Communiqué of 4th IIIT Conference
“Knowledge is a missing substance for Muslims. Therefore pick it up wherever you can find it”. Hadith Preamble It as promised in this column last Friday,...
View ArticleTola Adeniyi’s exhibition of ignorance
Preamble Prophet Muhammad’s divinely guided expressions called Hadith will never cease to be axiomatic. In one of such expressions, he said: “There are three signs by which a hypocrite can be...
View ArticleThe mirror of life
“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 earth while its branches sprout magnificently into the firmament...
View ArticleLetter to Nigerian Imams
Preamble Dear Nigerian Imams, in the name of Allah, The compassionate, The Merciful, with humility and due respect in the spirit of Islam, I hereby forward this open letter to you as a way of rubbing...
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The JAMB revolution
“You can never change things in a society by fighting the existing reality. To change something, you can only build a new model that can render the existing model obsolete’’. Preamble Readers of this...
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Jerusalem: The world’s bitter harvest
“…And fear a calamity that may descend not only on those who caused it (but also on others who had no hands in its cause); and know that Allah’s retribution can be very severe”. Qur’an 8, Verse 25...
View ArticleIslam’s charter with Christianity
‘In the introduction to his autobiography entitled ‘My Odyssey’, Nigeria’s first democratic President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe wrote thus: “Man comes into the world and while he lives, he embarks upon a...
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A season of fake prophecy
Preamble This is the season of fake prophecies in Nigeria, the season in which some obvious fraudsters bask in the empty euphoria of delusion. This is the season when Nigerian fraudsters give the...
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Governance Islamica
Monologue This article is not appearing in this column for the first time. It was first published about five years ago (2013) and has since been repeated once on popular demand. However, it is still...
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Muslims and use of water
This is another dry season in Nigeria and many other African countries when most people are in search of water. In this season, most rivers dry up as much as most wells. This is the season in which...
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Muslims and use of water
This is another dry season in Nigeria and many other African countries when most people are in search of water. In this season, most rivers dry up as much as most wells. This is the season in which...
View ArticleSynopses on Ramadan
At no time in the life of man can the true nature of human existence be more manifest than in Ramadan. It is in that sacred month that Muslims reflect mostly on the purpose of their existence on earth....
View ArticleWhy Gaza boils
“Whenever injustice becomes the law with which to govern a people, resistance must become a legitimate duty with which to quest for legitimate survival”. Anonymous Today’s world seems to be a...
View ArticlePeculiarity of Tafsir in Nigeria
One of the undisputable aiding instruments of Tafsir is literacy. The more literate the Muslims are in the relevant language, the more they are likely to understand the Qur’an through Tafsir. And no...
View ArticleHow Ramadan heals
Every year, most Muslims perceive Ramadan from economic, social, moral and spiritual perspectives. What they don’t seem to know is that the practical lessons of this sacred month are far beyond those...
View ArticleAbuse of Ramadan
It is rather ironic that today’s world takes Muslims for the mirror through which Islam is perceived when the opposite should actually be the case. Just as it is wrong to measure knowledge, in a...
View ArticleIs Stoning to Death Islamic?
“Laws are like spider’s webs. If anything small falls into them, they ensnare it. But large things break through and escape”. Solon, Athenian statesman and poet, (638-559 B.C.) Preamble Europeans who...
View ArticleThe issue of Nisab
As stated in this column yesterday, Zakah is of two types. One is Zakatul Mal (levy on wealth). The other is Zakatul Fitr (levy for festivity). The two are obligatory and paid annually. But while...
View ArticleRamadan: A summary of facts
Preamble At no time in the life of man can the true nature of human existence be more manifest than in Ramadan. It is in that sacred month that Muslims reflect mostly on the purpose of their existence...
View ArticleEclipse of Iconic Sun
Preamble It is man’s to propose and Allah’s to dispose. Those are the permanent norms upon which human life is realistically based. Those norms are a clockwise phenomenon that cannot be turned...
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