The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has said fathers who send out their children to beg for alms should be arrested.

Sanusi spoke thursday at a conference organised by the Future Assured Initiative, the non-governmental organisation of the the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari.

It was organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).

The emir said no law provides that a man should marry, have children and abandon them without living up to his responsibility to them.

He said any man who is too poor to take care of his family should go out and beg himself, and not send his children.

"Every day, wives are complaining about their husbands who claim their rights but abandon their responsibilities of marriage, women being divorced with their husbands not taking care of the children and those children ending up on the streets, drugs, political thuggery, violent extremism," he said.

"No law that talks about consent in marriage, the rights of wives and husbands, domestic violence, rights of women divorced , the responsibilities of husbands under divorce situations, if a child is found on the streets, is the father that is responsible and can the state hold him accountable?

"Do you just marry and have children without any responsibilities? The reason Allah send His Prophets is that there should be justice in this world - justice in our relationship with our maker and in our relationship with our fellow human beings.

"Justice means that everyone is given his rights. If a man takes the privilege of being the head of the family, he takes the responsibilities of being the provider of the family. You cannot take that privilege and a band the responsibilities.

"Is it a fact that a father has the right to force his daughter into a loveless marriage? that you have the rights to batter you wife? You have the right to have children and push them to the streets to beg? That when you divorce your wife, you ask her and her children to pack and go back to her father's house and that is the end?

"I can spend 100 years saying that it is wrong and un-Islamic for a man to beat his wife, but it is the governor and the state house of assembly that should pass the law, it is the courts and the police that will make sure that the woman gets justice. The scholars and emirs cannot do that.

"So, the problem is these groups of human beings are those who will stand to answer to Allah if there is no justice.

"The traditional and religious leaders have an obligation to ask for justice, but those with the political powers have an obligation to put in place the processes that will make sure that these justices are complied with."

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/02/21/sanusi-calls-for-arrest-of-fathers-of-almajiris/

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Better late than never!!!

Kudos!!!

He who cannot take care of his relatives, especially his wife and kids, is worse than an unbeliever - Bible

That means 87% of northerners will be arrested

It is the governor and the state house of assembly that should pass the law, it is the courts and the police that will make sure that the woman gets justice. The scholars and emirs cannot do that.

Lol there's not enough room in prison to hold all the deadbeat religious zealots. Sanusi is right child abandonment and neglect is crime. Its just not enforced. The government should ban almajiris or regulate it. Traditional institutions can't enforce their rules with force so the state has to do it.

Criminal Code Act Chapter 77

Chapter 25 sec. 341:

Any person who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child under the age of seven years, in such a manner that any grievous harm is likely to be caused to it, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for five years.

Chapter 32 sec. 372:

Any person who being the parent, guardian or other person having the lawful care or charge of a child under the age of twelve years, and being able to maintain such child, wilfully and without lawful or reasonable cause deserts the child and leaves it without means of support, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for one year.

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The good wise Emir speaks out again!

They should start with limiting the number of wives and children one man should have.......the situation up north needs urgent attention.

Mrfeel:
That means 87% of northerners will be arrested

97% sir

The deed had already been done.. How to avoid more almajiri should be the priority not arresting the existence parents

This Emir Sanusi is very sound and posh, I swear! He's very intelligent.
If we have like 50 of this Sanusi in the Northern Nigeria, I swear the North would have been a better place than this and wouldn't have been a haven for terrorists/insurgents.

"Every day, wives are complaining about their husbands who claim their rights but abandon their responsibilities of marriage, women being divorced with their husbands not taking care of the children and those children ending up on the streets, drugs, political thuggery, violent extremism," he said.

Dont these woman have sharia or regular courts as recourse? Lol go sue for some alimony. If you married a bum that was your first mistake. Having his baby was 2nd.

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helinues:
The deed had already been done.. How to avoid more almajiri should be the priority not arresting the existence parents

Excuse me sir, SLS know what he's talking about. If the existing almajiri parents are arrested, it will serve as deterrent to other aspiring almajiri parents.
I believe that's what he's trying to achieve.

Buhari was just there laughing sheepishly.

"I can spend 100 years saying that it is wrong and un-Islamic for a man to beat his wife

Whatever you say Emir.

Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.

Surah An-Nisa [4:34]

Do not beat Allah's handmaidens, but when Umar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then many women came round the family of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) complaining against their husbands. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Many women have gone round Muhammad's family complaining against their husbands. They are not the best among you.

Sunan Abu Dawud / Hadith 2146

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