Sheikh Abdul-Fattah Enabulele, the Chief Imam of Benin, has expressed concern over the rising killings across Nigeria, stating that God is displeased with the nation.
He lamented the increasing violence, urging Nigerians to embrace peace, justice, and unity he emphasised that bloodshed and injustice hinder divine blessings and called on leaders to take urgent steps to address insecurity.
In response to the recent Urhomi incident, the Chief Imam, while speaking to newsmen on Sunday, made these claims : “God is displeased with Nigerians because of the way we are killing one another. How can we be killing one another? Those who are supposed to protect us are indifferent; they are protecting themselves with security, leaving us exposed.
The Chief Imam called on Nigerians to allow the lessons learned during Ramadan to continue to guide them and to avoid reverting to their old ways of life.
He also advised Muslims in the country to conduct themselves well, noting that even if others are misbehaving, they should not emulate them because Allah has given them the Qur’an and the Prophet, the hadiths.
He opined that both are intended to guide them on how to live peacefully with others.
“We should not take the law into our own hands. We should not contravene the laws of the land, and we should not make ourselves a nuisance.
When you come to a community that is not your own, you should respect the community, study them, observe their cultures and traditions, and respect their way of life, and not come to misbehave and cause problems everywhere,” he said.
