Hisbah (Arabic: حسبة‎ ḥisbah or "accountability" is an Islamic doctrine referring to upholding community morals and "by extension, to the maintenance of public law and order and supervising market transactions".

It is based on the Quranic injunction to "enjoin good and forbid wrong", (Arabic: الأمر بالمَعْرُوف والنَهي عن المُنْكَر‎, romanized: al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf wa-n-nahy ʿani-l-munkar). (The phrase may also be translated as commanding what is just and forbidding what is evil,commanding right and forbidding wrong, and other combinations. The two commands generally "normally" appear togetherand no Muslim scholar has "ever suggested" they are "distinct duties".)


The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Nigeria's Kano state responsible for the enforcement of Sharia. Originally,
The Hisbah Corps does not have authority to execute arrests and officers are armed only with non-lethal weapons for self-defense, such as batons. Hisbah officers who observe violations of Sharia are expected to alert the Nigeria Police Force. Other duties of the Hisbah Corps include arbitrating the voluntary reconciliation of disputes, verbally chastising violators of Sharia, and maintaining order at religious celebrations. Hisbah are also trained to assist with disaster response operations.


Kano is one of 12 states in the Muslim-majority north that practise Islamic law. The legal system is supposed to apply only to Muslims.

But in reality, non-Muslims come under pressure to adhere to the hisbah's rulings, including the ban on full-bodied mannequins.

"We have received lots of calls and messages from those who say they disagree with the order," said Moses Ajebo, a radio talk-show host in Kano city, the second-biggest in Nigeria.

Should Hisbah be allowed more powers to enforce sharia and become another Taliban in nigeria, or should the powers of the vigilante be curtailed



Credits: Wikipedia, this day newspaper

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Islam a bad so mannequins now seduce hisbah police

Ok it is well