walexydo: PDP said more than this in 2015 and they lost. Can't you see ur sai Baba buhari has lost already
Don't mind them. At the height of his popularity In 2015 he won Jonathan by a margin of 2.5m votes. After rendering over 3 million jobless and plunged the country into avoidable recession, closed many businesses and bastardize the naira, it will amount to wishful thinking to talk about Buhari winning unless he decides to put together a rigging machine.
Sirjamo: This idiot of a governor will just sit down in his 16 local government state and be spewing thrash from his stinking mouth, everyone knows that proliferation of small arms and lite weapons has gone through the roof all over Africa since the libya civil war. Gaddafi praticaly threw his artillery wide open for his supporters in his desperate bid to crush his enemies, and there has not been any demobilisation or disarmament program to mop up those weapons after his death. Boko Haram, al Sabab and other armed group have been profiting from that, and with Nigeria's 1000 illegal entry points, how can anyone stop the inflow of such arms? It's ironic that the people who should be seen as ignorant and uninformed are being celebrated just because they are foolishly attacking the president.
A president who knows about 1000 illegal entry points but chose to deploy battalions of soldiers against unarmed civilians rather than armed Fulani herdsmen.... Do you think he is normal?
He said they are Nigerians and should be accommodated. Suddenly they are non Nigerians.
Assuming they are non Nigerians what is the very first responsibility of a government? Is it not to defend from all forms of external aggression?
Keep defending cluelesness. Your suffering post 2019 is sitting hot in a warmer
ANIOMADEI2018: IF APC is not the answer to our Problems, there is no reason going back to the instigators of the problem. I'm not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria. The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories, if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway). For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on saturday was nothing but gathering of rogues. Happy reading:
1. I acted based on Jonathan's instruction - Dasuki
2. I didn't give order - Jonathan
3. I collected 350M from Dasuki for consultation - Iyorchia Ayu
4. I only collected $30,000 from Dasuki not N100m - Bode George
5. I got N4.6b from Dasuki for spiritual purposes - Bafarawa
6. I got N650M from Dasuki for my Abuja burnt office - Thisday Obaigbena.
7. I got N2.1b from Dasuki for publicity - Dokpesi
8. I got another N100m from Yuguda he didn't tell me from where - Bafarawa.
9. I gave N100m each to Odili, Jim Nwobodo Bode George and others - Yuguda
10. The president asked me to change N10B to foreign currency for PDP delegates - Dasuki
11. My boss asked me to get $11M from the CBN - Dasuki's account officer.
12. I got order from above to pay Tompolo N13B for Maritime university land. - Nimasa DG.
13. 950m was shared in my house -- Shekarau
With all this looting and many more revealed, some people are still shouting no sign of change yet, they even say it's political persecution.
But I believe, it is the right thing to do. If you believe too, send this to other people to garner more support for the fight against corruption and looting in our nation. There must be consequences for such crimes otherwise Nigeria will not develop.
WHERE ARE THE #WAILERS? "Over 20 billion dollars unremitted to the Federation account, and if nothing is done by 2015 upward, Nigeria will know what economic crisis is" *~ Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi*
"Whoever wins 2015 will NEVER find it easy to govern. Over 30 trillion is mismanaged, unaccounted for or missing under Jonathan." *~ Prof Charles Soludo*
"Our reserve is depleted and our savings are squandered. Our nation is in trouble." *~ Dr Oby Ezekwesili.*
"For seven months, NNPC did not remit any money into federation account. When I called as a sitting governor and major oil producing state, Deziani Alison Madueke refused to pick my calls." *~ Godswill Akpabio*
"I told them to save ahead of eventualities but Jonathan had no political will to do so and this is the reason why we are in crisis, because we squandered our boom." *~ Okonjo Iweala*
"Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi urged us to save but we state Governors refused to save for the unseen future during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan, despite warning from economic experts." *~ Peter Obi*
"Jonathan is a blessed ATM machine that doesn't have secret pin number" *~ Bala Mohammed*
* Tompolo was paid 13Billion.! * Ex-CDS,Alex Badeh dug a pit toilet to hide $32m. * Patience Jonathan is claiming $31m, she has sued the Nigerian state. * Femi Fani-Kayode took 740M. * Dasuki used trucks to load over $35B from the CBN. * Olisa Metuh took 400M. * Aziboala, GEJ's cousin took 6B naira. * Nenadi Usman took 3.5B naira. * Fayose took 3B naira. * Obanikoro took 4Billion naira. * Olu Falae took 100M naira. * Tony Anenih - 400M naira. * Oritsejafor - $35M * Former Air Chief Amosu - 2Billion naira. * Lucky Igbinedion-16B naira. *Bode-George and Dabo -100B naira * Jolly Nyame-2.4B naira. * Joshua Dariye-700M naira. *Nyesom Wike stole #4b. * Diezzani with $20 billion missing oil money? 15 billon dollars missing from arms fund, 10 billion naria, converted to dollars and given as gift to delegates of PDP Nation convention, Bafarawa collected 3 billion for spiritual purposes , 12. 7 billon naria for deceased NEPA staff grew wings and disappeared, 20 billion dollars missing from NNPC accounts, 23 billon naira as bribe to INEC staffs to rig the general election. The list is endless. They only left what they can't carry or unable to lay their hands on. The list continues..... Recession didn't just happen, people looted Nigeria into RECESSION happening
Weldone for the long epistle.
