{"id":8063,"date":"2013-08-10T02:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T02:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/cleric-tasks-muslims-on-lessons-of-ramadan-2\/"},"modified":"2013-08-10T02:39:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T02:39:56","slug":"cleric-tasks-muslims-on-lessons-of-ramadan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/cleric-tasks-muslims-on-lessons-of-ramadan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleric Tasks Muslims On Lessons Of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Dr Mashuud Adenrele Fasola, has urged Muslims in Nigeria and the world to hold on to the lessons of the just concluded Ramadan.<\/p>\n

  The lessons, according to him, are the fear of God, love, caring for the poor through charity, and sacrifice among others.<\/p>\n

   While congratulating Muslims in Nigeria for the successful completion of the fasting during the month of Ramadan, he prayed  to Allah to accept their sacrifices and reward them  abundantly eternally.<\/p>\n

    In order to sustain the blessings of Allah, he reminded Muslims to be committed to serving Him by looking for every opportunity to serve all creatures of Allah without discrimination. <\/p>\n

   He urged husbands and fathers to take great care of their wives and children and be prayerful. He implored wives and mothers to serve the interests of their husbands and children. <\/p>\n

    \u201cAll Muslim hands should be on deck to fight for the alleviation, if not eradication, of poverty and joblessness afflicting our people, which should be the greatest Jihad of all well-to-do Muslims and leaders. The rich should empower the poor or engage in joint business, and the poor should be honest in making sure that those who invest their capital are not cheated, if they desire Allah\u2019s blessings on the business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

  On the severe poverty and joblessness in Nigeria, he reminded  governments of their role  in  eradicating poverty and joblessness eradication as stated in  the Qur\u2019an (Chapter 20 v. 119-121). \u201cGod requires the Caliph or Head of State to ensure that no citizen suffers hunger, nakedness, lack of access to safe water, and homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n

  He called on state governments to take care of their indigent citizens and not complain of their being sent back to their states of origin. <\/p>\n

    \u201cIt is not feasible for one state out of 36 states to take care of all indigent people migrating to it. We should stop playing politics with the lives of our people. Any governor that does not care for his own people and prefers that they should become beggars in other states or in foreign countries, is not fit to be their leader and political father,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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