Another festival in despair
By Femi Abbas Monologue Last Tuesday, July 20, 2021, was Eidul-Adha day of year 1442 AH throughout the world. The Arabic word Eid means is a festival of joy and festivities in Islam which reminds...
View ArticleThe world without the Qur’an
By Femi Abbas ”Do you not see how Allah has set forth a parable of a meaningful ‘WORD’ like a fruitful tree which roots are firmly planted in the fertile yoke of the earth while its lofty stem...
View ArticleWhat should I tell them?
By FEMI ABBAS Monologue Hardly did a onetime American President, John F. Kennedy, Know, that he was describing the Qur’an when he made the following statement in form of an assertion in the early...
View ArticlePartitioning Nigeria?
By Femi Abbas “Man is nothing but history after his demise. Therefore, endeavour to be a veritable archive of reference from which others can learn lessons after you might have left the stage”. – Arab...
View ArticleNigeria’s bloody hand in Palestine
By Femi Abbas Preamble History is naturally all ears. It also has a retinue of reminders in human memory. The Palestinian/Israeli conflict that has been ongoing for 73 years, since 1948, is a typical...
View ArticleYear 1979 in Contemporary History
“No sensible human being ever restricts his itinerary to a particular habitat; to keep moving, by migrating from place to place, is the secret of human progress….”. (By an Arab Poet) By FEMI ABBAS...
View ArticleLetter to Ramadan
By Femi Abbas Preamble Dear Ramadan, In the name of the Almighty Allah and with His mercy and blessings, which you brought to us, recently, we salute you. For 30 days, in the month of Ramadan, you were...
View ArticleA Summary of Facts
By Femi Abbas Monologue At no time in the life of man can the true nature of human existence more manifest than in the month of Ramadan. It is in that sacred month that Muslims reflect mostly on the...
View ArticleIndebtedness (2)
By Femi Abbas As stated in this column yesterday, the intention of rectifying material indebtedness by proxy must be in the name of the debtor and the source of funding must be pure. As for moral...
View ArticleI‘TIKAF
By Femi Abbas The world’s greatest teacher, that ever live, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) will never cease to be a teacher of teachers even in death. It was he who first recognized communication as the...
View ArticleHistory of Ramadan Lecture
By FEMI ABBAS Preamble For every activity of man that yields successful or unsuccessful result, there must be a history from which others can learn a lesson. Sometimes, it is man that makes history...
View ArticleTravelling in Ramadan
By Femi Abbas Islam and Muslims are like Siamese twins or even like the snail and its shell. None of them can survive without the being in the company of other. There is nothing in the life of a Muslim...
View ArticleNeighbour’s Rights
By Femi Abbas Generally, neighbours are neighbours, Ramadan or no Ramadan. They are the people with whom one interacts closely, on a daily basis, in the same vicinity. Neighbours are co-inhabitants in...
View ArticleThree segments of Ramadan
By Femi Abbas At the beginning of this sacred month, 11 days ago, an analysis was done in this column classifying the 30 days of Ramadan into three segments. The first segment was said to contain the...
View ArticleABOUT TAFSIR
By Femi Abbas From the beginning of Ramadan, every year, Muslims congregate in various Mosques or Learning Centres where the exposition of the Qur’an (Tafsir) is rendered by learned Muslim scholars....
View ArticleTEMPTATION
By Femi Abbas Nigeria is a home of temptations. The agents of Satan are many and ubiquitous. They are most active in the sacred month of Ramadan. You will meet them in the neighbourhood, in offices, in...
View ArticleForgetfulness
By Femi Abbas For the first few days in the month of Ramadan, every year, there is tendency for some Muslims to forget that they are fasting and thus break their fasts inadvertently during the day....
View ArticleThe rule of Sahur
By Femi Abbas Sahur is an Arabic word meaning ‘awaking the night’. Its verb root is ‘Sahira’ which means to keep a night vigil. Connotatively, Sahur, as related to Ramadan, is, statutorily, an...
View ArticleMuslim Marital Homes
By Femi Abbas Monologue Today’s article is not new. It is only being republished here due to popular demand. When it was first published in this column six years ago (2015), many Muslim couples, in...
View ArticleTARAWIH
By Femi Abbas Whenever the month of Ramadan comes around, its first port of call is Tarawih. That is the famous supererogatory Salat that entertains Muslim congregations with special hospitality in...
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