Just one question. Since you have all these evidence why not prosecute them in court? No single convictions in four years. Why?
South Korea just jailed their former president. What is stopping you from presenting all these evidences in court instead of this social media propaganda?
And to underscore your hypocrisy, most of these alleged looters have joined APC and their since have been forgiven Yea?
Obanikoro is warming up to contest for another election in Lagos instead of facing efcc in Court.
chosengocap: There's this twisted tradition that Buhari has stuck with right from the beginning of his administration, and that is his refusal to communicate primarily with the electorates but relays Nigerian issues and policies to foreigners. The first time he talked about when he'd appoint ministers, it was in a foreign country. His infamous 97%-5% remark was in a foreign country. His response to his own wife's support was in Germany. His first statement about loot recovery was in Iran. His first speech about Nigerians enslaved in Libya was outside the country. Now, he's talking about herdsmen migrating from Libya in the UK. He travels to more nations of the world than the states of his own country and speaks more to foreign journalists than Nigerian ones. This man hates the masses and his administration will go down as the worst in Nigerian history in terms of effective communication. Now ICC is also on his trail.
Obasanjo at least held monthly media chat and briefings on live television where journalists and Nigerians called in to ask questions Buhari has never spoken directly to Nigerians since becoming president.
I'm waiting to see how he will dodge the presidential candidate debate that will be organized towards 2019 elections
chosengocap: There's this twisted tradition that Buhari has stuck with right from the beginning of his administration, and that is his refusal to communicate primarily with the electorates but relays Nigerian issues and policies to foreigners. The first time he talked about when he'd appoint ministers, it was in a foreign country. His infamous 97%-5% remark was in a foreign country. His response to his own wife's support was in Germany. His first statement about loot recovery was in Iran. His first speech about Nigerians enslaved in Libya was outside the country. Now, he's talking about herdsmen migrating from Libya in the UK. He travels to more nations of the world than the states of his own country and speaks more to foreign journalists than Nigerian ones. This man hates the masses and his administration will go down as the worst in Nigerian history in terms of effective communication. Now ICC is also on his trail.
Obasanjo at least held monthly media chat and briefings on live television where journalists and Nigerians called in to ask questions Buhari has never spoken directly to Nigerians since becoming president.
I'm waiting to see how he will dodge the presidential candidate debate that will be organized towards 2019 elections
Readonee35L: Thats why you have black tanks. Algae can't form in them since there is no sunlight
Says who? Take a peep into your darling black tank after 6 months and see.
As long as its covered and in the sun, the water will heat to atleast 35 degrees during the day and cool during the night. Meanwhile I'm almost certain that your water tank capacity will serve you for at least 3 day during which the water sits there stagnant. That's all that is required to grow algae.
EazyMoh: I don't care about this so called Emir, my comment was directed at what you quoted in bad light. Your comment was quoting Muslims from the south calling those from the north their brothers and how that seemed to irritate you. You could only be irritated when someone called another person his brother only IF you are filled with hate. Deal with it.
On the contrary you are the one who sounds bitter. No offense. I don't have a business who you call your brother. What I pointed out was the foolishness of a boy king who after becoming king wants to change to Fulani title.
You can call anyone your brother. That doesn't have anything to do with the issue at hand.
