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24/07/2020

Most of us Don't know what we are saying during Salat Al-janaaza ( Burial prayers)​:
1- After the First Takbeer​: Recite Surat Al-Fatiha.
1. Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
2. Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen
3. Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem
4. Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
5. Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een
6. Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem
7. Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril- maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen
2- After the Second Takbeer: Salat Al-Ibrahimiyya to the end, not Salat Fatih pls
Allaahumma salli 'alaa Muhammadin wa 'alaa 'aali Muhammadin, kamaa sallayta 'alaa 'Ibraaheema wa 'alaa 'aali 'Ibraaheema, 'innaka Hameedun Majeed. Allaahumma baarik 'alaa Muhammadin wa 'alaa 'aali Muhammadin, kamaa baarakta 'alaa 'Ibraaheema wa 'alaa 'aali 'Ibraaheema, 'innaka Hameedun Majeed​.
3- After the Third Takbeer: Pray for the dead but according how its narrated from our Prophet (S.A.W). One of them is:
Allaahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa'ibinaa, wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa 'unthaanaa. Allaahumma man 'ahyaytahu minnaa fa'ahyihi 'alal-'Islaami, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu 'alal-'eemaani, Allaahumma laa tahrimnaa 'ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba'dahu​.
O Allaah forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our menfolk and our womenfolk. O Allaah, whomever you give life from among us give him life in Islam, and whomever you take way from us take him away in Faith. O Allaah, do not forbid us their reward and do not send us astray after them.
4- Then lastly after the Fourth Takbeer​: And you should pray for all Muslims.
5- And lastly end the prayer with one Salaam to the right (Just once).
Please share if you think its right for the benefit of others​.
May Allah S.W forgive us our sins.

21/07/2020

```There was a time when all you needed to succeed was the ability to read and write English.
After that came the era of university degree. In fact, you had the chances of getting a good job with a good salary.
Then came the era of Masters and PhD. The demands of the Labour market went higher. You had to have a masters or PhD to get a good job.
Before long it became the era of foreign degrees... employers started looking for people from foreign universities.
Now that era has ended: We are now in the era of skills. What you know and what you can do with your brain or your hands. Your level of education notwithstanding; what matters right now is the skills that you have especially new age/digital skills.
So I ask you, what are you doing to remain relevant in this season? ✍🏼✍🏼
Are you still carrying your certificate up and down with obsolete knowledge? 🤔🤔
Or you are still blaming the government that is not even aware of your existence?😢😢
Do you even understand that "WORK" as we knew it ten years back has changed?
Are you aware that by 2025, machines and robots would have cleaned out 800,000 jobs and new market demands will evolve?
Are you preparing for the future of work or you will cross that bridge when you get there?
It will be in your best interest to start to UNLEARN, LEARN AND RELEARN.
Invest in yourself, upgrade on a daily basis.
Pay the price.
You can't afford the price of ignorance and poverty. Its too expensive!🎯🎯```
*Remember, this is Nigeria and our fight is different.*

10/07/2020

You against Early Marriage but teach young people how to use contraceptives. Are you leading them to Paradise or Hell? Which way world

20/06/2020

TAMBAYOYIN RAININ HANKALI GUDA GOMA DA AMSOSHINSU 🤥😡🤥😡🤥😡🤥😡
ZAN AMSA TARA KU DAURE KU AMSAMUN NAGOMAN 😛😝😜
1. Alwala nakeyi sai wani ya tambayeni wai Sallah zakayi ne ?. a'a umara zanyi da aikin hajji 😡.
2. Inajin bacci na fara gyangyadi sai yace bacci zakayi ? a'a suma nakeyi ina farfadowa 😡.
3. Na tsaya a bustop ina jiran mota 🚶‍♂🚕 sai yace mota zaka hau ? a'a jirgin sama nake jira zai sakko ya daukeni✈ . 😡.
4. Kano a Nigeria take ? a'a a dajin sambisa take 😡
5. Ya ganni a layin ATM. kudi zaka cira ? a'a zunibina zan cire idan kanaso sai nabaka 😡.
6. Na siyo ragon sallah 🐑. Yankawa zakuyi ? a'a form zamu siya mai ya fara karatu a gidan Liman 👳‍♀😡.
7. Wai President Buhari dan siyasa ne ? a'a malamin islamiya ne 😡.
8. Na bashi invitation card na aurena da budurwata 💌📩. sai yace yanzu aure zakayi ? a'a haifata za'ayi akara shayar dani a yayeni 😡.
