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Wasiu Alabi Pasuma And Culture Of Consistency

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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;95 -->&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;"nq9eMfEH" 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&colon; AbdurRaheem Sa&&num;8217&semi;ad Dembo<&sol;p><div class&equals;"vbHMMzCE" 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>The moment I thought writing about this very particular topic two things came into my mind&period;Firstly&comma;what would my audience say if I write about a Fuji Musician&quest;&period;Secondly&comma; of what significance this piece will be to the people&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I will provide answers to the two points as I go along in this discourse&period;Personally&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m a fan of Fuji music&comma; especially that of late Fuji maestro Sikiru Ayinde Barrister&period;In fact&comma; whenever I&&num;8217&semi;m with my friends I always pray that Allah should not ask me on the day of resurrection based on the number of his music in my memory &lpar;light jokes&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pasuma lost his dear mother&comma;Alhaja Khadijat Odetola recently &comma; but the activities taking place at his residence also prompted me to come up with this piece&period;No doubt&comma;he is a prolific Fuji Musician&comma; humble and very classic&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"fT1tSJoO" 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>An average Yoruba speaking muslim is a fan of Fuji music&comma; because according to late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister &&num;8220&semi;were &&num;8220&semi;during Sahur &lpar;Sahri&rpar; in the month of Ramadan metamorphosed into Fuji music&period;Were is a situation where group of men singing and drumming during the sahur to wake Muslims in order to prepare and take their meals &lpar;Sahri&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&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;&NewLine;<p>It is a reality whatever Sikiru Ayinde Barrister would have said about Fuji music&period;Many academics have established that late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister actually named what is call today as Fuji music&period;That is not my area of interest&comma; but it is a public knowledge that he is the father of Fuji music&period; To substantiate this&comma;Saheed Osupa said recently that Sikiru Ayinde Barrister remains the Fuji template<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To answer the first question&comma; Fuji music has its connection and root during Ramadan hence I will like to write about it&period;The significance of the piece is that many will understand Pasuma&&num;8217&semi;s culture of consistency<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&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>As Pasuma&&num;8217&semi;s receives a lot of leading Islamic scholars on condolence visit&comma; that further authenticates his usual romance and respect for them&period;In fact&comma;he always mention his Alfas whenever he sings&period;A friend told me that normally they would go and visit him because is a fuji superstar&period;But I disagree with him on the basis that Pasuma has always been associating with Islamic scholars&comma;most especially the ones from Ilorin and beyond&period;That is a pointer that he is a jolly good fellow&period;Dont tell me I&&num;8217&semi;m writing about Pasuma because is from Kwara state&period;If you say so&comma; you may not be closer to the truth &period;Iam a trained journalist so I write about anything that interests me &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I come from Southern most Northern Emirate&comma; which is Ilorin&period;Therefore &comma;it is normal I enjoy Yoruba music even though I&&num;8217&semi;m a Fulani man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alabi has a great love for his mother&comma; hardly he would sing without praising his mother and that is very consistent&period;Because her name is Khadija so he always refer to his mother as the favourite of prophet Muhammad&lpar;pbuh&rpar;&period; Equally&comma; he always refer to himself as the son of favourite of prophet Muhammad &lpar;Omo Iyawo Ananbi&rpar;&period;His consistency is worthy of emulation&period;He is not only praising his mother but also taking good care of her by building a befitting house for her&period;So if your parents are still alive take care of them by showing them love constantly&comma; you will realise that more doors of favour will open for you and you will be rewarded in bountiful by the Amighty Allah&period;In other word&comma; you will go far in life&comma;if you take care of your parents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those who denigrate their parents will live to regret it&comma; because our parents have sacrificed a lot to raise many of us so we must pay them back with adequate care&period;Apart from that&comma; we must not treat our parents unfairly&comma;it is a command from the holy Quran&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More importantly&comma; Pasuma drew my attention last year &comma;when he asked question from Islamic scholars about the fate of fuji musicians in Islam&comma; whether they&&num;8217&semi;re going to hell fire&quest;&period;That question alone signifies that he is a muslim with conscience and wanted to do better as a believer&period;No one is a saint including Pasuma&comma; myself and you&period;I will not want to go into the details of the answers provided that day&comma; because it requires sound knowledge of Islam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma;Alhaji Wasiu Alabi Pasuma should understand that he has to continue with prayers and sadaqa for his mother&period;Wherever the people do not have water to drink&comma;he should go and provide it on behalf of her&period;He should as well cater for the orphans and their education with the intention that all the rewards should go to his mother&period;He should be magnanimous to his Neighbours who are living below him&period;I suggest he establishes Omo Iyawo Ananbi Foundation where the less privileged challenges will be tackled within his resources&period;Above all&comma;he should continue providing succour for humanity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May Allah forgive us our sins&comma;grant us concession here and in the here -after&period;May He grant our deceased parents aljannah firdaus and bless those who are alive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;07037813177<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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