I grew up in the core north and I have Muslim Hausa brothers who are practically closer than my blood brothers.
My point is that a king who can think of dropping his traditional royal title for another title in far away north is not fit to lead. He should go and rule in the north since there is no love in the west as claimed.
Have you ever heard of any monarch contemplating dropping his royal title for any culture's?
Address the issue hand and stop trying to normalize an anomaly.
Butterflyleo: There is nothing like slander here. Did he not collect 200m and 600m? What was It for? Has he said it?
Secondus will go down and nobody will be willing to go down with him when the time comes.
Lai spoke the truth (this time around) and secondus himself knows it. Don't say I didn't say so when it all goes down and secondus begins to beg for meetings with the president for a soft landing.
And how much did amaechi loot from River State treasury to Finance APC campaigns? Why is his name not on the list. Oh all PDP turned APC members are saints. Keep deceiving yourself
Billyonaire: Increase or decrease, I do not pay land use charge, it wont come from my purse, I will make sure that tenancy rates are raised to accommodate the increment. Cos every citizen who voted for Ambode should be the ones to face the repercussions of their actions.
I can not pay rent on nature's land, the masses will. Cos they refuse to wake up.
SMH and you think you won't feel the heat because you are a landlord?
It is this kind of e no concern me attitude that brought Nigeria this low. Unless you are completely self sufficient and do not need to buy any good/service, you will also feel the heat as well.
Meanwhile Wait until you jam better igbo tenant. You go beg for rent tire
tokrizy: ok.noted so d calculator on my phone that is free i won't use it..i will now go to operamini open Google search and start using my MB to check 5×5 with google..weldone sir nyc 1
Once the calculator opens you can switch off your data. It works offline also
Lukgaf: If to increase the fuel will settle all this nonsense quene in our filling stations. They should do it biko, #300/litre is not much. God will provide
.trying to console yourself abi.
Have you factored in the inflation rate that the price hike will trigger?
soberdrunk: Cousin Taiwo will not see this type of "lucrative death" to die, its just to be giving us big big gist and be disturbing someone with stupid videos on whatsapp, after 15 years in Yankee with nothing to show.......
Skepticus: There are more comments here, praising incompetent fellows which shows how much common sense has been raped off from Nigerians, especially the youths
*THE IRONY OF THE NIGERIAN LIFE*
Rich man marries and have 4 children. Poor man marries and start Mass production of children that he can't afford to train because the only thing that gives poor man joy is the body of his wife. The country has beaten him to the level that sex is his only idea of enjoyment.
Politicians steal your money, sleep with your wife and girlfriends and sister, make sure you don't go to school, even when you struggle to, he makes sure you don't finish on time let alone getting a job.
He sends his children to the best schools abroad so they will take over from him when he is done playing with your future.
He initiates a poverty alleviation program, videos himself cutting tapes during the mounting of an of electric pole. He gives you 4000, bags of rice at rallies and arms to fight his opponents.
He paints the roads and puts Street lights when there are no light in your home. You hail him!
He spends millions on billboards of his fake projects, hires the best PR experts to keep you drooling with hunger and uninformed and keep on doing damages to your common sense. You defend him.
Second tenure, no jobs, no food, the 4000 has finished and the bag of rice wasting in the pit of your toilet. He must recover the billions he spent buying your votes. For he is not qualified to lead but you qualified him.
You start making use of the guns he bought you. You kill the poor like yourself who is suffering the effects of the 4000 and bag of rice that you took. You try to Kidnap his friends, their police orderlies fire back at you.
His friends tell him that there is insecurity in town and it will affect their mobilization for him for second term. He shouts ahhhh, second tenure is like the second round of sex that puts one to sleep after, except, perhaps, he works for vivid entertainment or one of those Hollywood porn industries. He complains of lack of security to the commissioner of police and General Officer Commanding, Air Officer commanding or the Flag Officer Commanding.
He spends millions hosting them. They tell him what to do. By now, you have become a threat.
He buys even a bigger gun for the police and the military plus operational vehicles.
He pays for radio and TV jingles to warn you.
You rob, you die. You protest, you die. You stay at home, you die of starvation.
Then, you get recommended to a church and since you can't pay tithes, pastor turns you into an errand boy. He sends you to buy biscuits for his children, wash pants for his wife and clean his cars.
