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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xv4PdfBu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Bala Ibrahim&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"CIT9WdNx" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Irfan Mahmoud&comma; a Professional Distress Tolerance Expert said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Life is a mixture of good days and bad&comma; victory and defeat&comma; give and take&comma; a fact that has to be accepted&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While I was busy a few hours ago&comma; writing an article on the appointment of a friend&comma; Hon&period;Sani Zoro&comma; as the Senior Special Assistant to the President in the office of the First lady&comma; a sad news came in&comma; that another friend&comma; Hassan Marafa Danbaba&comma; the magajin garin Sakwato has passed on&period; God is wonderful and can&&num;8217&semi;t be wrong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sad news was in hausa and it reads&comma; Innalillahi wa&&num;8217&semi;inna ilaihirraji&&num;8217&semi;un&period; Allah ya yi wa Alhaji Hassan Ahmad Dambaba&comma; Magajin Garin Sakkwato rasuwa yau Assabar&period; Za&&num;8217&semi;ayi jana&&num;8217&semi;izarsa a nan birnin Sokoto a yau in Allah ya yarda&period; Allah ya gafarta masa ya haskaka makwancinsa ya kuma sa can ta fiye masa nan don hasken qur&&num;8217&semi;ani&period; Amin ya Allah&period; Janaza 5&colon;00 Pm insha&&num;8217&semi;Allah at Sultan Bello Mosque&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"L2qsi3m0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Istirja as its called&comma; is a Quranic command for Muslims&comma; the simple meaning of which is&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Verily we belong to Allah and verily to him do we return&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;12&sol;breakingpremiers-grandson-hassan-danbaba-passes-on-at-51&sol;">Breaking&colon;Premier’s Grandson Hassan Danbaba Passes On At 51<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you know late Hassan Marafa Danbaba very well&comma; you would attest to the fact that&comma; the istirja was a familiar phrase in his mouth&period; Regardless of the situation&comma; sorrowful or cheerful&comma; Magaji was always quick to say&comma; Innalillahi wa&&num;8217&semi;inna ilaihirraji&&num;8217&semi;un&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And today&comma; someone has to utter it for him&comma; as he left us musing and meditating in a period of reflection and thoughts of his magnanimity&period; God is wonderful and can&&num;8217&semi;t be wrong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whoever interacted with the late Magaji&comma; must have come across his peculiar character of frankness&comma; comedy and a high sense of generosity&period; He was ever comically amusing&comma; sometimes even in an absurd way&period; But even if he offends you through such sincere gestures&comma; he was never apologetic&comma; because his actions were always free from pretence or deceit&period; Yes&comma; Magaji was genuine&comma; generous and forgiving&comma; especially towards those that are less powerful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The English translation of the announcement as sent is&comma; God has today taken the life of Alhaji Hassan Ahmad Dambaba&comma; the Magajin Gari of Sakwato&period; His burial would be at 5pm&comma; at Sultan Bello Mosque&comma; in the city of Sakwato&comma; by the Grace of God&period; May Allah forgive his sins and brighten up his grave&comma; with the hope that the hereafter would be better than here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just few days ago I was with one of our senior friends and brother&comma; and in the course of discussion&comma; Magaji’s name was mentioned&period; As expected&comma; we involuntarily&comma; and simultaneously went into boisterous laughter&period; That’s always the reaction that comes with the mention of Magaji’s name&period; You just have to remember him for doing&comma; or saying something characteristically funny or comical&period; Hassan was that humorous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a Muslim&comma; I know and believe that life is the beginning of death&period; And the African proverb says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Death is like a dress that&comma; at some point or another&comma; everyone has to wear”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About a year ago&comma; Hassan’s mother&comma; the second daughter of late Sir Ahmadu Bello&comma; the Sardauna of Sakwato&comma; wore her own dress&period; Hassan was devastated&comma; because they were extremely close&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And today&comma; in his infinite mercy&comma; the quality of mercy that God has&comma; which no has&comma; and which never ends&comma; God has authorized Hassan to also wear his own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May this dress of death remain brilliant on Magaji&comma; and provide the cover for his shortcomings&comma; pursuant to his passage to the best part of the heavens&comma; ameen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I have to stop here&comma; because it’s 5 Pm now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cheerio&comma; magnanimous Magaji&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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