Tag: Dr Ahmad Bamba

Kano State Govovernor Abdullahi Ganduje, has described the death of Dr Ahmad Bamba, a renowned Islamic Scholar, as shocking. Ganduje said this in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar on Friday in Kano. “The death hit the state very well, he was a sound scholar during his lifetime, with deep sound of ingenuity and originality in his teaching of the sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah Be Upon Him). “This is a great loss that gravitates around with sorrow,” he said. Ganduje urged Islamic scholars in the state to copy the good virtues of the late Sheikh. “He laid a solid foundation on how to do “Da’awah” calling people to Islam, and he followed what he preached. “He was a gentleman by all standards per excellence,” he said. The governor, on behalf of the government and people of Kano State, condoled with family of the deceased. “I am extending our condolences to the immediate families of Sheikh Dr Ahmad Muhammad-Ibrahim. “Not only his families, Kano or Nigeria, the entire global intellectual community lost a rare gem,” he said. He prayed to the Almighty Allah to forgive his shortcomings, reward his good deeds with Al Jannah Firdausi and give the family fortitude to bear the loss.