You sweep the church for free while awaiting your heavenly reward while the pastor fly private jets and drive flashy sedans.
You are happy that your pastor is rich and argue for him in midst of your friends.
He runs to the UK at the slightest symptoms of headache but prays for you when you are sick and tells you to bring your sick mother to church for prayers instead of taking her to hospitals to waste money. She dies and he tells you that it was God's will while his mother has been in the UK for months receiving the best treatment that tithes can buy.
He buys a new land for a new church branch, you help to carry blocks and turn concrete, then collect blessings as reward. You are happy to be working for the salvation of your soul, heaven will pay. The pastor lives his heaven on earth.
The new church building is completed on your sweat.
He invites the president, governor, senator, house of representative member and every other person who made sure that you are poor by design.
The whole area is policed with guns and armored cars. You are comfortably seated at the back of the back while straining your neck to see who and who came.
The president and governor and senator plus their contractor friends donate hundreds of millions for the new church while you cheer from the back.
The food they shared didn't get to you but you are happy the president and governor and senator came to your church. You even brag to others of how your pastor is well connected.
You get home, hunger Knocks angrily on the belly door, your neighbor bails you out while you wait for heaven to pay.
10 years on the jobless job, pastor's children have been sent abroad for studies. Age is no longer on your side, pastor hooks you up with another aunty that sweeps the church for free with no education just like you and Weds you both on a Friday evening church service and you are happy. Your children starts the circle all over again.
*What is the difference between an Ordinary Thief (OT) & a Political Thief (PT) ?*
1) The Ordinary Thief steals your money, bag, watch, gold chain etc.; But the Political Thief steals your future, career, education, health & business! �
2) The hilarious part is: The Ordinary Thief will choose whom to rob; But you, yourself chose the Political Thief to rob you. �
3) The most ironic one: Police will chase and nab the Ordinary Thief; while the Police will look after and protect the Political Thief!
That’s the travesty cum irony of our current society!
wink2015: Obasanjo is abusing the socalled "STRONG BODY" that the Almighty God gave to him.
Imagine such an old man of 80 years running up and down from state to state at the detriment of his health and old age just to make himself RELEVANT.
Obasanjo refuse to learn some good lessons from western leaders from former United States President such as EX-President Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Immediately after their tenure, leaders in most of these western countries just take a bow and leave the stage. You do not see them interfering in the day to day, year to year administration of the government of their respective countries. They leave it to serving leaders and all his cabinent members.
BUT OBASANJO OWN is always different. He want to be known and heard all the time. OVER SABI PIKIN!
It was this his BUSYBODY that made him foolish to accept world court settlement with the republic of Cameroun over the Bakassi Penussula. A world court verdict which Nigeria unfortunately and bitterly lost.
Obasanjo took his BUSYBODY TOO FAR in critizing the GOOGLE-GENERAL, Late General Sani Abacha and the man could not tolerate Obasanjo verbal wars and General Abacha had to link him to a fanthom coup that saw him being jailed for life by the Abacha government. Yet Obasanjo never learnt his lessons, even from history.
His daughter, who is now a lecturer in the United States, Senator, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello cautioned him against interfering in Nigeria matter, Obasanjo still remain recalcitrant.
He specialise in writing letters to serving President not minding the fact that nobody wrote to him when he was in power and was bragging for a third term in power.
Presently, he now propagate his current PET PROJECT - Third Force alongside with former Cross Rivers state governor, Donald Duke, Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola ( Rtd )
The big question!
WHY IS OBASANJO BRAGGING AND DYING OVER NIGERIA? A country that he help to destroy.
I rest my case!
Cry me a river. Is it your energy he's expending ?
Advice Bubu to start traveling like him. If a past president can have this much energy and will to go on national and international consultation trips, aren't you ashamed that a sitting president would not as much as pay a condolence visit to nearby Benue?
Obasanjo is not a coward. If he dared Abacha who is bubu that he cannot talk to?
Your hypocrisy stinks to high heavens. Where was your outrage when obasanjo wrote an open letter to goodluck Jonathan in 2014? You didn't think he was too old to be on the scene then did you? No! You celebrated him.
Now he mentions the woeful failure of your demigod and you are here screaming blue murder!
