… have been given knowledge.” 16 A hadith of the Prophet of Islam is invoked for support, viz: “The ink of the scholar is … Hespéris , v, 1925; J. Spencer Trimingham, A History of Islam in West Africa, London: Oxford University Press, … Nigeria, 1972. Published in Nigerian Journal of Islam , vol. 2, no. 2, June, 1972-June, 1974, 55-58. …