Mufadil Olalekan Bakare, an architect based in Abuja, has passed away on on Yawmul Arbi’aa (Wednesday) 30th of Rabi’ul Awwal 1444AH corresponding October 26, 2022. Arc. Mufadil Olalekan Bakare is referred to as a philanthropist, a kind person, and a Read more…
Category: Memoirs
Prof. Aliyu Ibrahim Yakubu of the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, UDUS (previously University of Sokoto), has died. He was admitted to UDUTH after becoming ill a few days prior, spent some time Read more…
Shaykh Abdul-Ganiy Dhun-Nurayn Aboto, the first Qur’an Memorizer in Kwara State. His Lineage: He is Al-Hafiz Abdul-Ganiy, son of Dhu-Nurayn, son of Muhammad Jami’, son of Aminullahi Aboto. His mother is Alhaja khayriyyah. His Birth and Upbringing: According to a Read more…
What a huge loss for this Ummah, a sea of wisdom and kindness. The late Shaykh ‘Uzayr Shams was Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd’s disciple and was given the responsibility of heading the committee responsible for performing taḥqīq on the writings Read more…
The funeral of Sheikh Adam Tula, the Mufti of Orissa and Ethiopia, was held at Suqul Village, Dirre Xayyaara District. His birth name was Adam Ahmad Ammarro later known as Sheikh Adam Tula. Sheikh Adam Tula was born in 1907 Read more…
The illustrious Ustadh Abdul Lateef Adebowale converted over 5,000 people from other religions to Islam. For Islam, Ustadh Abdul Lateef was a blessing. The vast majority of our people in Lagos State in the 1990s will never forget the developments, Read more…
The death of Sheikh AbdulGhaniy Dhul Nurayn Aboto unexpectedly hit Ilorin Emirate in particular, and the entire world – both Ummah and non-Muslims – like a thunderbolt. Ilorin Emirate has indeed lost an illustrious and outstanding scholar who is known Read more…
I knew Sheikh AbdulGaniy Aboto in 1993. That was the first time I accompanied Kwara State contingent to that year’s National Qur’ānic Recitation Competition in Katsina, Katsina State. Since then I became very close to him to the extent that Read more…
He was born in the same year as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and also departed in the same month and year as her. However their life stories are from two different worlds, two diverse trajectories and two uniquely contrasting Read more…