Power has returned to the electorate where it belongs. We will keep booting out non performing leaders until we get one that will perform. You better advise bubu to start packing his kaya. His defeat will hit him like a fully loaded train
If Buhari's presidency stinks, PDP is in no position to point that out.
no matter what. PDP is never coming back.
Dead and buried party
atleast, this is a product of Buhari's presidency.
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It beats my imagination when people reason Like this.
Bros who are the members of this APC? Are they not thesame PDP members?
You can only make this kind of assertion in a Democracy like USA where political parties have ideologies and hardly will you see them decamp to other parties.
APC claim to be the Messiah then turn around to recruit members from thesame corrupt PDP they are trying to upstage.
Bros PDP is APC and APC is PDP. Saraki and co will explain better.
Meanwhile you did not explain what your Messiah did with the stolen money. All you did was blame PDP (again!!). OR was it PDP that gave this withdrawal instruction?
Let's be objective for once. I will gladly tell a righteous man his fault when he goes wrong. I don't defend people blindly.
Mitsurugi: This show is just a reflection of the present society and its youth. We are now more depraved, celebrate mediocrity and the dearth of intellectualism. We are plastic, uninspiring and basically have no idea of leadership and economic excellence. Worse we are the worst hypocrites who cry immorality and indecency yet wait till unholy hours to peep via night vision shots at a young man poking a young lady after a night of wanton alcoholism and dance floor debauchery. Worse further every act of inanity is keenly egged on by family and friends with fingers on the key pads of their mobile devices ready to vote for the continuity of banality clearly focused on THE MONEY! Worse further, Nairaland a supposed intellectual forum lends its weight to the blatant exhibition of televised stupidity! Why am I even ranting sef?
emmykey0128: Ortom has really used this killing to earn himself some respect among his people, he has man up and he stood up for his people, I hope he can just pay the salary areas he his owning and I bet you second term is sure for him, will buhari visit benue? I guess not
rxmusa: That's good! Appreciating honesty and Sincerity
Why should I hate President Muhammadu Buhari?
How do I vilify a man who is guided by the doctrine of social justice? Ayo Fayose who literally wish Buhari death was recently paid a whopping sum of N11 billion as refund of money spent by Fayose to rehabilitate FG roads in Ekiti.
A vain and petty man would have denied Fayose any benefits from the federal government but not Buhari. Obasanjo denied Tinubu his constitutionally permitted allocations to Lagos same way Timipreye Silva was booted out of office for daring Jonathan. Muhammadu Buhari like a father he is has remained like a dumpsite where all refuse are heaped on. And with measured equanimity, he accepts the shenanigans of everyone. In fact, a serving minister openly kicked against his re-election, yet she still remains in his cabinet. Who tolerate such affront if not a Buhari?
He is being accused of obstinate dogmatism, some said he is insensitive and a religious bigot and ethnic jingoist, yet he remains stoic without pandering to the expectation of the naysayers. Never for once has this man spoke from the mosque, yet we call him an Islamic 'agendaist'. We remember how GEJ used every church podium to address the nation, yet he wasn't accused of christianizing the nation. For Buhari, it is always a forced ascription.
We accuse the man of populating the nation's security architecture with only northerners but praise the western domination of our economic team.
We accuse the man of nepotism yet non of his children are holding any position. What exactly is the fault of this man? Beyond the blanket generalization of he has failed, can you in specifics, list out his area of failure?
You have a president without an oil well, no private jet and ownership of shares in our national asset yet you vilify him? Do you prefer a man who left the prison with barely 20k but now rich if not richer than Nigeria?
You can accuse president Muhammadu Buhari of slow decision taking effort certainly not of unfair dispensation of the nation's resources. He is too guided by conscience to treat Nigerians in unequaled template. The man has nothing to gain by changing from a good man to a bad man in his 70s.
Let not our personal biases and prejudices push us to vilify an innocent man who is doing everything possible to right the wrong of governance.
Frankly musing
Straight from the office of Sycophants General The hardships that will reset your brain is still doing press up. Continue
unitysheart: I'm not a fan of any of the parties, but Lagos gives us a good clue of what to do when in security crisis. Ikorodu and baddoo should be studied.
When baddoo ravaged Ikorodu no one shouted Buhari. Ambode acted swiftly in collaboration with the security agencies and the rest is history.
I enjoin the affected states to please up their game.
Badoo had no vested interest or support from The federal government. Replace badoo with Fulani herdsmen In Thesame ikorodu and see if the Benue scenario will not play out.
