School History & Background
Muhammad Kamalud-Deen College was founded by the Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Ilorin Branch. Initially the premises/site of the College was occupied by Muhammad Kamalud-Deen Nursery and Primary School (MKNPS) which was established in 1980 by the Society. The Primary School was managed by distinguished members of the Society that includes the following: Alhaji Saka Saadu, Hon.Justice Mutalib A.Hambali, Alhaji Ahmad Olayiwola Kamal, Alhaji S.A.T Adisa-Onikoko, Alhaji Soliu B.Basambo, Alhaji B.L Yusuf,Fadilatu Shaykh Sofiyullahi Kamalud-Deen Al-Adabiyy, Alhaji Waliyullah Kamaldeen and others. The Nursery and Primary School for many years produced standard and qualitative primary education for Nigerian children, who today occupy various fields and professions.
In view of increased demand for Secondary education in the community, Dr Salami Mudasiru, then Principal of Ansarul Islam Secondary school, Ilorin, made a strong and timely presentation/proposal to the Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Ilorin Branch to establish a new college. The proposal was accepted by the Society under the chairmanship of Alhaji Saidu Olayinka, a seasoned administrator.
Two existing Nursery and Primary schools namely Muhammad Kamalud-Deen Nursery and Primary School (MKNPS) and Ansarul-Islam Secondary School Staff Nursery and Primary School were to be merged into one school to be sited at the AISS premises, Ogidi, Ilorin. A new College would then be established at MKNPS premises at Adewole, Ilorin. The following were nominated as members of the Technical Implementation Committee (TIC) of the proposed college by the Society. The task of the Committee was to look into the logistic of the merger of the two primary schools and the establishment of a college to commence by September 2006/2007 academic session. The TIC were made up of: Alhaji Ibrahim Alfa Ibrahim (Chairman), Dr.Salami Mudasiru (Member), Alhaji Alfa Nassam, Secretary of AISN Ilorin Branch; Alhaji Oba S.Gidado Ajia(Member), Alhaji Kawu Kamal(Member), Alhaji Ibrahim Maijindadi (Administrative Secretary) AISN, Ilorin Branch.
Our Founder
ANSARUL ISLAM SOCIETY OF NIGERIA
Proprietor
"Sheikh Muhammad Kamalud-Deen Habeebullah Al-Adaby (1905–2005) was a pioneering Nigerian Islamic scholar from Ilorin. He memorized the Qur'an by age 14 and studied under Sheikh Tajul-Adab, who gave him his laqab (honorific name). In 1928 he founded his first Arabic school in Lagos, then expanded to Ilorin. On 28 May 1942, he established the Ansarul Islam Society — the first such organization in Northern Nigeria — which grew to over 200 branches across West Africa. He launched the first Ansarul Islam primary school in 1947, secondary schools in 1970–71, and the Al-Azhary Institute in 1963 after visiting Cairo. In 2003 he began building Ansarul Islam University in Ilorin. He served as Chairman of the Ilorin Central Mosque Committee, overseeing its construction commissioned by President Shagari in 1981. He received national honors (MFR 1963, OFR 1981), a Kwara State Merit Award (1988), an Egyptian honor (1992), a D.Litt. from the University of Ilorin (1998), and was named the first Grand Mufti of Ilorin in 2005 — the highest honor ever bestowed by an Emir of Ilorin. He died in 2005 at about 100 years old, leaving a legacy of roughly 200 schools and branches transforming Islamic education in Nigeria."
