A renowned Islamic Scholar in Kogi central Sheikh Muktar Sani Omolori has admonished Muslims to intensify effort in seeking for more knowledge to enable them serve the Almighty God in accordance with Islamic injunctions.
He described knowledge as key to every aspect of worships and supplications to God.
The scholar gave the admonition on Saturday at Idukokoro in Okene the headquarters of central senatorial district of Kogi state during the 40th anniversary of Idrisiyya school of Arabic and Islamic studies, the commemorations of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the Lunching of Islamic poetic songs, as well as the Wolimat Quran.
According to him, the essence of establishing the school fourty years ago was to advance the cause of Islam through teaching and learning, noting that many persons have graduated from the school and they have gained the requisite knowledge that made them who they are today in the society.
He charged every young Muslims to honour and respect their parents especially their mothers who suffered for them right from the period of conception down to birth and upbringing.
Sheikh Muktar Sani Omolori who also advocated for unity among Muslims, urged them to always seek for forgiveness and God favour at all time, saying death is inevitable that can come at any time that Almighty God destined.
In his remark , Honourable Justice Saidu Isah Okino of the Sharia Court of Appeal , Kogi State, urged parents to intensify effort in the moral upbringing and training of their children to enable them become better persons in the society.
“Parents should bear in mind that been blessed with children is a blessing from God and at the same time it goes with enormous responsibilities to train them so that they can be a better persons in the society.
“Parents have to give their children beneficial knowledge and moral training. Any body who lack knowledge can not be productive because when God ordained the Prophet of Islam , the first message from God to him is learn which is knowledge.
“Therefore the essence of knowledge can never be overemphasized , that is why we are at Idrisiyya School of Arabic and Islamic studies today to cerebrate knowledge” the sharia court of appeal judge stated.
Earlier, in his speech the Director General of the school, Ustaz Muhammad Mukhtar Idris who gave highlight on the establishment of the school fourty years ago, disclosed that the father of Islam in Egbira land Late Sheikh Ahmed Rufai gave the approval for the existence of the Islamic school.
He added that the school had grown in learning and teaching thereby producing numerous persons that had acquired Islamic knowledge.
He said “Within this forty years of the existence of this Islamic school, we able to churn out so many students , many of them which has become Islamic scholars while others choose carriers in other profession such as Engineering, Medical , Education, Accountancy, Economics , Law, Academics among others.
He lamented that Islamic education has not been given the desired attention, saying some people have that notion that one can not make a better carrier out of Islamic studies.
Ustaz Muhammad Mukhtar Idris noted that today those notions had been proved wrong with the current Registrar of JAMB , Ishaq Oloyede , a professor of Islamic studies and Professor Ishaq Akintola who is also lecturer at Lagos State University and
Founder Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) among many others.
