Izala Society

Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'a Wa Iqamatus Sunnah
Ƙungiyar Izala
Abbreviation	JIBWIS
Predecessor	Sheikh Isma'ila Idris
Merged into	Hadaddiyar Kungiyar JIBWIS Jos Nigeria
Successor	Sani Yahaya Jingir
Founder	Sheikh Isma'ila Idris
Purpose	Promoting sunnah and eradicating Bid'ah
Headquarters	Jos, Nigeria
Location	Has 36 state headquarters including the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja);
Region	West Africa
Services	Islamic Propagation, Charity and Teaching based on Qur'an & Sunnah.
National Chairman	Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir and Sheikh Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau
Key people	Sheikh Kabir Gombe
Affiliations	Sunni Islam
Website	www.jibwisnigeria.org

Izala Society or Jama'atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunnah), also known as JIBWIS, is a Salafi movement originally established in Northern Nigeria to fight what it sees as the bid'ah (innovation) practiced by the Sufi brotherhoods. It is one of the largest Sunni societies in Nigeria, Chad, Ghana, Niger, and Cameroon.

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