki, wanda har kishi ya sa Muhammadu Korau ya yi imani da cewa Jodoma da ya yi suna yana son sarautarsa. An koro Jodoma daga Katsina, kuma ya sauka a kauyen Guga a karamar hukumar Bakori a jihar Katsina a yau, inda ya rasu.

 Yawon shakatawa 
A yau Gobarau wurin shakatawa ne, tare da rijiyar Kusugu a Daura .

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