SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SINCERE AND LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE, NASFAT Missioner, Onike advises President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
April 20, 2023 Fausiat Salako-Sanni
The Chief Missioner of Nasrul-lahi-l-fatih Society, NASFAT, Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, has advised Nigeria’s President-Elect, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu to select sincere individuals and people of like minds to run his administration with him.
This was disclosed in a statement signed and exclusively made available to KIIN MEDIA by the Dawah officer/Secretary to the mission board, Imam AbdulGanny Raji in Lagos today.
Onike says this in his 1444/2023 eid-ul fitr message, he says that the Noble Prophet emphasises the essence of a good companionship, “Narrated Abu Musa: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The example of a good companion (who sits with you) in comparison with a bad one, is like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith’s bellows (or furnace); from the first (friend) you would either buy musk or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would either burn your clothes or your house, or you get a bad nasty smell thereof.”
He adds that the choice of Ministers, advisers etc could make or mar the incoming administration’s goals, “Choose) the friend before (choosing) the road” so says an Arab proverb.
He also prays to Allah to guide the President-Elect in choosing right associates.
The Chief Missioner also enjoins the President-elect to make deliberate efforts and be highly intentional in healing the wounds of ethnic and religious bigotry introduced into the recently concluded elections by some self-seeking politicians, “never again should Nigerians allow divisive tendencies to be implanted into Nigerian politicking, we have always been defined by religious tolerance, divide and rule tactics are not in our dictionary.
He also advises Muslims that, having succeeded in doing a lot of good deeds and shunning vices during Ramadan, it shows that, the seemingly angelic acts could continue after Ramadan, the holy scripture says, “and worship your Lord until the last moment (of your life) that will most certainly come (Q15:99).
Onike advises Muslim faithfuls to be conscious of the spirit of Eid-ul fitr, which inter alia are : to praise Allah for successful ending of Ramadan, to share and demonstrate brotherhood via the vehicle of zakat-ul fitr etc.
He concludes by praying Allah to continue to make peace, tranquility and mutual love reign supreme in Nigeria.
