Huge Tragedy as Prominent Nigerian Imam Dies Hours after Return from Hajj

• The Muslim community in Suleja, Niger state has been thrown into mourning following the death of Sheikh Dahiru Shuaibu
• Shuaibu, who was Chief Imam of the Suleja Central Mosque died a few hours after he returned from Hajj
• The 76-year-old Muslim leader was said to have died of cardiac arrest 14 hours after he returned from Saudi Arabia

Suleja, Niger state - Tragedy struck on Saturday, July 22, in Suleja, Niger state when Sheikh Dahiru Shuaibu died a few hours after he returned from a pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Shuaibu, the Chief Imam of the Suleja Central Mosque returned to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia on Saturday around 9 am.

According to Daily Trust, a family source, Abduljalil Dahiru Shuaibu, said the Chief Imam died of cardiac arrest around 11 pm in his residence.

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He said:

“I was among the family members who went to the Abuja airport on Saturday morning to receive the imam back home. But around 11 pm, I received a call that the imam had passed on.”

The late Chief Imam was a retired khadi of the Shari’a Court of Appeal, Minna, Niger State, and was married to four wives, had 30 children and many grandchildren.

The remains of the 76-year-old were buried according to Islamic rites at the Suleja Muslim cemetery.

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Isa died in the early hours of Wednesday, March 15, at Garkuwa hospital, Kaduna.

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Alhaji Sheikh Adam Tahir, the chief Imam of Jama’a Emirate in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state, has died.

Alhaji Muhammad Kabir D. Kassim, the deputy chief Imam of Jama’a confirmed that Tahir died on Wednesday evening, February 16, after a brief illness.

Controversial Islamic scholar Sheikh Gumi loses mother

Controversial Islamic scholar and cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has been thrown into deep sorrow.

This was as he announced the death of his mother, which occurred on Sunday evening, March 5.

The mother of the Kaduna-based cleric died on Sunday, March 5, at precisely 5.30 pm, and preparations were on top gear to bury her on Monday, March 6, at Unguwar Sarki Muslim cemetery.

Source: Legit.ng