Nigeria's Amirul Hajj and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II is not happy that many Nigerians died stoning the devil at the just concluded Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Alhaji Sanusi feels that Nigerians should avoid the part of Hajj that involves stoning the devil unless the Saudi authorities accomodate them in Jamrat where the event takes place.
At least 75 Nigerians are confirmed to have lost their lives lives 241 have been declared missing in the stampede that occurred as pilgrims struggled to stone the devil.
Emir Sanusi who quoted copiously from the Holy Qur’an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad(SAW) to demonstrate that refusal to even perform the stoning of devil ritual does not in any way invalidate one’s Hajj declared that the stoning of the devil is not worth the blood of any Muslim.
He said : “During the era of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he permitted pilgrims who came on camels to stay in Makkah after Arafat, instead of staying in Mina and sleeping at Muzdalifa.
“So, if the Prophet could give such grace to some people, just to protect their animals, why didn’t our scholars educate our people properly to avoid this untoward hardship and death?
“Therefore, it will be part of my recommendations to the federal government that, if we cannot get accommodation close to Jamrat where the Arabs reside in Mina, then this year may be the last time we will sleep in Mina and Muzdalifa because we want to stone the devil.
“Besides that, if one deliberately refuses to even perform the stoning of the devil rituals, all he needs to do is to slaughter a ram. So, if this is the situation, why do we go and suffer and die instead of sacrificing a ram?
“As it is presently, sleeping in Mina and Muzdalifa is not backed by any Hadith or verse of the Qur’an. So, why do we continue to do it?"
Sanusi also defended blacks against the insinuations by Saudi Arabian authorities that African pilgrims triggered the stampede by not following laid down procedures.
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