MAKE USE OF FIVE THINGS BEFORE FIVE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

139TH   FRIDAY SERMON AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 8TH MUHARRAM 1439/ 29TH SEPT. 2017

TOPIC: MAKE USE OF FIVE THINGS BEFORE FIVE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU

 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

To proceed;

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, today’s khutbah centered on the hadith of the prophet (SAW): Take advantage of five (5) before five (5) things happen to you.

Islam considers life- time of person to be a great valuable resource for him; thus believers are encouraged to be conscious of their actions and in actions in this life.  To achieve maximum benefit out of this life one need to recognize its importance and organize it wisely.  If human beings do not waste or abuse life but rather perceive  it as a blessing from Allah SWT they would have every chance and  hope for success both in this life and in the hereafter.

Islam teaches us that your life passes quickly and can never return; it is irretrievable.  It is also the most precious gift that humankind possesses and

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI,

THE 147^th KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY IMAM YAHYA  AL-YOLAWI, ON 24^TH NOV.2017  5^THR/AWWAL 1439AH

TOPIC: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUSBAND & WIFE IN ISLAM

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

 My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, Today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Duties and responsibilities of husband and wife in Islam.

Islam as a religion is very much concern with issues related to marriage and what comes after marriage agreement. In order to maintain peace and good harmony among families, and between husband and wife; Islam has prescribed certain duties and responsibilities to the husband and place certain duties and responsibilities on wife to balance the equation and whenever those rights are neglected or violated a lots of chaos and evils will find their way in to your life as husband or wife. Allah says: “…And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allah is exalted in Might and Wise." [Quran 2: 228]

Some of the verses and ahadith on rights and obligations of husband and wife includes:

1.      Man is the caretaker of his wife and household:

He is responsible for all her affairs and

SIGNIFICANCE OF ISLAMIC HIJRA CALENDER & ASHURA By YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

138^th  KHUTBAHAT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI ON 1^ST  MUHARRAM 1439AH/ 22^ND SEPT.2017CE

TOPIC: SIGNIFICANCE OF ISLAMIC HIJRA CALENDER & ASHURA

All praises and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon Prophet Muhammad (SAW), His family, companions and those who follow his guidance until the Day of Judgment.

 Respected brothers and sisters in Islam;today’s sermon will discuss the topic: significance of Islamic Hijracalender&Ashura.

The Islamic calendar was first initiated by one of the famous companions Umar bin Al Khattab (RA), the second caliph of Islam. He did that in an attempt

Aregbesola’s free train ride By Femi Macaulay

As expected, a few days to Eid-el-Kabir, the Osun State Government announced the schedule for its free train ride from Lagos to Osogbo, the state capital.  A statement by the Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Ismail Jayeoba-Alagbada, on August 27 explained that the arrangement was

LESSONS FROM EIDUL-ADHA AND 10 DAYS OF ZUL-HIJJA By YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 135TH KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, (TO BE DELIVER) ON 1^st SEPT. 2017/ 10^TH ZUL-HIJJA 1438 AH

TOPIC: LESSONS FROM EIDUL-ADHA AND 10 DAYS OF ZUL-HIJJA

In the name of Allah the Beneficent the most Merciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’skhutba centered on tips for Eidul-adha and sacrifice and today’s sermon will look at the possible lessons or benefitslearnt from these great and blessed days.

Respectedbrothers and sisters in Islam!we  should fear Allah as He should be feared for, the fear of Allah is the

Nigeria’s Unity Is Settled And Not Negotiable – By President Muhammadu Buhari

My dear citizens,  I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among my brothers and sisters.
In the course of my stay in the United Kingdom, I have been  kept in daily touch with events at home. Nigerians are

Buhari’s Return And The Tasks Ahead - Leadership

After one hundred and three days for a follow up medical vacation in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Abuja on Saturday August 19, 2017 to a turmultous welcome. He was also earlier away for 49 days from January to March, this year. This column join other Nigerians in welcoming him and wishing him full recovery. Nigerians are prayerful and Buhari’s return must

The moral debris of GEJ’s looted home By Louis Odion

Vanguard editorial, in my view, belongs in the heavyweight echelon of Nigeria’s commentariat. The weight of its punch is to be judged not only by the resonance of the message over the years; but also its economy of phrase – the uncanny facility to say a lot in so few words, packing so much into so little a space.
But its edition of August 3 must rank among those that fall miserably short of

FIRST TEN ( 10) DAYS OF DHUL- HIJJA BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

133RD FRIDAY SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI ON 18^th AUG. 2017/ 26^st ZUL QA’ÁDAH 1438 AH

TOPIC:  FIRST TEN ( 10) DAYS OF DHUL- HIJJA

All praises and thanks are due to Allah,Who created time and made some times  better than others; Some months, days and nights better than others, where rewards are multiplied many times, as a mercy to those who believed in Him [the Most High]. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon Prophet Muhammad (SAW), His family, companions and those who follow his guidance until the Day of accountability.

