Clerics sensitise Kebbi pilgrims on successful Hajj
Clerics
By Muhammad Lawal
Makkah, June 13, 2024 (NAN) Kebbi state pilgrims have been urged to engage in the practices that would enable them enjoy a successful Hajj this year.
Sheik Kabiru Umar-Wasagu, the Deputy Imam of Central Mosque, Birnin Kebbi, said this in Makkah during a sensitisation programme for the pilgrims on Thursday.
He said that the state government had arranged for adequate clerics to guide the pilgrims so as to have full rewards from Allah for the exercise.
”The state government has emplaced no fewer that 100 clerics to take care of the religious aspects of the rituals of the Hajj. The essence of the Hajj is to be accepted by Allah.
“We want to ensure that a cleric is attached to every vehicle to always remind the pilgrims of their obligations,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the essence of the enlightenment session is to educate the pilgrims on rituals of the Hajj.
Umar-Wasagu urged the pilgrims to be orderly and exhibit high sense of decorum while boarding buses to Mina, assuring them that nobody would be left out.
According to him, at Mina, the state has made provisions for each pilgrim, as they are entitled to a mattress, blanket, hand fan and umbrella.
The cleric advised the pilgrims to be very vigilant with some criminally-minded people that deceive pilgrims in the name of assisting them to change money.
“Some will collect your 500 sillars6 basic travelling allowance and replace it with equivalent of 5 dollars. They come purposely to deceive and cheat the pilgrims,” he said.
Umar-Wasagu noted with satisfaction that all committees established by the state pilgrims board were working to achieve the mandate for which they were established.
He urged the pilgrims to use the Hajj period to pray for their leaders to succeed, saying that prayers for leaders should form part of their routine.
“Pray for yourself, your family, your relations, your friends, your town, your state, your country and the entire Muslim Ummah.
”Pray for prevailing peace across Nigeria, because peace is the foundation of any meaningful development in a nation,” he said.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz
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