We are talking about covert state sponsored killing here. No matter how much a governor collaborate with police, if the IG does not give a go ahead police will not do Jack that's how the chain of command works.
Same reason we advocating for restructuring and state policing but some people think it is a foolish idea. All advanced democracies in the world have state police that are sufficiently empowered to provide first level response to such situations.
Power is too concentrated at the presidency. Army, air force, police, navy, nscdc, FRSC,...... Even civil defence
We can decieve ourselves All we want but until this country is restructured forget about any real change.
maclatunji: Yet, some people impoverished by these thieving elite will want to remove the government that is ensuring this kind of landmark reforms thereby allowing looting to resume unabated.
It will not happen I hope. Godwilling, President Buhari will be granted the health, long life and ability to see through these fundamental reforms.
The evidence for the validity of Islam and the truthfulness of the Prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is abundant and can hardly be enumerated. This evidence is sufficient to convince any wise and fair-minded person who is impartially and sincerely seeking the truth. We can sum up some of this proof as follows.
1. The evidence of sound human nature
The call of Islam is in accordance with sound human nature, as is indicated by the words of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted (interpretation of the meaning):
“So set you (O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) your face towards the religion of pure Islamic Monotheism Hanifa (worship none but Allah Alone) Allah’s Fitrah (i.e. Allah’s Islamic Monotheism), with which He has created mankind. No change let there be in Khalqillah (i.e. the Religion of Allah Islamic Monotheism), that is the straight religion, but most of men know not”
[ar-Room 30:30].
And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “There is no child who is not born in a state of fitrah, then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian, just as animals bring forth animals with their limbs intact, do you see any deformed one among them?”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1358) and Muslim (2658).
The words “animals bring forth animals with their limbs intact” mean: just as an animal is born with its limbs intact and free of defects; anything that happens to it of cuts to its ears and so on happens after it is born.
Similarly, every human is born with an inherent inclination towards Islam, and any deviation from Islam is undoubtedly a departure from sound human nature. Therefore we never find anything in the teachings of Islam that is contrary to sound human nature. Rather all of its teachings on beliefs and practical matters are in accordance with sound human nature. As for religions and ideologies other than Islam, they include things that are contrary to sound human nature. This is something that is quite clear and apparent to anyone who reflects and ponders.
2. Rational evidence
There are many Islamic texts that address reason and direct people to examine the rational proof and evidence, and call upon people of sound reasoning and mature thinking to examine the definitive evidence for the soundness of Islam.
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“(This is) a Book (the Qur’an) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember”
[Saad 38:29].
Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad said concerning the miraculous aspects of the Qur’an:
In it you will see that there is an explanation of a set of divine laws; it mentions the way of proof based on reason, presents arguments against the misguided followers of different religions and sects, and argues against them on the basis of strong and clear proof, using very easy and concise language. Those who pretend to be clever tried to come up with proof and evidence like that, but they were not able to do so.
End quote from ash-Shifa (1/390)
The texts of the revelation do not contain anything that is impossible according to rational thinking or that would be rejected by reason, and the texts never presented an argument that contradicts reason or contradicts any analogy based on rational thinking. Rather the proponents of falsehood never presented any analogy to support their falsehood but the Qur’an refuted it on the basis of truth and an argument that is based on clear reason.
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And no example or similitude do they bring (to oppose or to find fault in you or in this Qur’an), but We reveal to you the truth (against that similitude or example), and the better explanation thereof”
[al-Furqaan 25:33].
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Here Allah, may He be glorified, tells us that the disbelievers do not produce any rational argument to support their falsehood but He refutes it on the basis of truth, and presents arguments and evidence and examples that offer a better explanation thereof, are more convincing and give a clearer explanation of the truth than their argument and analogy.
End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa (4/106)
One of the examples of rational evidence in the Qur’an is the verse in which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Do they not then consider the Qur’an carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradiction”
[an-Nisa’ 4:82].
In Tafseer al-Qurtubi it says:
There is no one who speaks a great deal but you will find a lot of contradiction in his words, either in the presentation and wording, or in the meaning, or you will find discrepancies, or there will be untruths. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, sent down the Qur’an and instructed them to reflect on it, because they will not find in it any discrepancies in the presentation of ideas, or any flaws in what it promotes, or any contradiction, or any lies in what they are told of matters of the unseen and what they conceal.