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam; our last weeks’s discussion centered on Hajj and it rituals and today’s sermon will focus on significance of first 10 days of Dhul-Hijja.

‘O Muslims! the first 10 days of Zul- hijja, are around the corner, days which Allah [SWT] selected and  made it so

Significance of Hajj (pilgrimage) in Islam By Yahya Garba Al-Yolawi

131^st  FRIDAY SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH  MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 4^TH AUGUST 2017/ 11^TH ZUL QA’IDAH  1438 AH

TOPIC:significance of Hajj (pilgrimage) inIslam

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

 Dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, as we are all aware, last week Sundaythe first flight with over four hundred Nigerian pilgrims took-off to Saudi Arabia to mark 2017 Hajj exercise hence we will like to remind ourselves and highlight some of the significance of Hajj in today’s sermon in shaa Allah.

The term Hajj literally means "to visit or heading to

SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTABLISHING JUSTICE IN ISLAM BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

129TH   KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI   ON 21^st  JULY 2017/ 27^TH SHAWWAL1438  AH

TOPIC:  SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTABLISHING JUSTICE IN ISLAM

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam: our last week’s Khutbah centered on bad consequences of injustice and today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Significance of Establishing Justice in Islam.

The greatest blessing that Allah bestowed on mankind is sending of his messenger, (SAW) with a pure religion that brings all good to mankind and

EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF OPPRESSION (AZ-ZULM) By YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

128^THKHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA,  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI ON 14^TH JULY, 2017/ 20^TH  SHAWWAL 1438AFTER HIJRA

TOPIC: EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF OPPRESSION (AZ-ZULM)

All praises and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon Prophet Muhammad (SAW), His family, companions and those who follow his guidance until the Day of accountability.

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Evil of consequences of oppression.

 The term oppression (zulm) simply means the

BENEFIT OF REMEMBERING DEATH IN ISLAM - BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

127^TH SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AT MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 7^TH  JULY, 2017/13^TH SHAWWAL 1438 AFTER HIJRA

TOPIC: BENEFIT OF REMEMBERING DEATH IN ISLAM

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the most Merciful

 Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, Today’s sermon will divert a little to the topic: Benefits of remembering Death in Islam.

Death in Islam is the termination of worldly life and the beginning of life after death (Barzakh). Death is seen as the separation of soul from body, and its transfer from this world to the afterlife. Death is a reality in

Nigeria Breaks: Why And Or Why Not? By Engr. Abubakar A. Fari

  Engr. Abubakar A. Fari

One cannot eat his cake and have it. However, it is only in Nigeria that some ethnic “nationalities” tend to behave. The southerners with respect to north-south balance and especially with the Hausa-Fulani see it as live and let die. The Ibo in particular have this negative mentality. Of course not with all but the preponderance are short sighted. It is not the way one sees himself that is the yardstick. The way others see you is what should concern a rational person. If one sees himself in the mirror as handsome, while the outside see him or her as ugly, needs a rethink. Chinua Achebe I understand is quoted to have said that Nigerians disagree on all matters. The one they have consensus is the dislike of the Ibos. One man I met from Kogi said

Beyond ‘street protests and sit at home orders’ By Mohammed Adamu

Mohammed Adamu

(08035892325 sms only)dankande2@gmail.com
NOTE: Given the deluge of responses to last week’s ‘BIAFRA: IN PEACE OR IN PIECES’, I have decided, this week, to give up the page to those who feel strongly for or against the views I canvassed. Enjoy them:
BIAFRA’S OKAY, BUT THERE’S NO BASIS FOR IT!
Online:- “Those who advocate that the ‘Czechoslovakia Formula’ out of which Czech and Slovak republics emerged, be applied to Nigeria simply forget, or are not aware

Tambuwal in the eye of the storm By Saifullahi Abubakar

  IT is normal for a public figure, a successful one for that matter, to attract occasional sneer, derision or outright envy. But it is abnormal when such a thing is turned into an organised mob of muckrakers with a mandate to smear the target personality by every available spit they could get. This is the case with an on-going mudslinging against Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, using the free passage of all garbage offered by the handy social media. 