9. Amarya ta siyo katifa. Sai yace mata kwana zaku rinkayi akai ? Sai tace a'a gutsira zamu rinkayi munasha da shayi ☕🥪😡.
10. Yanzu members kuna karanta shafin wannan posting din ne ........................?
😛😝

18/06/2020

LESSONS FROM 15 CONTEMPORARY PROMINENT MEN & WOMEN!!!
1. Dr. Ben Carson said, "I struggled academically throughout elementary school yet became the best neurosurgeon in the world in 1987."
LESSON: Struggling is a sign that you are on a verge of success. Don't quit yet.
2. Oprah Winfrey said, "I was r***d at the age of 9 yet I am one of the most influential women in the World."
LESSON: Don't let your past decide your future.
3. Bill Gates said, "I didn't even complete my university education but became the world's richest man."
LESSON: School does not make you rich. School is only supposed to polish what will make you rich, not make you rich.
4. Joyce Meyer said & I quote, "I was sexually, mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember, until I left home at the age of eighteen, yet I am one of the most influential preachers in the world."
LESSON: Let your past push you, not define or limit you.
5. Christiano Ronaldo said, "I told my father that we would be very rich but he couldn't believe me. I made it a reality."
LESSON: Your words rule your life. If you mean what you have said, each word will come to pass. You get what you say.
6. Hear Lionel Messi!, "I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training and still became one of the world's best footballers."
LESSON: Believe in your dream. Don't let your pain tell you how your future will look like.
7. Steve Jobs penned, "I used to sleep on the floor in my friends' rooms, returning coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple, I later on founded Apple Company."
LESSON: That you are small today doesn't mean you will be small tomorrow. Keep trusting God.
8. Former British PM, Tony Blair said & I quote, "My teachers used to call me a failure, but I became a Prime Minister."
LESSON: Don't let someone else's opinions of you become your reality.
9. Bishop David Oyedepo said, "I started Living Faith Church from a lawn tennis court with three members only & preached prosperity. Many of my friends criticised me, but today we have the largest church auditorium in the world & two world-class universities."
LESSON: Believe in yourself even if no one does & never think of quitting.
10. Nelson Mandela said, "I was in prison for 27 years & still became president."
LESSON: You can be anything you want to be no matter where you have been or what you have been through.
11. Mike Adenuga said, "I drove a taxi to finance my university education but today I'm a billionaire."
LESSON: Don't let your past decide the kind of future you need to have.
12. Harland Sanders, Founder of KFC said,* "I was on the verge of su***de when an Idea of opening a restaurant hit me after I retired as a cook in the Navy."
LESSON: Nothing is ever too late. "Too late" is a language of failures. Your future can begin at any age. Don't ever let AGE limit you.
13. Aliko Dangote said, "I worked for my uncle since I was a small boy, people looked down on me. I later on took a loan from my uncle to open a tiny shop. I worked hard to make ends meet. Now I am the richest Man in Africa.
LESSON: Failures or limitations of the past have no control over the greatness in you. To him that believes, all things are possible.
14. Barack Hussein Obama said, I am a son of a black immigrant from Kenya, I graduated from Harvard and later on became a Senator in Chicago. I was also the President of the most powerful nation on Earth.
LESSON: Never design your life like a garden where anyone can walk in and out. Design it like the sky where everyone aspires to reach!
15. Arnold Swarzzenegger said, I traveled to America in search of financial independence when I was 15yrs old. I became the world's strongest man 7 times and Mr Universe. I then got my Economics degree, then I became one of Hollywood's best actors before I was voted twice as governor of California."
LESSON: Don't wait for everybody to believe in your ability and dreams.
KINDLY SHARE TO MOTIVATE OTHERS.

