By Dada Ahmed.
The Chief Imam of Angwankura Mosque, Lokoja, kogi state,North Central Nigeria, Sheikh Abubakar Adamu, says Nigerians need to intensify prayer for divine intervene and free Nigeria from the current economic challenges facing the nation.
He gave the advice on Monday in Lokoja during the 8th day Muslim prayer for the reposed soul of Late Danfodio Muhammad, 19, the son of the Kogi State Coordinator, Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria, MMPN, Mal. Abdulsalami Muhammad.
The cleric, therefore, called on Muslims in the country to join the prayer crusade for Almighty Allah to solve the problem.
Sheikh Adamu admonished Muslims not indulge in abusing their leaders but remember them in their prayers for Almighty Allah to guide them towards the right path in leading the country, to save the masses from the multitude of problems confronting Nigeria.
“Islam enjoins Muslims to pray for their leaders, for them to lead well. When you abuse or curse them and they offer bad leadership, the masses bear the consequences.
The chief imam, who prayed for the reposed soul of the deceased, describing him as a teenager who was committed to Islam and memorized the Holy Quran, called on Muslim youths to emulate his virtue.
He also prayed to Allah to give the bereaved family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
The father of the deceased, in an interview with our correspondent on the side line of prayer sesseion, praised the late Dandio for his commitment to Islam and for being friendly to all and an obedient child.
He said: “Though as a human being, it is painful to lose a child, but as a Muslim,I am happy that Danfodio died in Islam.
“At the point of death, he held firmly to Islam, telling me I should not worry that he had finished his journey in this world and communicating with Prophet Muhammad (SAW), preparatory to his final exit from this world.
“What can be more satisfactory and fulfilled, for a Muslim father to have had a son such as Danfodio as a child.I thank Almighty Allah for giving me Danfodio.
“Almighty Allah said it is time for Him to take him from me and I cannot question Him for His decision on my son,” he said.