 A recent example of such trashy offerings; one that went viral on account of the key words deliberately used to

LAST TEN (10) DAYS OF RAMADAN BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

 

124THKHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 16^TH JUNE, 2017/ 21^st RAMADAN 1438 AH

TOPIC:LAST TEN (10) DAYS OF RAMADAN

All praises and thanks are due to Allah (SWT), the Lord of mankind, jins and all that exist. Peace and blessings be upon the leader of humanity, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), His household, His companions and those who followed his footsteps till the Day of accountability.

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’s Khutbah centered on Significance of giving out charity in Ramadan and today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Last ten days of Ramadan.

 Today is Friday, being the 21^stday

SIGNIFICANCE OF CHARITY (SADAQAH) IN RAMADAN BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 123RD  KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 9^TH JUNE, 2017/ 14TH RAMADAN 1438 AH

TOPIC: SIGNIFICANCE OF CHARITY (SADAQAH) IN RAMADAN

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’s Khutbah centered on: etiquettes of Ramadan fast in Islam and today’s sermon will discuss the topic: significance of giving out charity in Ramadan.

The term Sadaqah (Charity) simply means any voluntary act done or given for the sake of Allah (SWT). Sadaqah comprises an act of giving something out of kindness, religious duty or generosity. Sadaqah (giving out charity) helps to

Melaye’s Recall And The Banging Drums Of War In Kogi By SOLOMON AYADO

Since the eruption of political fracas between Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and the Senator for Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, a lot of ugly events have been unfolding. SOLOMON AYADO takes a look at issues surrounding the frosty relationship betwen the duo and the move to recall the vocal senator.
Although the much anticipated 2019 general elections are still ahead, the political gimmicks, the clever maneuverings and

The rich are also poor By Femi Macaulay

It was the kind of news that was no news.  What the Oxfam International’s Inequality report said was not news to many Nigerians. The report, released on May 17, stated that the combined wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at $29.9 billion, could end extreme poverty in the country. The report, titled ‘Inequality in Nigeria, Exploring the Drivers,’ highlighted the immense and increasing gap between the stinking rich and the stinking poor in Nigeria. Oxfam is “an international confederation of charitable organisations focused on

ETIQUETTES OF RAMADAN FAST BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

  THE 122^NDKHUTBAH  DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 2^NDJUNE, 2017/  7^TH RAMADAN     1438 AH

TOPIC: ETIQUETTES OF RAMADAN FAST

 In the name of Allah the Most gracious  the Merciful.

Dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, in our series of khutbah toward Ramadan; today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Etiquettes of Ramadan fast.

 My dearest listeners, now we are already in Ramadan; all that we need to know concerning Ramadan fast had been said by our imams and scholars in various sittings and

GUIDING RULES TO RAMADAN FAST BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

 THE 121^st KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 26^TH MAY, 2017/  29^TH SHA’BAN1437 AFTER HIJRA

TOPIC: GUIDING RULES TO RAMADAN FAST

 In the name of Allah the Most gracious theMerciful

My dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, in our series of khutbah toward Ramadan; today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Guiding rules of Ramadan fast.

Brothers and sisters in islam, what remains now to  Ramadan   is just some  few hours or a day ;  we need to remind our self and refresh our memory with the standing rules of  Ramadan in order to attain and achieve  maximum benefits  in this precious time which comes only once in every year.

 Fasting as it is,became an

Why Buhari will not rid Nigeria of corruption By Fisayo Soyombo @fisayosoyombo

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari listens a panel discussion at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London, May, 2016 [Frank Augstein/Reuters]

Nigerian president's war against corruption will yield a betwixt-and-between result: so much action, minimal solution.   

There is renewed optimism in Nigeria over the success chances of President Muhammadu Buhari's war against corruption. Perennially derided by the opposition as a one-way partisan campaign, Buhari's war against graft is finally piquing the interest of neutrals. This is because the president's own men are the latest victims of the campaign.

Director general of Nigeria's National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, is currently on suspension after reluctantly admitting ownership, on behalf of the agency he has been leading, of the sums of $43.4m, 27,700 British pounds ($36,000) and 23.2 million naira ($74,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a private residence in

SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMADAN 2 (Health, spiritual, economic, social and psychological benefits of Ramadan fast) BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 120TH SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA'AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 19TH MAY, 2017/ 22ND SHA'ABAN 1438 AH

TOPIC: SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMADAN 2

(Health, spiritual, economic, social and psychological benefits of Ramadan fast)

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Ramadan is a period of fasting, reflection, devotion, generosity and sacrifice observed by all Muslims around the world to observe one of the five pillars of islam. The significance and benefits of fasting to a believer cannot be over-emphasized due to the number of mercies and blessings of Allah towards Muslimsummah throughout the month. Some of