End quote from al-Jaami‘ li Ahkaam al-Qur’an (5/290)
Ibn Katheer said:
That is, if it were fabricated and made up, as the ignorant polytheists and hypocrites said to themselves, “they would surely have found therein much contradiction” that is, many flaws and discrepancies. In other words, this Book is free of discrepancies and contradictions, therefore it is from Allah.
End quote from Tafseer al-Qur’an al-‘Azeem (1/802)
3. Miracles and signs of Prophethood
Allah, may He be exalted, supported His noble Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) with numerous miracles and tangible signs that pointed to the truthfulness of his Prophethood and the soundness of his message, such as the splitting of the moon for him, the glorification of Allah by food and pebbles in front of him, the springing forth of water from between his fingers, the increasing of food, and other miracles and signs that were seen and witnessed by huge numbers of people, and have been transmitted to us via saheeh isnaads (sound chains of narration) that reach the level of tawaatur. This gives rise to certainty.
An example of that is that which is narrated in a saheeh report from ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ood, that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) on a journey and our supply of water ran low. He said: “Bring me a little leftover water.” So they brought a vessel in which there was a little water. He put his hand in the vessel, then said: “Come to a blessed, purifying water; and the blessing is from Allah.” And I saw the water springing from between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). And we used to hear the food glorifying Allah as it was being eaten.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (3579)
4. Prophecies
What is meant by prophecies here is what the revelation foretold of matters and events that would happen in the future, whether that was during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) or after his death.
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) never foretold anything that would happen in the future, but it would happen exactly as he foretold. This indicates that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, had revealed and disclosed to him some matters of unseen knowledge that could not be attained except by means of revelation.
One example of that is the report narrated by Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Hour will not begin until a fire emerges in the land of the Hijaz which will illuminate the necks of the camels in Busra.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (7118) and Muslim (2902).
And it happened exactly as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) had foretold, in 654 AH – approximately 644 years after his death. This was mentioned by historians, including al-‘Allaamah Abu Shaamah al-Maqdisi, in his book Dhayl ar-Rawdatayn. He was one of the scholars who lived at the time of this historical incident. It was also mentioned by al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wa’n-Nihaayah (13/219), where he said: Then the year 654 AH began, in which there appeared fire in the land of the Hijaz by which the necks of the camels in Busra were illuminated, as it says in the agreed-upon hadith. Shaykh al-‘Allaamah al-Haafiz Shihaab ad-Deen Abu Shaamah al-Maqdisi spoke at length about that in his adh-Dhayl wa Sharhuhu, based on many letters that came to Damascus from the Hijaz, describing that fire that had been witnessed and seen, and how it emerged, and the story thereof.
To sum up what Abu Shaamah said:
Letters came to Damascus from the Prophet’s City – may the best of blessings and peace be upon its inhabitant – speaking of the emergence of a fire in their land on 5th Jumaada al-Aakhirah this year. The letters were written on 5th Rajab, when the fire was still burning, and they reached us on 10th Sha‘baan. Then he said: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. At the beginning of Sha‘baan 654 AH, letters came to the city of Damascus from the city of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) describing a significant event that occurred there, in which there was confirmation of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in as-Saheehayn, who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Hour will not begin until a fire emerges in the land of the Hijaz which will illuminate the necks of the camels in Busra.” Someone whom I trust from among those who saw it told me that he heard that in Tayma’ letters had been written by its light.
He said: We were in our houses during those nights, and in the house of each one of us it was as if there was a lamp, but it had no heat and did not burn, despite its greatness; rather it was one of the signs of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. End quote.
Seun will not allow Christians post on a Muslim thread without e-conversion to Islam but feels that such restriction is not necessary to enforce on Christian threads.... Look at what a Muslim fellow posted up there. Would I be allowed to do same on an Islamic thread without swearing an oath?
Where is the fairness on this forum?
If a faceless forum can be this biased in favour of Islam religion then I'm speechless.
This issue has been raised countless times but all mods just shrug their shoulders, turn a blind eye and pretend that all is well.
If you want to enforce religious oaths, enforce it for every religion or remove the current restriction on Islamic threads. Equity and justice that is lacking in our society is rearing it's ugly head on this precious forum an no one seem to care. No more preferential treatment for any religion on nairaland.
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