The Sokoto Caliphate, established by Shaykh Usman ibn Fodio in 1804, represents one of the most consequential reform movements in West African Islamic history. Central to its intellectual and legal architecture was a distinctive attention to women's education, rights, and social standing reflected in the scholarly contributions of women such as Nana Asma'u bint Shehu Usman. As contemporary Muslim societies grapple with tensions between religious authenticity and modern demands for gender justice, the caliphate's tradition offers an indigenous, historically grounded model that merits renewed examination. Contemporary Muslim societies, particularly in northern Nigeria, continue to struggle with reconciling women's rights advocacy with Islamic legal and cultural frameworks. Many reform efforts are perceived as externally imposed, provoking resistance rooted in cultural and religious anxieties. There is a scholarly gap in systematically drawing on the Sokoto Caliphate's own policy framework which achieved substantial gains in female literacy, legal protection, and social participation as a legitimate, internally derived model for contemporary reform. 1. To examine the theoretical and Shari'ah foundations of women's rights within the Sokoto Caliphate tradition. 2. To analyze specific policies and institutions established by the Caliphate that advanced women's education and social welfare. 3. To assess the relevance and applicability of this framework to contemporary challenges facing Muslim women. 4. To propose a contextualized model for reform grounded in this indigenous Islamic heritage. The research finds that Integrate Sokoto Caliphate history into Islamic studies curricula, revive community-based female educational models similar to Yan Taru, encourage contemporary scholars to reference classical precedents in advocacy, develop policy frameworks explicitly linking reform to Islamic heritage, promote further research into women scholars of the Caliphate era. The Sokoto Caliphate's tradition offers a historically legitimate and culturally resonant foundation for advancing women's rights in contemporary Muslim societies, demonstrating that reform need not be seen as foreign imposition but can be recovered from within the Islamic scholarly heritage itself.