A'iBawaBwari

observant

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Reminder—

[Bayyinah Institute @bayyinahinst]

When the Prophet ﷺ didn't immediately come out, they kept calling. Allah responded: أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ — 'Most of them don't understand' (49:4).

[Bayyinah Institute @bayyinahinst]

The tribe of Tamim came to see the Prophet ﷺ. Instead of waiting respectfully, they called out loudly from behind his private apartments.

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Muharram will be filled with love
Muharram will be filled with healing
Muharram will be filled with progress
Muharram will be filled with blessings
Muharram will be filled with happiness
Muharram will be filled with opportunity
By the will of Allah🤍🌹

[Bayyinah Institute @bayyinahinst]

A person without etiquette reveals a person without intellect. This is the foundation of Surah Al-Hujurat and it cuts deeper than we think.

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Tonight begins Muharram 1448 AH.

Most people know it as the Islamic New Year.

Few realize it is one of the most profound months in the entire Islamic calendar. Here’s all you need to know and do;

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

You willlllllll go to Umrah this new Islamic year.

You will give salaam to the Prophet.

You will have zamzam for breakfast, lunch and
dinner this year.

Point. Blank. Period!

[servant of Allah @alouibrahim92]

“Tyrants surround themselves with bad men because they like to be flattered and no man of lofty spirit will flatter them.”
— Aristotle

[A'iBawaBwari @aibawa]

@thefireofOla @DrJoeAbah Happy birthday doll.

[Mayowa Sheikhspeare @CoveredInWords]

We have become so accustomed to wrongdoing that even reminding one another to do better is treated as an offense.

[Hon Henry Shield @HonShield]

As things stand today, any Governor that reintegrates terrorists back into the community should be considered and treated as a TERRORIST!

[Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 @ogundamisi]

Nigeria could not rescue an Army General and his wife. Yet, within 24 hours, his body was recovered so he could be buried according to Muslim rites, while officials repeated the cause of death supplied by the terrorists themselves. And we're expected to believe this without question?

[Bayyinah Institute @bayyinahinst]

The message to children is constant: nothing deserves high respect and everything is fair game for ridicule and mockery.

[Bayyinah Institute @bayyinahinst]

We live in an age where nothing is sacred. Entertainment mocks everything: founding fathers, religious figures, even God.

[Gimba Kakanda @gimbakakanda]

Major-General Rabe Abubakar: The Wounds We Share

I have just read the statement by the Katsina State Government confirming the passing of Major-General Rabe Abubakar, rtd, a former military spokesman, while in captivity. Even though the statement says that “the deceased… died a natural death from complications of diabetes and hypertension,” this does not erase the horror of the circumstances in which he spent his final days. What haunts us is not only the manner of his passing, but the tragedy of a life of service ending in the hands of criminals who have exploited the dysfunctions of our society.

What happened to the General is a tragedy of immeasurable dimension. To return from a career that required putting one’s life on the line for one’s country, only to become a captive of ragtag criminals, is a fate no patriot deserves. It is a cruel reminder that this weather of insecurity is one we all breathe and feel. It bears our names, our faces, our families, and the histories of service behind its victims.

There is no dignified way to avoid the truth that, as a nation and as a government, we have let down the General and many others who have met similar fates. This does not take away from the efforts I know were ongoing to secure his release or rescue, nor from the renewed operations and proactive steps being taken to confront these criminal networks. But grief must never be managed with denial. Something more radical, more coordinated, and more sustained must be done to break this chain of tragic events. Contrary to the assumptions of some, nobody is immune.

What happened to the General is a cautionary tale for all of us in government today. The General, who once served in one of the most protected institutions in the country, could never have imagined such an ending. That is why it remains baffling when anyone assumes that those in public office are insulated from the failures and fractures of the nation. The same roads, the same communities, the same future, and the same consequences await us all.

As a northerner, I am doubly troubled by the direction in which our region has been dragged. No honest person can claim ignorance of how we got here. If we are even more honest, we must admit that the untrained, abandoned, and hopeless children on our streets are being turned into cannon fodder for present and future dysfunctions. Even if banditry and terrorism are defeated, a vulnerable demographic left without education, discipline, opportunity, or hope will remain available for other invidious agendas against the Nigerian state.

This is the part that should frighten us most. We once spoke of building human capital. Today, too many of our people are trapped in the desperate arithmetic of survival.

The government has the primary and non-negotiable responsibility to protect lives and property. But no government policy, however well designed, can fully overcome a society that refuses to confront parental irresponsibility, the abandonment of children, hostility to education in some communities, and the casual normalisation of neglect. Security is not sustained by bullets alone. It is sustained by schools, families, values, livelihoods, justice, and a population civilised enough to reject the temptations of nihilism.

And yet, we cannot afford to lose hope. Despair is exactly what these criminals want to manufacture. They want citizens to stop believing in the possibility of order, to stop trusting the state, and to stop imagining a country that can still be rescued. We must refuse them that victory. We must mourn the dead, demand better from the living, and insist that the Nigerian state still has the duty and capacity to reclaim every inch of its authority.

May Allah forgive him, grant him Aljannatul Firdaus, and comfort his family. My condolences also go to all families who have lost loved ones to this madness. May their grief not be in vain, and may our country find the courage to end this tragedy.

[Peacock @dawisu]

Wait and see how the government will send delegation to the funeral and to offer condolences to the widow and the family after failing her late husband, using the sad moment to score cheap political points. Hypocrites! 😪

[Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 @ogundamisi]

Retired Major General Rabe Abubakar served Nigeria with distinction. It is deeply saddening that he had to spend his final days in the hands of terrorists. May his soul rest in peace.

[● @aminuyaro_]

It takes a commissioned officer in the Nigerian Army a minimum of 25 to 30 years of active, uninterrupted service to reach the rank of Major General. 30+ active years of service to his country, but look at how the system neglected him in those hard times.

This is someone that dedicated his whole life in service to Nigeria, who contributed more than those currently in Government, whose only contribution is looting our resources and buying their ways to power.

This is really heartbreaking 💔