17/06/2020

Princesseeysha Shuaibu
Lessons on Etiquette
1. ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᶜᵃˡˡ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵗʷⁱᶜᵉ ᶜᵒⁿᵗⁱⁿᵘᵒᵘˢˡʸ. ⁱᶠ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵖⁱᶜᵏ ᵘᵖ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᶜᵃˡˡ, ᵖʳᵉˢᵘᵐᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ⁱᵐᵖᵒʳᵗᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵃᵗᵗᵉⁿᵈ ᵗᵒ;
2. ʳᵉᵗᵘʳⁿ ᵐᵒⁿᵉʸ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵇᵒʳʳᵒʷᵉᵈ ᵉᵛᵉⁿ ᵇᵉᶠᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ʳᵉᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳˢ ᵃˢᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᶠᵒʳ ⁱᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ʸᵒᵘ. ⁱᵗ ˢʰᵒʷˢ ʸᵒᵘʳ ⁱⁿᵗᵉᵍʳⁱᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳ. ˢᵃᵐᵉ ᵍᵒᵉˢ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵘᵐᵇʳᵉˡˡᵃˢ, ᵖᵉⁿˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ˡᵘⁿᶜʰ ᵇᵒˣᵉˢ;
3. ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉˣᵖᵉⁿˢⁱᵛᵉ ᵈⁱˢʰ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵉⁿᵘ ʷʰᵉⁿ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ⁱˢ ᵍⁱᵛⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘ ᵃ ˡᵘⁿᶜʰ/ᵈⁱⁿⁿᵉʳ. ⁱᶠ ᵖᵒˢˢⁱᵇˡᵉ ᵃˢᵏ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵗᵒ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ᶜʰᵒⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᶠᵒᵒᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ʸᵒᵘ;
4. ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵃˢᵏ ᵃʷᵏʷᵃʳᵈ ᵠᵘᵉˢᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ‘ᵒʰ ˢᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ᵃʳᵉⁿ’ᵗ ᵐᵃʳʳⁱᵉᵈ ʸᵉᵗ?’ ᵒʳ ‘ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵏⁱᵈˢ’ ᵒʳ ‘ʷʰʸ ᵈⁱᵈⁿ’ᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵘʸ ᵃ ʰᵒᵘˢᵉ?’ ᵒʳ ʷʰʸ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵘʸ ᵃ ᶜᵃʳ? ᶠᵒʳ ᵍᵒᵈ’ˢ ˢᵃᵏᵉ ⁱᵗ ⁱˢⁿ’ᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʳᵒᵇˡᵉᵐ;
5. ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ᵒᵖᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵒᵒʳ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ᶜᵒᵐⁱⁿᵍ ᵇᵉʰⁱⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ. ⁱᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢⁿ’ᵗ ᵐᵃᵗᵗᵉʳ ⁱᶠ ⁱᵗ ⁱˢ ᵃ ᵍᵘʸ ᵒʳ ᵃ ᵍⁱʳˡ, ˢᵉⁿⁱᵒʳ ᵒʳ ʲᵘⁿⁱᵒʳ. ʸᵒᵘ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵍʳᵒʷ ˢᵐᵃˡˡ ᵇʸ ᵗʳᵉᵃᵗⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ʷᵉˡˡ ⁱⁿ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱᶜ;
6. ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵃ ᵗᵃˣⁱ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵃ ᶠʳⁱᵉⁿᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ʰᵉ/ˢʰᵉ ᵖᵃʸˢ ⁿᵒʷ, ᵗʳʸ ᵖᵃʸⁱⁿᵍ ⁿᵉˣᵗ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ;
7. ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗ ᵈⁱᶠᶠᵉʳᵉⁿᵗ ˢʰᵃᵈᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ᵒᵖⁱⁿⁱᵒⁿˢ. ʳᵉᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳ ʷʰᵃᵗ'ˢ 6 ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵃᵖᵖᵉᵃʳ 9 ᵗᵒ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ᶠᵃᶜⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘ. ᵇᵉˢⁱᵈᵉˢ, ˢᵉᶜᵒⁿᵈ ᵒᵖⁱⁿⁱᵒⁿ ⁱˢ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃⁿ ᵃˡᵗᵉʳⁿᵃᵗⁱᵛᵉ;
8. ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ⁱⁿᵗᵉʳʳᵘᵖᵗ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ ᵗᵃˡᵏⁱⁿᵍ. ᵃˡˡᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵗᵒ ᵖᵒᵘʳ ⁱᵗ ᵒᵘᵗ. ᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉʸ ˢᵃʸ, ʰᵉᵃʳ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵃˡˡ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶠⁱˡᵗᵉʳ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵃˡˡ;
9. ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗᵉᵃˢᵉ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ, ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ˢᵉᵉᵐ ᵗᵒ ᵉⁿʲᵒʸ ⁱᵗ, ˢᵗᵒᵖ ⁱᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵈᵒ ⁱᵗ ᵃᵍᵃⁱⁿ. ⁱᵗ ᵉⁿᶜᵒᵘʳᵃᵍᵉˢ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵈᵒ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱᵗ ˢʰᵒʷˢ ʰᵒʷ ᵃᵖᵖʳᵉᶜⁱᵃᵗⁱᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ;
10. ˢᵃʸ “ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ʸᵒᵘ” ʷʰᵉⁿ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ⁱˢ ʰᵉˡᵖⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘ.
11. ᵖʳᵃⁱˢᵉ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱᶜˡʸ. ᶜʳⁱᵗⁱᶜⁱᶻᵉ ᵖʳⁱᵛᵃᵗᵉˡʸ;
12. ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ’ˢ ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵃ ʳᵉᵃˢᵒⁿ ᵗᵒ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗ ᵒⁿ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ’ˢ ʷᵉⁱᵍʰᵗ. ʲᵘˢᵗ ˢᵃʸ, “ʸᵒᵘ ˡᵒᵒᵏ ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢᵗⁱᶜ.” ⁱᶠ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ˡᵒˢⁱⁿᵍ ʷᵉⁱᵍʰᵗ, ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷⁱˡˡ;
13. ʷʰᵉⁿ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ˢʰᵒʷˢ ʸᵒᵘ ᵃ ᵖʰᵒᵗᵒ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ᵖʰᵒⁿᵉ, ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ˢʷⁱᵖᵉ ˡᵉᶠᵗ ᵒʳ ʳⁱᵍʰᵗ. ʸᵒᵘ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ʷʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ⁿᵉˣᵗ;
14. ⁱᶠ ᵃ ᶜᵒˡˡᵉᵃᵍᵘᵉ ᵗᵉˡˡˢ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃ ᵈᵒᶜᵗᵒʳˢ' ᵃᵖᵖᵒⁱⁿᵗᵐᵉⁿᵗ, ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵃˢᵏ ʷʰᵃᵗ ⁱᵗ’ˢ ᶠᵒʳ, ʲᵘˢᵗ ˢᵃʸ "ⁱ ʰᵒᵖᵉ ʸᵒᵘ’ʳᵉ ᵒᵏᵃʸ". ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵖᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵘⁿᶜᵒᵐᶠᵒʳᵗᵃᵇˡᵉ ᵖᵒˢⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ʰᵃᵛⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵗᵉˡˡ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿᵃˡ ⁱˡˡⁿᵉˢˢ. ⁱᶠ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗᵒ ᵏⁿᵒʷ, ᵗʰᵉʸ'ˡˡ ᵈᵒ ˢᵒ ʷⁱᵗʰᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ⁱⁿᵠᵘⁱˢⁱᵗⁱᵛᵉⁿᵉˢˢ;
15. ᵗʳᵉᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜˡᵉᵃⁿᵉʳ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵃᵐᵉ ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗ ᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵉᵒ. ⁿᵒᵇᵒᵈʸ ⁱˢ ⁱᵐᵖʳᵉˢˢᵉᵈ ᵃᵗ ʰᵒʷ ʳᵘᵈᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵗʳᵉᵃᵗ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ᵇᵉˡᵒʷ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵘᵗ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ ʷⁱˡˡ ⁿᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗʳᵉᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ʷⁱᵗʰ ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗ;
16. ⁱᶠ ᵃ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ⁱˢ ˢᵖᵉᵃᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᵈⁱʳᵉᶜᵗˡʸ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ, ˢᵗᵃʳⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʰᵒⁿᵉ ⁱˢ ʳᵘᵈᵉ;
17. ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵍⁱᵛᵉ ᵃᵈᵛⁱᶜᵉ ᵘⁿᵗⁱˡ ʸᵒᵘ’ʳᵉ ᵃˢᵏᵉᵈ;
18. ʷʰᵉⁿ ᵐᵉᵉᵗⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ ᵃᶠᵗᵉʳ ᵃ ˡᵒⁿᵍ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ, ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ, ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵃˢᵏ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ᵃᵍᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵃˡᵃʳʸ;
19. ᵐⁱⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵇᵘˢⁱⁿᵉˢˢ ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᵃⁿʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿᵛᵒˡᵛᵉˢ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈⁱʳᵉᶜᵗˡʸ - ʲᵘˢᵗ ˢᵗᵃʸ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ⁱᵗ;
20. ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ʳⁱᶜʰᵉˢ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐⁱᵈˢᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵒᵒʳ. ˢⁱᵐⁱˡᵃʳˡʸ, ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈʳᵉⁿ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐⁱᵈˢᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵃʳʳᵉⁿ...ᵒʳ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵖᵒᵘˢᵉˢ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵒˢᵉ ʷʰᵒ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ʰᵃᵛᵉ.
This may help many of us here in our social life with others.

16/06/2020

How Alhassan Dantata became West Africa’s Richest Man in the ’50s
Birth and Early Life
Dantata’s father was Abdullahi, a man from the village of Danshayi, near Kano. Alhassan Dantata was born in Bebeji in 1877, one of several children of Abdullahi and his wife, both of whom were traders and caravan leaders.
Bebeji attracted many people of different backgrounds in the 19th century, such as the Yorubas, Nupes, Agalawas, etc. It was controlled by the Sarki (chief) of Bebeji who was responsible for the protection of Kano from attack from the southwest.
Alhassan Dantata was born into an Agalawa trading family. His father Madugu Abdullahi was a wealthy trader and caravan leader while his mother was also a trader of importance in her own right enjoying the title of Maduga-Amarya. Abdullahi, in his turn, was the son of another prosperous merchant, Baba Talatin. It was he who brought the family from Katsina, probably at the beginning of the nineteenth century, following the death of his father, Ali.
Abdullahi already had a reputation of some wealth from his ventures with his father and therefore inherited his father’s position as a recognized and respected Madugu. Like his father, he preferred the Nupe and Gonja routes. He specialized in the exchange of Kano dyed cloth, cattle, slaves, and so on for the kola of the Akan forest. Surprisingly, he had added cowries brought to the coast by European traders to the items he carried back to Kano.
However young Alhassan was brought up in the care of an old slave woman, who was known as “Tata” from which circumstance young Alhassan became known as Alhassan Dantata because of her role as his ‘mother’ (“Dantata” means “son of Tata”).
Education
Dantata was sent to a Qur’anic school (madrasah) in Bebeji and as his share of his father’s wealth (as so often happens), seemed to have vanished, he had to support himself. The life of the almajiri (Qur’anic student) is difficult, as he had to find food and clothing for himself and also for his mallam (teacher) and at the same time read. Some simply beg while others seek paid work. Alhassan worked and even succeeded at the insistence of Tata in saving.
While still a teenager, great upheavals occurred in the Kano Emirate. This included the Kano Civil War (1893-1894) and the British invasion of the Emirate (1902). During the Kano Civil War, Alhassan Dantata and his brothers were captured and sold as slaves, but they were able to buy back their freedom and return to Bebeji shortly afterward.
Dantata remained in Bebeji until matters had settled down and the roads secure. Then he set out for Accra, by way of Ibadan and Lagos and then by sea to Accra and then to Kumasi, Sekondi, and back to Lagos. He was one of the pioneers of this route. In 1906, he began broadening his interests by trading in beads, necklaces, European cloth, etc.