What manner of love for Buhari By Muhammad Ajah

While speaking recently at the palace of the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Usman, Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, reaffirmed his love for President Muhammadu Buhari and cherished his relationship with him. He declared: “The president has been treating me as a brother. In fact, the president has taken me as a son in the way he treats me. Going by the amount of responsibilities the president has given me; it shows that he seriously believes that we can live as brothers in this country. He seriously believes in

Anti-graft war in Federal Republic of ‘Thieves’

Recent developments in Nigeria seem to suggest that the country is one in which only the criminalminded individuals and brazen thieves hold the reins of power. The current anti-corruption crusade of the government has lifted the veil off the deep and serious existential issue of corruption. Rarely does a week passes without one celebrated case of money, mostly in foreign currencies, found somewhere, albeit, without owners.
Despite the huge challenges of the war against corruption as witnessed in the poor investigation, lack of cohesion among law enforcement agencies and the inability of EFCC to secure convictions in most of

An agreement is an agreement By Femi Macaulay

Osuofia Dancing to his music, Agreement is Agreement

 It was a time to look back, and then look forward. The 10th anniversary of Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, was not just about the past. More importantly, it was also about the future.

Talking of the past, it would appear that airport terminal operator Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has had a difficult experience concerning the concession agreement it signed with the Federal Government. The anniversary was a fitting time to highlight the minuses that dampened the celebration.
The company’s chairman, Dr. Wale Babalakin, shed light on the negatives when he spoke to reporters about the government’s contractual infidelity. Babalakin stated: “We got approval since 2007 to operate regional flights from MMA2, but the relevant authorities are

Police is not your friend By Kaine Agary

  I do not know who came up with the Nigeria Police slogan, “The Police is Your Friend”, but make no mistake about your relationship with the Nigeria Police. Nowhere in the world is the police your friend. They have a very important role in keeping law and order and keeping us all safe from the baddies of the world, but police is not your friend. Police is especially not your friend in an environment that does not hold the police accountable for the actions and expression of unreasonable force. Whatever class of person you are in Nigeria, the last thing that you want is an encounter with the police because you will find out very quickly that all the black letters in the Nigerian Constitution, in statutes, and police PR campaigns mean nothing to the officers on the streets and

The three musketeers scheme again by UnderTow

They are Nigeria’s first leadership eleven: the troika of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Ibrahim Babangida and Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar — all of them retired army generals. The media was awash with reports they met at Gen Babangida’s Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday to deliberate on issues whose agenda were kept away from the prying eyes of the public. They always seethed with schemes; but this time their schemes were not quite as obvious to the public as reporters would like them to be. Moreover, why only three of them met , out of Nigeria’s seven living ex-heads of state, is difficult to fathom. Perhaps it is only these three that have shown bravery in affecting, for good or bad, the fortunes of Nigeria.
Speculations were rife on Tuesday that the meeting dwelled more on President Muhammadu Buhari’s delicate health and its implications for both governance and

SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMADAN By YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

   THE 119TH SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 12TH MAY 2017/ 15TH SHA’ABAN 1438 AH

TOPIC:  SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMADAN

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

The term Ramaḍan is taken from the word “Ramad” which means that which wasextremely heated by the sun.  Arabs used to say about the sheep that they were 'burned (ramidah) while they were grazing under the burning heat of the sun to the extent that their livers became damaged (by the intense heat of the sun). Ramaḍān was named such because it burns the sins of the believers. ImāmQurtubi  said: ''It was named Ramaḍan because it burns the sins of people with righteous deeds”. Abu Huraira (RA) narrated that the

DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS IN ISLAM By YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

   THE 118TH SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 6TH MAY 2017/ 8TH SHAABAN 1438 AH

TOPIC:  DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF WORKERS IN ISLAM

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Islam praised the concept of work, and stressed that the believer who works to sustain his living is far better than who relies and depend on others for his living. The live example of this is the fact that almost all the prophets and messengers of Allah have worked to earn their living in order to lead by example.

“AndWe did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets….” Q20:25

Thus, Islam offered specific rights to workers as citizens and

OUR YOUTH OUR FUTURE PART 1 BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 117TH SERMON DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 27TH APRIL 2017/ 1ST SHAABAN 1438 AFTER HIJRA

TOPIC: OUR YOUTH OUR FUTURE  PART 1

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Allah is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

All praise is due to Allah. O Allah, we praise You, beseech You for help, guidance and forgiveness. We seek refuge in You from the evil in ourselves and the evil of our actions. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever Allah let to be led astray none can guide. I testify that there is no god bu