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By Bashir Adefaka At every emergent need of Muslims, there is invariably something to offer as far as Islamic Movement for Africa, IMA, is concerned.  The current of such is the need for Muslims especially in the immediate vicinity to have a quality based hospital that would render to them effective and affordable medical and health service delivery. Recently in Abeokuta, the movement came up with the idea of IMA Hospital, which culminated in the building of a hospital well equipped to handle comprehensive medical checks and quality health services delivery to Muslims and other members of the society.  The hospital, called IMA Hospital, Abeokuta, has a sizeable diagnostic side consisting of laboratory and scan centres.  IMA Hospital also has one male ward and another ward for female patients.  There also exists in the hospital consulting room, doctor’s office, nurses’ room and a pharmacy. When asked about the intention behind establishment of the hospital, President of IMA and former M...

By Harun Razaq Sahuur is early morning meal taken by a fasting Muslim before fajr. And Iftar is meal taken to break the fast at sunset. Both the Sahuur and Iftar must be in conformity with the rule guiding table manner in Islam in order to achieve the full reward. Sahuur should be taken in line with the instruction of the Prophet (s.a.w) that states: “Eat Sahuur, for in it, there is barakah”. (al-Bukhari) It is a blessed meal, which is not in sync with the action of People of the Book (the Jews and Christians). And while taking the Sahuur, the Sunnah is to delay it till the third part of the night and should be a light food. On this the Prophet (s.a.w) says: “the best Sahuur for believer is dates”. Although, it is allowed to take other types of food in moderate quantum and not in excess. The Iftar is to be hastened. Break your fast before Salat Maghrib, breaking it with an odd number of ripe dates or dried dates or water according to the practice of the Prophet (s.a.w) as recorded in H...

...advises on medical check-up Former judge of International Court of Justice (ICJ) and founder Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) HE Judge Bola Ajibola has appealed to the government and the citizenry to see the new month of Ramadan 1434 A.H as a period of sober reflection to shun evil vices in the society. He also congratulated Muslims on the emergence of another Ramadan while giving the appeal during a 2-day pre-Ramadan free healthcare and counselling of the IMA Hospital, Abiola Way, Abeokuta. Stressing the health benefits of Ramadan fast, Ajibola noted that “a lot of people don’t go for medical check-up until they beak down; this is what we encourage in our IMA Hospital here”. Encouraging Muslims to preserve their good health to undertake the religious observance, he said the newly procured hospital equipment would enhance medical treatment of people in the rock city.

By Ishola Haroon Balogun It is clear that some women have the permission to leave out fasting during Ramadan due to issues such as pregnancy, menstrual cycles, and breast feeding.  In providing an insight into the matter, the permission on pregnant  and nursing women is slightly different from that of the terminally sick persons or the aged. To the women, the rule is that if they can’t bear the rigours of fasting, they should not fast but they have to pay pack after delivery or when it is convineint for them before the next Ramadan.  It should be noted that they are not exempted, they are to pay back the number of days missed as a result of menstural circle, pregnancy or breast feeding.  Most women mix up these issues and go on to feed the poor as a replacement for Ramadan fast instead of paying back the fast at a later date.  No sound Muslim is permanently exempted from fasting unless the aged and the terminally sick persons. The pregnant woman or nursing mother still have the opportu...

...Al-Fatiu-l-Quareeb swears in new exco Muslim parents have been urged to imbibe the culture of decent dressing in their children right from childhood to guide against immorality in the society. Speaking at this year’s pre-Ramadan lecture of the Al-Fatih-ul-Quareeb Islamic society of Nigeria held in Lagos recently, Sheik Ahmad Al-Naffy Al-Mubarak said cleansing the society of immoral dressing should start from the family. He posited that most of the negative vices in the society today can be traced to the carelessness of parents taking serious look at what their wards put on. Al-Mubarak said indecent dressing has led to rape, molestation and prostitution as well as unwanted pregnancies with its attendant effects on the society. “Nudity has become the order of the day as young ladies and even elderly ones go about have nude all in the name of modernity and fashion.” The new executives of the society were sworn in at the occasion. In his acceptance speech,  the new National President, A...