Career
Before Alhassan Dantata settled in Kano permanently, he visited Kano City only occasionally to either purchase or sell his wares. He did not own a house there but was satisfied with the accommodation given to him by his patoma (landlord.). It was during the time of the first British appointed Emir of Kano, Abbas (1903-1919), that Dantata decided to establish a home in Kano.
In 1912, when the Europeans started to show an interest in the export of groundnut, they contacted the already established Kano merchants through the Emir, Abbas and their chief agent, Adamu Jakada. Some established merchants of Kano like Umaru Sharubutu, Maikano Agogo and others were approached and accepted the offer.
Groundnut Pyramids
Later in 1918, Dantata was approached by the Niger Company to help purchase groundnuts for them. He was already familiar with the manner by which people made fortunes by buying cocoa for Europeans in the Gold Coast. He responded and participated in the enterprise with enthusiasm, he had several advantages over other Kano business men.
Dantata could speak some English because of his contact with the people on the coast, thus he could negotiate more directly with the European traders for better prices. He also had accumulated a large capital and unlike other established Kano merchants, had only a small family to maintain, as he was still a relatively young man.
Alhassan Dantata had excellent financial management, was frugal and unostentatious. He knew some accounting and with the help of Alhaji Garba Maisikeli, his financial controller for 38 years, every kobo was accounted for every day. Not only that, but Dantata was also hard-working and always around to provide personal supervision of his workers. As soon as he entered the groundnut purchasing business, he came to dominate the field.
(When The British Bank Of West Africa (Now First Bank Of Nigeria) Was Opened In Kano In 1929, Alhassan Dantata Became The First Kano Businessman To Operate A Bank Account When He Deposited Twenty (20) Camel Loads Of Silver Coins)
Dantata became the chief produce buyer especially of groundnuts for the Niger Company (later U.A.C). Because of this, he applied for a license to purchase and export groundnuts in 1940 just like the U.A.C. However, because of the great depression and the war situation, it was not granted.
However, Alhassan Dantata had many business connections both in Nigeria and in other West African countries, particularly the Gold Coast. He dealt, not only in groundnuts but also in other merchandise. He traded in cattle, kola, cloth, beads, precious stones, grains, rope, and other things. His role in the purchase of kola nuts from forest areas of Nigeria for sale in the North was so great, that eventually whole “kola trains” from the Western Region were filled with his nuts alone.
Business Interests
Alhassan Dantata founded, with other merchants (attajirai), the Kano Citizens’ Trading Company for industrial undertakings. In 1949, he contributed property valued at £10,200 (ten thousand, two hundred pounds) for the establishment of the first indigenous textile mill in Northern Nigeria. Near the end of his life he was appointed a director of the Railway Corporation.
In 1917, he started to acquire urban land in the non-European trading site (Syrian quarters) when he acquired two plots at an annual fee of £20. All his houses were occupied by his own people; relations, sons, servants, workers and so on.
Relationship with Women
Because of his Islamic beliefs, Dantata never transacted business with a woman of whatever age. His wife, Umma Zaria was his chief agent among the women folk. The women did not have to visit her house. She established agents all over Kano City and visited them in turn. When she visited her agents, it was the duty of the agents to ask what the women in the ward wanted.
Way of Life, Food, and Health
Dantata was a devout Muslim. He was one of the first northerners to visit Mecca via England by mail boat in the early 1920s. He loved reading the Qur’an and Hadith. He had a personal mosque in his house and established a Qur’anic school for his children.
Alhassan Dantata paid zakkat annually according to Islamic injunctions and gave alms to the poor every Friday. He belonged to the Qadiriyya brotherhood.
Although Alhassan Dantata was one of the wealthiest men in the British West African colonies, he lived a simple life. He fed on the same foodstuffs as any other individual, such as tuwon dawa da furar gero. He dressed simply in a white gown, a pair of white trousers (da itori), and underwear (yar ciki), a pair of ordinary local sandals, and a sewn white cap, white turban, and occasionally a malfa (local hat).
He was said never to own more than three sets of personal clothing at a time. He never stayed inside his house all day and was always out doing something. He moved about among his workers joking with them, encouraging and occasionally giving a helping hand. He ate his meal outside and always with his senior workers.
