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accidental Nigerian 👻. Deck officer 👮🏿‍♂️

[ْ @M3onsight]

@BeautifulNGA It's because an aerial view this poor of Nigeria often reflects what many visitors actually encounter after landing. You cannot say the same about Egypt.

[Davido @davido]

Da ace kana da ilimi da na tsaya nayi magana dakai. Ama komai baka sani ba, sakarai kawai.

[Davido @davido]

Debidooo 😭

[A.Y.O @YusufAsunmogejo]

I know that a government as big as Kano will not just initiate a policy without their own intent and motive.

When I checked the reasons the Kano state government gave, they said this 1.5 billion Naira mass wedding for 1,500 couples is a strategic intervention to curb societal vice, promote moral stability, and ease the financial burden on vulnerable citizens who want to build families.

By implication, I argue that this policy is largely religious rather than policy. And when a policy claims the mandate of Islamic values, it must be weighed against the strict legal scales of Islamic jurisprudence to see if it truly stands.

First of all, to understand if this policy stands on a solid Islamic framework, it is critical for us to look at the legal status of marriage itself under the categories of Fard (obligation).

1) The Individual Level (Fard Ayn):

For the average citizen, marriage is a highly emphasized prophetic tradition. It only rises to the level of a personal obligation (Wajib or Fard Ayn) for an individual who possesses the financial capability to sustain a household and genuinely fears falling into moral sin without it. It is not a universal obligation forced upon those who lack basic sustenance.

2) The State Level (Fard Kifayah):

Protecting the moral fabric of society is a communal obligation (Fard Kifayah) that falls upon the authorities.

However, the state's primary communal obligation is the preservation of the five essential necessities of human existence: life, intellect, lineage, wealth, and religion.

When a population faces severe economic hardship like the way it is in Kano, the state's obligation to protect life by ensuring food security and economic survival takes absolute precedence over sponsoring optional rituals.

Here, sponsoring a wedding ceremony while fundamental survival is threatened distorts the purpose of state accountability.

Secondly, we proceed to the: Fiqh Al-Awlawiyyat: The Hierarchy of Human Needs

Imam al-Shatib in Al-Muwafaqat, established the definitive framework for Fiqh al-Awlawiyyat (the jurisprudence of priorities). He argued that Islamic law is designed to protect human interests, which are divided into three strict, unalterable tiers:

1) Daruriyyat (Absolute Necessities): These are the core elements required to keep human life and society from collapsing. They include basic food, shelter, safety, and health. If these are missing, life becomes impossible and society breaks down completely.

2. Hajiyyat (Complementary Needs): These are matters that remove hardship and make life easier, but their absence does not lead to the destruction of society or loss of life.

3. Tahsiniyyat (Embellishments and Refinements): These are actions that add moral beauty, dignity, and cultural refinement to a community. Sponsoring large public celebrations and distributing marriage gifts fits into this category.

If we apply Shatibi's framework to the current economic climate in Kano and by extension Nigeria, where inflation is rampant and families are struggling to afford basic meals, sustenance sits firmly at the very top of the Daruriyyat tier. Therefore, sponsoring a mass wedding ceremony, despite its moral intent, belongs to the lower tiers of Hajiyyat or Tahsiniyyat.

This reality in Kano invokes a core legal maxim in Islamic jurisprudence:

درء المفاسد مقدم على جلب المصالح
(Warding off harms takes precedence over acquiring benefits)

The harm of widespread poverty, hunger, and economic collapse is certain and devastating. The benefit of marrying off 1,500 couples is isolated and temporary.

If the state does not fix the crushing economic environment, those newly married couples are immediately sent back into the same financial crisis that prevented them from marrying in the first place.

[Style Muse 🫧 @Neerafh1]

Two financially struggling people don’t magically become stable because they got married. If anything, they’ll bring children into the same hardship and create even more social problems down the line.

[Big Sman.🍥 @MR__Sulaiman1]

Truth is bitter: We northerners have failed this country I swear it. For too long, we have refused to confront the insecurity ravaging our land. Yet now, God has sent Verybackman to fight on our behalf in Abuja, doing what we were supposed to have done ourselves.

As insecurity continues to escalate across Northern Nigeria, some celebrities are flocking to Abuja to show support for the president.

____ cleric from northern Nigeria.🗣️

[ْ @M3onsight]

@osazenoo Someone remind me how much was allocated for this 🥹

[ْ @M3onsight]

@ab_chikaire Ay inajin announcement din nan na dawo hayyacina

[Feru ✭ @ferupity]

No, that’s a huge bitch.

[WARD’99 @99wvrd]

At least una don try😂😂 una don stand since 1960 till date, make una rest small😂💔

[ْ @M3onsight]

@Minikothe3rd Duk wani dan siyasa da yace maka yanayin wani abu dan kai. Kayi maza ka kwada mar mari kamin ya gama sentence din

[ْ @M3onsight]

@KanoChronicle I sympathise with Kwankwaso over the way Abba allegedly paid him back after all the resources and support he invested in his campaign. But if this information proves to be true, that is where I draw the line. After all, it is not as if Abba has done a bad job governing Kano.

[Governor Amuneke @KevinblakC]

Governor Amuneke has seen a better two faced to work with

[toye! @iloveyoutoye]

Delivery prices are the final test to see if I really want to buy something.

[ْ @M3onsight]

@ie_Mooh

[ْ @M3onsight]

@LabaranDawa @khaleeyfa Bakama dabba adalci ba wallahi. Ay dabba yasan inda yake masa ciwo

[vermerlleey @bmjvermerlleey]

The AREWA people, you should know that these people have no LOVE for AREWA. Say no to Hausa Movies, Kannywood.

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

Governor Amuneke don come for South Africa after Mexico defeated them in a World Cup match. Just wait for his dance😭🫵🙆

[ْ @M3onsight]

@AIsmaildare @leschique Wallahi na manta elon musk pays people with bluetick for engagement thats why the idiot is laughing. He doesn’t care about anything thats happening in the country as long as elon will give him a stipen to re subscribe and buy some gigabytes

[ْ @M3onsight]

@aaaliyu01 @dr_zacksss Is medial practice not a career again😅😫