The Founder of Ashraaf Islamic Foundation, Dr Sarafudeen Aliagan, has called for the renewal of faith and resilience among Muslims to perform expected duties and inherit the promises of Allah and the Holy Prophet Mohammed (SAW).
Aliagan made the call at the 2025 Annual Maulud Nabiyy Celebration and Family Picnic on Sunday in Abuja
The event with the theme, “The Ummah in Today’s World: Building Resilient Faith, Family and Community, through Prophetic Values” was organised by the Foundation.
According to him, the issue of faith and resilience as far as Islam and humanity is concerned is germane.
“You cannot remain a creature of God without having faith in your creator. So that faith has to be developed and nourished.
“There is law of diminishing return.
“What gave thought of the choice of the theme for this year’s Mualud Nabiyy of Ashraaf Ismalic Foundation is that we found out that faith is diminishing in the heart of those who claim to have faith in God.
“So we feel we should help them in reviving, developing the faith and making sure that it remains confirm, affirmed and remains in tact.
“And also resilience; we have to know that we cannot live without challenges and difficulties. It is only God that has no problems or challneges,”Aliagan said
He added that the most challenged Nigerian today is the president of the country, because of his position.
“So, how dare you say why me? It is you because you calim to have faith in God, you must be tested and challenged.
“And to the Holy Prophet Mohammed,
that we are celebrating today, no one among us has ever faced challenges the way he did.
“So therefore we have to emulate him. We have to learn from the Sunna and life of Holy Prophet Mohammed. Challenges will come and go, for no condition is permanent.
“Lets make sure that our faith remain intact; let have resilience in whatever challenges we are facing and let’s be prayerful to God so that we can have an intact Ummah, faith and resilience in all cases of life,” Aliagan said.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the occassion, Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, who is also the Board Chairman of National Health Insurance Authority, said the event is an observation of sallat required of every Muslim.
“After the Prophet died, a lot of Ulamas put together Sub-Salat to praise and eulogies Him, but more importantly, we know that he left us with two things; Al’Quran and Sunnah and Sunnah is the teachings and doings of the Holy Prophet.
“So therefore the celebration of His birth and remembrance of His doings and practices are important to us at this particular period where knowledge seeking is not like in those days.
“We learn from His doings to enable us follow that path so that we can have a successful life and a successful hereafter,” Oloriegbe said.
Meanwhile, the Guest Speaker, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe called on Muslims to adhere to the responsibilities to the family, community and the faith as enshrine in the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Holy Prophet (SAW).
Olohungbebe called for the review of curriculum in Islamic schools to include entrepreneurship and ICT, stressing that the times have changed with its dynamics of endeavours.
Olohungbebe, who is the Commissioner for Edication and Human Capital Development in Kwara also advocated for the empowerment of women in the society, to enable them contribute positively to the development of the society.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was held simultaneously for adult, women and children in separate locations.
High points of the event included Quranic recitation, Tahni’atu’r-rabee, soul reflection, light- hearted competition, presentation of gifts and prayers. (NAN)