Tribute to Sheikh Ja’afar
By USMAN SANI SHATSARI
I am deeply mourning and gloomily consoling about the great and unprecedented loss that shook the true Muslim brothers’ mind and the pure footstep followers of the Prophet (peace be upon him).
This scenario was imminent in the deceased life time because he was always used to foreseeing it. This is due to his uncountable aggressive enemies who differed with him politically and religiously. In effect, the deceased has no an equivalent substitute in any way in the country.
Furthermore, the effect of this unprecedented loss cannot be over-emphasized. This is because of the marchless role played by the deceased toward the development of the standard of Islam and his revolutionary activities which radically impacted in any sector of human life in the state - politically, socially, economically and religiously.
In the political sector, Sheikh Ja’afar crusaded a very strategic and effective bid aimed at Islamization of Kano state and the political system (democracy) itself which encountered a partial success because of the saboteur’s aggression. And he was planning for a second crusade against the just concluded election, but unfortunately, he met up his time in the process. Also, in the political set up again, Sheikh Ja’afar always called the attentions of the people that an acquisition of power is meaningless if it cannot be used to serve humanity and pursue paradise. He also used to highlight the essence of adopting an Islamic political system, being divine.
With regard to the economic sector, the late Sheikh bluntly usually shown the irrational and contradictory standard of any economic system employed by human being. He exposed the shotcoming of capitalism, socialism and other human made economic system invented to manage the world economic affairs. He always talked against bank policy of exploiting usury and human resources. He also criticized a privatization policy of capitalism, which has an adverse impact on the grassroots as a majority. He at the same time castigated the disadvantages of socialism and conclusively reaffirmed the desirability of coming back to the Islamic economic system as a solution.
To this effect, an Islamic bank was started to be formed as a part of reforms of business and Islamization of our economic standard.
About the social side, he totally condemned the decadence and the degeneration of the morality of our society which happens as a result of the forsaking of the pure Islamic teaching and prophetic Sunnah. He fore-won people against an imminent danger about the decadence of our moral standard, which happened to came into reality in his life time.
Similarly, in this respect, he talked about corruption as a stumbling block that retards the progress of Nigeria in its small or high measure. For example, reduction of a grain container, mixture of good and bad substance to form something as genuine, faking and counterfeiting something original and other social evils were strictly cursed and discouraged by the late Sheikh in his life time.
Meanwhile, being radical and revolutionary scholar, Sheikh Ja’afar won the affection of vigorous jihadists universally who are at any time ready to battle for the protection of Islam. The students of the late Sheikh dispensed across the Africa - males and females in no small measure. Majority of them belong to the last academic environment (university) as lecturers or students respectively.
No doubt, the assassination of Sheikh Ja’afar is a big deal and terroristic act to the Islamic community. This is due to the fact that Sheikh Ja’afar was one most sedative orator, visionary, radical, sensitive, intellect, talented, educated, civilized, alert, predictor and unparallel Islamic scholar not only in Nigeria but in the world in general. He was a reservoir and infinitely knowledgeable of the Qur’anic science surrendered by even his opponents.
In addition, the late Sheikh had excelled to a high level in many more other fields of study. That is why he was unchallengeable scholarly and educationally but he was being vilified unreasonably. In as much as the baseless castigation against him, the late Sheikh had made himself to be a very patient personality who had a great capacity to endure provocation.
He usually prefered to articulated and made a counter response on whatever criticism or blunder committed against religion not against himself personally. This was what made him famous and prestigious personality universally.
Finally, I wish to pray a blessing and fabulous consequences which will offer his soul overwhelming comfort permanently. May Allah forgive him all his imperfections committed unknowingly in this world. And may He raise a lot of Ja’afar minded who could sustainably build up from where he stopped. And may Allah give his family ability to endure the loss. Amin.

Usman Sani Shatsari, a student of Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, wrote in from Shatsari quarters, Dala local government, Kano state.