Abuhuraira Mukhtar Umar
As an Islamic studies student and journalism, I cannot fold my arms seeing what is happening in our motherland without stating the need for security as the cornerstone of the social contract between the citizens and states, according to my view security is one of the fundamental right and entitlement for every citizen in which people willingly surrendered their rights to the government to oversee the survival of all, and this is either in Islamic government or Democratic one.
In recent times Nigeria has been bedeviled with Major security challenges, which is quite different from the one we expressed during the Goodluck reign, including kidnapping, banditry, killings, abductions, and other terrorist attacks in towns and villages.
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A typical example of this is the attack by suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram which killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in the country’s northern state of Borno.
This is very unfortunate but the most annoying is how people take the issue as politics by saying that it’s a matter connected to politics, regardless of the matter concerning religion, and it’s a message where all the topics related to human beings are well articulated.
It is a global idea that unemployment is one of the biggest causes of Nigerian insurgency because the overwhelming unemployment rate in the country is capable of causing panic
According to statistics, every ten in one young citizen in the country is officially unemployed.
And also, since Corruption has already become a part of life in the country, it should form part of the economic problems in Nigeria.
In 2019, Transparency International placed Nigeria in the 146th position out of 198 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index with a score of 26 out of 100.
So, initially, if any country is addicted to corruption and oppression, peace will be eluded from that country, because Allah’s tradition will never change as he says in the Holy Qur’an 🙁 You will not find the Sunnah of Allah a substitute ) ” ﻭﻟﻦ ﺗﺠﺪ ﻟﺴﻨﺔ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﺒﺪﻳﻼ” this simply means that any one of us should change his mind and build Islamic etiquette in mind before having ideas of changing the government or other things like this.
Once we have a government that recognizes the right of everybody, freedom of religion, access to jobs, and also practicing the Islamic teachings upon citizens with equity and fairness the issues of insecurity will be solved.
We believe that all the crisis we are experiencing symbolized the closeness of the Day of resurrection as it was said by our beloved prophet SWA 🙁 The Hour does not rise until embarrassment abounds ) ” ﻻ ﺗﻘﻮﻡ ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻋﺔ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻳﻜﺜﺮ ﺍﻟﺤﺮﺝ ” and the meaning of the hadith is that assassination will be rampant. The prophet continued explaining that until the assassin knows not why did kill, or even the dead person knows does not know why was he killed.
Prophet Muhammad SWA went back to Allah 1441 years back his teachings continue to wax stronger in our real life and we will continue seeing it to the end of the world, and also the different traditions of the prophet taught us his greatest miracles.
Allah in the Holy Qur’an says: ( And beware of sedition that does not befall those who wronged you especially) “ﻭﺍﺗﻘﻮﺍ ﻓﺘﻨﺔ ﻻ ﺗﺼﻴﺒﻦ ﺍﻟﺬﻳﻦ ﻇﻠﻤﻮﺍ ﻣﻨﻜﻢ ﺧﺎﺻﺔ “, so once we said that we will not change ourselves or enjoyed people to do good and forbidden them to do bad, otherwise even the pious among us will be included the sedition was declared against us. and also said 🙁 ﻭَﻛَﺬﻟِﻚَ ﺃَﺧْﺬُ ﺭَﺑِّﻚَ ﺇِﺫَﺍ ﺃَﺧَﺬَ ﺍﻟْﻘُﺮَﻯ ﻭَﻫِﻰَ ﻇَـﻠِﻤَﺔٌ ﺇِﻥَّ ﺃَﺧْﺬَﻩُ ﺃَﻟِﻴﻢٌ ﺷَﺪِﻳﺪٌ.
Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe. (11:102).
If we look at how we live we will see how we are living under oppression by all components, to the extent that once you are not oppressive you can not achieve things you like in any state or situation you are.
Allah will destroy us by our corrupt tendencies and whenever the leaders became exemplary of it and followers emulating them so is also a symbol that Allah will destroy and demolish us, Allah says in the Holy Qur’an (When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly)
ﻭَﺇِﺫَﺍ ﺃَﺭَﺩْﻧَﺎ ﺃَﻥ ﻧُّﻬْﻠِﻚَ ﻗَﺮْﻳَﺔً ﺃَﻣَﺮْﻧَﺎ ﻣُﺘْﺮَﻓِﻴﻬَا )
ﻓَﻔَﺴَﻘُﻮﺍْ ﻓِﻴﻬَﺎ ﻓَﺤَﻖَّ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻬَﺎ ﺍﻟْﻘول
ﻓَﺪَﻣَّﺮْﻧَﺎﻫَﺎ ﺗَﺪْﻣِﻴﺮا).
And also says that ( Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own selves)
” ﺇﻥ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻻ ﻳﻐﻴﺮ ﻣﺎ ﺑِﻘَﻮْﻡٍ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻳﻐﻴﺮﻭﺍ ﻣﺎ ﺑﺄﻧﻔﺴﻬﻢ
Abuhuraira Mukhtar Umar, a journalist based in Kano can be reached at Abuhurairamukhtar1@gmail.com
