Mating in Ramadan
Femi Abbas This article ought to have been published at the beginning of this year’s Ramadan. But an oversight as a human factor set in as a cause of delay. However, it is still very much relevant...
View ArticleZakatul Fitr
Linguistically, the Arabic word Zakah simply means charity. But semantically, it means the spiritual purification of wealth in one’s possession which some other people are not endowed with. In Islam,...
View ArticleSelf Assessment
Femi Abbas Like any aspect of human life, Ramadan is a test which every Muslim should endeavour to pass. Without waiting to be asked, a good Muslim must be able to sincerely ask him or herself in this...
View ArticleAlhamdulillah
Femi Abbas For any good Muslim, coming out of Ramadan is like coming out of Hajj fresh. Both are spiritual cleansers and erasers of sins. Whoever passes through Ramadan or Hajj with genuine intention...
View ArticleEidul Fitr
Femi Abbas For everything in the life of man, there is a climax as well as an anti-climax. The climax of Ramadan is Laylatul Qadr (the night of power). That is the night in which the very first...
View ArticleAn orphan’s legacy
FEMI ABBAS “Who shares his life’s pure pleasure and walks the honest road; who trades with heaping measure and lifts his brother’s load; who turns the wrong down bluntly and lends the right a hand; he...
View ArticleAfter Ramadan
Femi Abbas The month of Ramadan in the life of a Muslim is an annual cleanser. It cleanses you of all the past misdeeds which border on irreligiousness. It is also a rejuvenator of the mind as much as...
View ArticleA Falcon’s footprint
Femi Abbas “I shall pass through this world but once; If therefore, there is any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being; Let me do it now; Let me not defer or neglect it,...
View ArticleLetter to Muslim Parents
By Femi Abbas Dear Muslim parents, this is not a parents/teachers association meeting in which new school fees or new calendar year is to be discussed. It is rather a meeting of positive and...
View ArticleTrump’s way to Siberia
Femi Abbas Monologue This article is a reminder of an article written and published in this column by yours sincerely on Friday, January 20, 2017, in which I predicted what would become of the United...
View ArticleIn search of a ‘Yusuf’
By Femi Abbas Monolouge This article is not new. It was first written and published in this column 11 years ago (2009). Yet, the situation that warranted its writing and publication at that time...
View ArticleMemo to Politicians 2
By Femi Abbas “Let there become of you a nation that shall call for righteousness, enjoin justice and forbid evil. Such are men that will surely triumph”. Q. 3: 104. Dear Nigerian Legislators, This is...
View ArticleBusiness made in prison
Femi Abbas History is resplendent with lessons for people whose steps in life are in tandem with Allah’s guidance. It is also the same for the ignorant ones who see this ephemeral life as their...
View ArticleLetter to Nigerian Youths 3
Femi Abbas “We cannot always build the future for our youths but we can build our youths for the future”. – Franklin D. Roosevelt (a onetime American President) Monologue The above quoted...
View ArticleParable of death 3
Femi Abbas Human life is a journey from the unknown to the unknown. No one knows whence he emanated or whither he is bound. But the invisible vehicle that conveys all human souls to the same...
View ArticleA festival in despair
FEMI ABBAS Monologue Today, Friday, July 31, 2020, is Eidul Adha day of year 1441 AH throughout the world. This Eid is a festival of joy and festivities in Islam which confirms the religious...
View ArticleNWOHA: Eclipse of a comet
By Femi Abass Breaking news are invariably the causes of throbs in the media waves. They hardly come without carrying with them some disturbingly touching effects. Sometimes such effects may be...
View ArticleThe Propellers of Terrorism
FEMI ABBAS ON The writing of this article was motivated by two major tragic factors with which the world is now agonizingly grappling by force. One of those factors is an invisible Corona virus...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2
By Femi Abbas Monologue The appearance of today’s title in this column once in a year often looks strange and even odd to most Nigerian readers because it does not come in January. In Nigeria, like in...
View ArticleWhenever The Sultan Speaks…
FEMI ABBAS Monologue The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Dr. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, is 64 years old. He...
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