22/08/2025
THIS IS SHEIKH, IMAM, MUQRI PROFESSOR ABBA SALEH IBN SHEIKH AHMAD ABULFATHI.
HE IS VERY HUMBLE, KIND, INTELLIGENT AND HAS MASTERED THE HOLY QUR'AN WITH ALL THE RIWAYAAT(DIALECT).
TODAY AM CELEBRATING HIM FOR BEINGS OF THOSE WHO ASSISTED ME ON MY JOURNEY TO BECOME A LAWYER.
IN 2008, I GOT ADMISSION TO STUDY ISLAMIC STUDIES DESPITE SCORING 238 IN MY JAMB AND APPLYING TO STUDY LAW, EVEN WHEN THAT TIME ADMISSION TO STUDY LAW WAS GIVEN BELOW 200.
I STARTED STUDYING ISLAMIC STUDIES AND APPLYING FOR A CHANGE OF COURSE BUT NEVER GOT UNTIL 2011 WHEN I HAD ONLY A YEAR TO GRADUATE.
MY PREDICAMENT STARTED WHEN THE H.O.D ISLAMIC STUDIES REFUSED TO SIGN MY RELEASE FORM SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A FIRST CLASS AND THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ME TO RETAIN ME BUT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ME BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS INVISIBLE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND DRESS VERY UNRELATED TO A STUDENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES. YOU KNOW, T.SHIRT &JEANS.
I WENT TO MEAT PROFESSOR ABBA SALEH, BEING A LECTURER AT THE ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES AND INFORMED HIM OF MY CONDITION. HE PROMISED TO ASSIST ME AND WE WENT TO THE H.O.D TOGETHER. HE PLEADED WITH HIM BUT THE H.OD SAID HE CAN'T AFFORD TO RELEASE ME BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ME AND THEY WISH TO RETAIN ME. PROFESSOR TOLD H.O.D THAT " PLEASE SIGN THIS FORM EVEN IF YOU WILL NOT RENDER ME ANY ASSISTANCE AGAIN" HE ALSO SAID THE RELATIONSHIP OF HIS FATHER WITH SHEIKH AHMAD ABULFATHI IS SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE A SHAME THAT I CAN'T DO THIS FOR HIM. AT LAST THE H.O.D RELUCTANTLY SIGNED THE FORM AND THAT WAS WHERE MY JOURNEY PROCEED WITH THE CHANGE OF COURSE BEGAN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE AND CELEBRATE HIM TODAY, AND WISH THAT ALLAH IN HIS ALL REACHING BOUNTIES, BLESS HIM, PROTECT AND PRESERVE HIM WITH LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY IN SOUND HEALTH AND ALLAH'S PLEASURE..
MAY ALLAH INCREASE HIS BLESSINGS ON SHEIKH AHMAD ABULFATHI.
I WILL WRIFTE ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF MY FATHER WITH SHEIKH AHMAD ABULFATHI, SHEIKH ABUBAKAR ELMISKIN,SHEIKH SHERIFF TIJJANI, SHEIKH SHERIFF IBRAHIM SALEH