Recall that a Nigerian Islamic Cleric Abdujabbar, was sentence to death yesterday in Kano for Blasphemy Against Prophet Muhammad.
What lead to the death sentence was not a direct insults but a disagreement with some of the Hadith that speak on life time of Prophet Muhammad.
The excerpt Naijablog extracted from Wikipedia reveal that Kano State government give benefits of doubt as requested by he (Abdujabbar) to organize a debate to prove his point.
But during the debate, Abdujabbar failed to provide answer to all the questions asked which led to his arrest and trial.
Abduljabbar was accused several times of blasphemy towards Muhammad, to some of the companions of Muhammad, to Ahl- al-Bayt (relatives of Muhammad), according to Abduljabbar, some hadith narrated by Anas Ibn Malik, Bukhari and Muslim are in accusations towards Muhammad, which he Abduljabbar is now scaling the Hadith as hoax and accusations towards Muhammad, he is now objecting the Hadiths, and the context of the accusations.
According to Abduljabbar He is objecting those hadith narrated by Bukhari and Muslim not supporting them, whenever Abduljabbar is preaching, giving fatwa or giving Islamic sermon during Jumu’at congregation, He use to make it open by challenging everyone, saying that he seek a legal Islamic verdict debate against any Nigerian Islamic scholar who is willing to provide Islamic scriptural evidence, which will serve as an Islamic evidence that what he is saying about the Hadiths are untrue, although many Kano and Nigerian Islamic scholars are objecting the existence and the wrong interpretations of the Hadiths given by Abduljabbar respectively, but he says he seeks a mukabala (Islamic debate) eye to eye.
Abduljabbar was held captive by Kano State Government, after the Kano State Islamic scholars from Izala Society, Salafiyya, Tijaniyyah and Qadiriyya reported Abduljabbar to the state government, saying “They have come along with nine blasphemy which was stated by Abduljabbar in his preaching towards Muhammad in video and audio format, which will serve as a reference that Abduljabbar is making blasphemy towards Muhammad, and that if care is not taken, the blasphemy will lead to Islamic bloodshed and chaos in the State”, the state government decided to take part in the matter, the government decided that Abduljabbar will be putten to justice, but before then, the Kano State government wants to justify the matter to give Abduljabbar a chance which he always seek to have a debate, to present his scriptural evidence, so that to see if what he is saying is absolutely right, which will let him go free without any charges.
On 10 Saturday, July 2021, the government of Kano State officially organize the debate between him and four young Islamic sheikhs as representatives from Izala Society, Salafiyya, Tijjaniyya and Qadiriyya, in person of late Sheikh Mas’ud Mas’ud Hoto representing Qadiriyya sect. Dr Rabi’u Muhammad Umar Rijiyar Lemu representing Salafiyyah, Abubakar Mai Madatai representing Tijjaniyya sect and Kabir Bashir Kofar Wambai representing Izala sect.
The debate was chaired by Professor Salisu Shehu from Bayero University Kano, also in watch of Commissioner for Religious Affairs Kano State, the chairman of the debate Professor Salisu Shehu declared that Abduljabbar did not answer a single question asked by the other scholars, He said “Abduljabbar duged questions by giving irrelevant information or saying there’s no time to make references from the over five hundreds books which He brought to the debate, although he have assistants to assist him, while the other scholars have given references and answers to Abduljabbar’s questions directly
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