Religion

Reading, memorising the Quran helps deepen one’s faith – Dr Bello

By Web News 654

Muslims have been enjoined to promote the culture of regular reading of the Quran so as to deepen their knowledge in Islam.

A scholar of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dr Ridwan Bello gave the advice during the 2022 Ilyas Memorial Quranic Competition held at the Alalukimba Islamic Development Centre, Atori, Iseyin.

Dr Bello identified five factors that strengthens deeper Islamic knowledge to include faith in the Quran, reading it, memorizing it, understanding it, and acting on its precepts.

The don who urged the sponsors of the competition to sustain the gesture, said early exposure of the participants would enable them to develop a keen interest in Quran and Allah.

A member of the family sponsoring the competition, Alhaji Abdulgarfar Owonikoko said the programme would continue to speak for late Ilyas Owonikoko.

Wife of the late Ilyas Owonikoko, Mrs Yemisi Owonikoko said the programme would not have succeeded without the support of her brother-in-law, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN.

High point of the event was a Fidau for late Alhaji Ilyas Owonikoko as well prayer for the entire Owonikoko family.

Rotimi Famakin

Religion

5 Winners Emerge At Ilyas Owonikoko Annual Quaran Competition

By Web News 1030

Five candidates have emerged winners in the annual memorial quranic competition organized for late civil servant and businessman, Ilyas Owonikoko.
The event held in Iseyin, was keenly contested earlier by 17 participants out of which 10 candidates emerged for the last round of the competition.

The three of the five winners including Abdulrafiu Usamah, Walilulai Hamzat and Maryam Iyanda said their constant Quran recitation, prayers and determination paved the way for them.
In a sermon, the Vice Principal Anwarul Islam Grammar School, Iseyin who is also an Islamic scholar, Dr Ridwan Bello said the competition heralded the good legacies and impactful life lived by the deceased.
While commending the family and the wife of Late Ilyas Owonikoko for sustaining the annual quranic competition, Dr Bello encouraged the organizer to develop broader vision for the programme as it remained valuable in the Islamic religion.

Wife of the deceased, Alhaja Khadijat Owonikoko said the programme had in no small measure enabled the family to survive numerous hurdles.
While speaking through his younger brother, Engineer Teslim Owonikoko, Alhaji Abdul-Jeleel Owonikoko, S.A.N, who is the sponsor of the programme promised to continue.
Highpoint of the event was a Fidau prayer led by Alhaji Waheed Shittu.
Ilyas Owonikoko quranic competition started in 2019 in memory of the deceased where cash and other consolation prizes were given to participants.

Rotimi Famakin