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22 —Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021
Guide your Sahur, , don’t overeat
Osinbajo, Sultan, Alaafin, Oyetola, Sanwo-Olu,
others for MUSWEN book launch
VICE President Prof Yemi
Osinbajo, Sultan of Sokoto
and President-General, Nigeria
Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs
(NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad
Sa’ad Abubakar, Lagos State Governor
Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his
Osun State counterpart, Mr
Gboyega Oyetola and Alaafin of
Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi will
lead other eminent personalities
to a book presentation organised
by the Muslim Ummah of South
West Nigeria (MUSWEN).
The book, entitled: Islam in
Yorubaland: History, Education
& Culture, will be presented on
Wednesday, April 28 at Radisson
Hotel (formerly Protea) in Ikeja
GRA, Lagos.
A statement by Chairman Organising
Committee, Alhaji Lere
Alimi, said the book was sponsored
by MUSWEN to keep the
proper history of Islam in Yorubaland
and to serve as reference
point for generations unborn.
Alhaji Alimi said Oba Adeyemi
will lead traditional rulers to the
event.
According to him, Founder of
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) as well
Ramadan 11, 1442 A.H.
THE Prophet (s.a.w) was
reported by Anas to
have said: “eat something for
sahur even if it is a date. For
there is in it barakah.” (Al-
Bukhari and Muslim) Isn’t it
great that Allah is rewarding
us for eating?
The kindness of Allah cannot
be overemphasised when one
ponders on the blessings in the
act of eating sahur during Ramadan.
For Almighty Allah
(SWT), it is not enough blessings
that HE provides us with
food on our table, but HE further
blesses anyone who
wakes up in the first rays of
dawn to eat the same food to
commence fasting. This meal
is given a distinctive namesahur,
which is derived from
the word sahar that denotes
the part of night before dawn.
The prophet taught his companions
and by extension,
every Muslims that they
should begin their fasting by
taking something. It does not
necessarily have to be heavy
meal, in fact, overeating negates
the spirit of fasting. It is
advised to wake in the predawn
period to appropriately
kick-start fasting by eating sahur
among other things. Eat
moderately even as you remember
those who could not
afford a meal for that purpose.
If you have more than what
you eat moderately, give another
who is seeking for anything
for sahur. You can go the
extra mile by asking the closest
Muslim around you.
Some people have asked
whether there is need to wake
up for sahur if one has nothing
to eat. What is however appropriate
is to wake up, carry
out other activities of the Ramadan
night and when it is
time for sahur, get some water
to drink. In it, there is
barakah.
It should be noted that
there is no sin in not waking
up for sahur if it was done
inadvertently. Again, the
inability to take sahur does
not vitiate fast.
Another common argument
now is the appropriate
time for sahur. Dear
brothers and sisters, sahur
is not breakfast and should
not be treated in like manners.
While breakfast is the
dawn meal, sahur is predawn
meal.
Much as we know that the
night is free for eating and
“Eat and drink
until Ibn Umm
Maktum makes
his call to prayer.
He does not
make it until the
break of dawn.”
(Al-Bukhari) Ibn
Umm Maktum
was famous with
the last call to
prayer before
Subhi. We could
discern from the
above injunctions
that in this
part of the
world, the break
of dawn starts
some minutes
past five.
as Founder and Chairman of
the FATE Foundation, AlhajI
Fola Adeola will chair the
event.
National Missioner / Chief
Imam, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society
of Nigeria, Imam Abdur-
Rahman Ahmad, will deliver a
lecture while Provost, Fed College
of Education Iwo, Prof.
Rafiu Adebayo will review the
book.
Former Chief of Naval Staff,
Vice Admiral Jubrila Ayinla
will be the Chief Book Presenter
Ȯther guests are Ogun State
Deputy Governor Mrs Noimot
Salako-Oyedele, her Lagos
counterpart, Dr Obafemi Hamzat;
MUSWEN President-General,
Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo; Executive
Secretary Prof. Muslih
Yahya, Baba Adinni of Lagos
Sheikh AbdulAfeez Abou, Chief
Imam of Lagos, Sheikh Sulaimon
Abou-Nolla; JAMB Registrar
Prof Ishaq Oloyede; Mr
Yusuf Ali (SAN) and Mr
Ahmed Raji (SAN). The event
will be broadcast live on MUS-
WEN social handles.
drinking, Allah has described
the time for the end
of sahur as indicated in
Quran 2 vs. 187 “...eat and
drink until the white thread
of dawn appears to you distinct
from its black thread.”
The prophet also said; “Eat
and drink until Ibn Umm
Maktum makes his call to
prayer. He does not make it
until the break of dawn.” (Al-
Bukhari) Ibn Umm Maktum
was famous with the last call
to prayer before Subhi. We
could discern from the
above injunctions that in this
part of the world, the break
of dawn starts some minutes
past five. Be that as it may,
ulamas have advised that sahur
should be taken in this
part of the globe between
4:45 and 5:15am. Next time
you are eating sahur, be
rightly guided.
BARKA JUMAH
Learn to be more grateful
Learn to be more grateful. Focus on what you
have, your blessings, the people you love, the opportunities
you’ve been given etc. The Almighty loves
those who are grateful. He rewards them in unimaginable
ways. You could be one of them. Make
gratitude a way of life. Embody it! Ramadan Kareem!
Jumuah Mubarak! —Mufti Menk
From left: The Amir (President) of the Muslim Students’ Society
of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, Miftahudeen Thanni; a Juz 10
winner of the Lagos Qur’an Competition, Abdussalaam Aliyy; and
Chief Judge of the competition, AbdulGhaniy Anjorin at the 17th
edition of the biennial Lagos Qur’an Competition held in honour
of the late Dr AbdulLateef Adegbite recently in Lagos State.
Sec. UNILAG Muslim Woman Association, Alhaja Bola Akindele; The Rector,
Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, Oyo State, Dr. Taofeek Adekunle Abdul-Hameed;
Prof. Laide Abass; Director General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Prof.
Babatunde Lawal Salako; Chairman University of Lagos Muslim Community
(UMC), Prof. Lai Olurode and Chief Imam UNILAG Mosque, Dr. Ismail Musa during
UMC 16th yearly Ramadan lecture in Lagos.
Chairman/CEO, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan (2nd
left) accompanied by Operations Commissioner Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa, Ag.
Secretary Alhaji Ahmad Maigari and SA Tech. Dr. Danbaba Haruna during a courtesy visit to
Saudi Consul General H.E. Khalil Ali Ahmad in Kano, recently.