By Aleshinloye Tunde Tijani
Mudeer Morkaz, Maolana Sheikh Habeebullahi Adam Al Ilory, an encyclopedia of knowledge that arouses a thought-provocation on how vast he goes in his rigorous research and reading at lengths. He has not only been a role model to young researchers but as well a great teacher who argues constructively with his laid down premises the masses connect their dots on, year in year out, thereby leaving a number of assumptions and conclusions he never intended.
The Mudeer, though always posing divergent views do not generalise his views as stereotyped by major students of knowledge, who only claim to listen to him through part and not full of lectures majorly played on refutation by those who differ in opinions with him or go against his supposedly orientalist methodology and shiite religious views.
The Mudeer is versatile not only in the Arabic and Islamic aspect, but his vast knowledge spans through science and technology, philosophy and logic, astrology and fundamental principles of relating Quranic explanation with science.
Mudeer l Morkaz, a gigantic ardent speaker and a river of knowledge with infinite banks, greatly played a major role in irrigating minds to a certain level in the discourse of science in the holy book—Al Quran, since his lectures’ emergence in the late 90s till date!
*He (The Mudeer) is referred to as “Knowledge” in this discourse.*
Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Suleiman Farouk Onikijipa on the other hand, is an encyclopedia of explanation with his unmatched approaches towards explaining the words of Allah through simple analytical way to his students followers and the masses at large.
The Mufti, who is deeply fine-tuned and rooted in Sufism has indeed transformed alot of youths to the realization of their spiritual levels in Sufism, infact the light that draws out from his eyes while he talks sometimes, spark the radiating love for him in the minds of his listeners and followers.
However, Mufti’s elegance and confidence towards addressing issues and his superiority and diplomacy towards retracting statements have been recently embraced by those who had once called him scores of names from times immemorial.
*He ( The Mufti) is referred to as “Understanding” in this discourse.*
Either ways the both parties are not angels and when Knowledge and Understanding fights, Wisdom shifts its ground.
As though not disheartening enough, the whole last ten days of Ramadan that are supposed to be for forgiveness and forgetfulness is being majored in the pool of resentment, betrayal, names calling and vengeance? Sad yet, the two parties in the picture are the icon whose overly dependencies are high in religious matters and Islamic consultation.
“Knowledge”, reflected on the past and brings back his great feeling of betrayals, backstabs, disappointments, intra and inter-enmities to an innumerable level.
“Understanding” on the hand, represents innocence and feels the remorse of how offering an aid —in his most prescribed way—now begets him a bad representation and image stains from the supposedly victim termed “Knowledge”, which he was trying to give a helping hand against evil plot, in the last gathering that prompted this while thing.
However, it is no doubt “Knowledge”, failed to understand this most prescribed way “Understanding” offerred to the best of his knowledge, simply because of the position he deemed fit he represents. However, a dire questions that tirelessly beg are given viz;
• Why do the both parties not rationalise this in a simplistic approach ?
• Why don’t the fans, students and the masses at large see betrayal, vendetta, and a feeling of being critically endangered in the face of “Knowledge” and a look of innocence, feeling of remorse, disappointment and wrong accusation in the face of “Understanding”?
• Where has “Wisdom” shifted this deep ground, which as of yet and indeed, ground the wheel of peace making and settlement to a detrimental threshold?
• Why does it appear like we preach rules, principles and teachings but we ourselves, do not follow suit and we know best to ourself and fail to shift an appreciable paradigm in our integrity gap?
• Why do we proceed to the preceeding thoughts and random assumptions by filthy people and draw conclusions on baseless and unfounded premises when we are expected to reach for the in-depth stories to both ends?
Al-Isra’ 17:36
وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡئُولࣰا
Al Maqomoh 22
لاَ تَعْجَلَنْ بِقَضِيّةٍ مَبْتُوْتَةّ # فيِ مَدْحِ مَا لَمْ
تَبُلْهُ أَوْ خَدْشِهِ
Understanding the minds of “Understanding” himself and having the knowledge of what “Knowledge” himself acclaimed remains latently hidden to us and bluntly open to the most high, as such, it not only leaves the fans, students and the masses at large to a number of speculative assumptions, unyielding fights and unnecessary bitterness, it is as well, plausibly, causing the Markaziyyin to be nearly threatened and tremendously attacked.
Shall we exercise patience at least? Allahu l Mustahan!
Long live Kwara! Long live Ilorin! Long live Markaziyyin!.
Aleshinloye Tunde Tijani.
