7. You'll either start valuing life or disregard it completely.
8. You will find your tribe and the people that you're comfortable sharing your grief with.
9. You'll cling to memories and try and remember as much as you can.
Mallam Nur has many children, and we have witnessed how amazing some of them are and how immensely they are contributing to the Deen. Even on his page, you see some of them publicly holding study circles in his masjid. There’s a famous one (Imamu Malik) who we always see on social media spreading the deen.
We didn’t see this same excitement from you.
But since yesterday, when this news broke, you have been repeatedly quoting it as though we don’t have clerics from all theological strands whose children have unfortunately gone astray.
Have you forgotten the controversy surrounding the son of a famous Salafi cleric who not only became a Christian but later identified as an “atheist”?
Why do we use the struggles or mistakes of people’s children to settle our theological differences?
Prophet Nuh (AS) preached for 950 years, yet his own son rejected the truth and was ultimately destroyed. Can we blame Prophet Nuh (AS) for his son’s choices?
Dan Allah, wannan baƙar ƙiyayyar mu daina. If you have a problem with a teaching, address the teaching. And btw Yanzu harkar inter-faith “na Collabooooo” koh weeks ago Izala sunyi! If you disagree with the scholar, address his scholarship. But using the actions of someone’s child to discredit their parent is neither fair nor intellectually honest.