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Almajiri represents poverty not Islamic practice, Sultan says
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described the Almajiri practice as one borne out of hunger and poverty and said that it does not represent islamic teachings in any way.
Almajiri has been a practice in the northern part of Nigeria, involving often children of the poor who are sent to Quránic schools but turn themselves into beggars and roam the street begging for food and other stuffs.
A good number of Nigerians mostly from the South, have the belief that Almajiri practice is part of Islamic teachings.
However, speaking during a meeting in preparation for the Ramadan period, the Sultan said, “Almajiri does not represent Islam, but hunger and poverty. Almajiri system of begging is not representing Islam and must therefore be distinguished from Islam.”
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“Islam encourages scholarship and entrepreneurship and frowns at laziness and idleness as exemplified by itinerant Almajiri. Therefore attempt must be made to stop this practice of Almajiri system of begging among Muslim faithful.”
It would be recalled, that the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, not too long ago cried out that the Almajiri practice has become both a social and economic problem to the country at large, following the speed with which the number of those involved in it increases by the day.
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JOHNSON PETER
May 22, 2017 at 3:39 am
Save the alimajiri, it’s something they ought to enforce a law to stop the spate of alimajirilism in the North, they are constituting nuisance and Boko Haram easily use most of them
yanju omotodun
May 22, 2017 at 8:56 am
Poverty is of the high side in the North ,so initiating a law to stop alimajirilism as you coined it can’t be possible for now because it is better than stealing to them
Joy Madu
May 23, 2017 at 5:40 am
That is there way of deceiving there follow Islamic people so that serve them right
Balarabe musa
May 22, 2017 at 10:53 am
Sultan has spoken well, we should not have wrong perception on the alimajiris, they are vulnerable due to poverty, Islam didn’t teach us to have children that we can’t provide for.
Anita Kingsley
May 22, 2017 at 11:23 am
To my surprise, you now see Almajiris in the south west begging for food, clothing and money from one neighborhood to another, if this is not frowned at, I’m scared the kids will later turn into criminals or fall in the hands of ritualists.
Agbor Chris
May 22, 2017 at 11:27 am
It will even be better if they fall into the hands of ritualists than them turning criminals that will later be robbing people off their properties. Since almanjiris don’t have any traceable source, na them sabi wettin dem dey find if them go kidnap them, them no kuku get parents, so no worries
Animashaun Ayodeji
May 22, 2017 at 11:31 am
The traditional rulers in the North encourage Almajiri, and this is why we have many of them. What the Emir have said won’t be effective if the traditional rulers in conjunction with the state governments don’t join hands together to stop it. They should keep them in charity or less privileged homes instead