Dantata met fully established wealthy Kano merchants when he moved to Kano from the Kauye, like Maikano Agogo, Umaru Sharubutu, Salga, and so on. He lived with them peacefully and always respected them. He avoided clashes with other influential people in Kano. He hated court litigation. He lived peacefully with the local authorities. Whenever he offended the authorities he would go quietly to solve the problems with the official concerned.
Alhassan Dantata enjoyed good health and was never totally indisposed throughout his active life. However, occasionally he developed malaria fever; and whenever he was sick, he would go to the clinic for treatment. Because of his simple eating habits, he was never obese. He remained slim and strong throughout his life. Alhassan Dantata had no physical defects and enjoyed good eyesight.
Politics
Dantata never became a politician in the true sense of the term. However, because of his enormous wealth, he was always very close to the government. He was in both the colonial government’s good books and maintained a very close position to the emirs of Kano. He was nominated to represent commoners in the reformed local administration of Kano and in 1950 was made a Councillor in the emir’s council, the first non-royal individual to have a seat at the council.
Death
In August 1955, Alhassan Dantata fell ill and because of the seriousness of the illness, he summoned his chief financial controller, Maisikeli, and his children. He told them that his days were approaching their end and advised them to live together.
He was particularly concerned about the company he had established (Alhassan Dantata & Sons) and besieged them not to allow the company to collapse. He implored them to continue to marry within the family as much as possible and urged them to avoid clashes with other wealthy Kano merchants.
Three days later, he passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, August 17, 1955. He was 78.
Dantata was buried the same day in his house in the Sarari ward, Kano. At the time of his death in August 1955, he was reportedly the wealthiest man of any race in West Africa.
Legacy
It was, and is, rare for business organisations to survive the death of their founders in Hausa society. Hausa tradition is full of stories of former successful business families who later lost everything.
However, Dantata left able heirs to continue his business in a grand way. The reason for this was that his heirs were interested in sustaining the family name and the employment of modern methods of book-keeping; the only local merchant to do so at that time.
Alhassan Dantata’s entire estate was subdivided according to Islamic law among the eighteen (18) children who survived him. Among his descendants are Aminu Dantata (son), Sanusi Dantata (son), Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata (grandson), Mariya Sanusi Dangote (granddaughter), Aliko Dangote (great-grandson), Tajudeen Aminu Dantata (great-grandson), and Sayyu Dantata (great-great-grandson).
He was said never to own more than three sets of personal clothing at a time. He never stayed inside his house all day and was always out doing something. He moved about among his workers joking with them, encouraging and occasionally giving a helping hand. He ate his meal outside and always with his senior workers.
Dantata met fully established wealthy Kano merchants when he moved to Kano from the Kauye, like Maikano Agogo, Umaru Sharubutu, Salga, and so on. He lived with them peacefully and always respected them. He avoided clashes with other influential people in Kano. He hated court litigation. He lived peacefully with the local authorities. Whenever he offended the authorities he would go quietly to solve the problems with the official concerned.
Alhassan Dantata enjoyed good health and was never totally indisposed throughout his active life. However, occasionally he developed malaria fever; and whenever he was sick, he would go to the clinic for treatment. Because of his simple eating habits, he was never obese. He remained slim and strong throughout his life. Alhassan Dantata had no physical defects and enjoyed good eyesight.
Politics
Dantata never became a politician in the true sense of the term. However, because of his enormous wealth, he was always very close to the government. He was in both the colonial government’s good books and maintained a very close position to the emirs of Kano. He was nominated to represent commoners in the reformed local administration of Kano and in 1950 was made a Councillor in the emir’s council, the first non-royal individual to have a seat at the council.
Death
In August 1955, Alhassan Dantata fell ill and because of the seriousness of the illness, he summoned his chief financial controller, Maisikeli, and his children. He told them that his days were approaching their end and advised them to live together.
He was particularly concerned about the company he had established (Alhassan Dantata & Sons) and besieged them not to allow the company to collapse. He implored them to continue to marry within the family as much as possible and urged them to avoid clashes with other wealthy Kano merchants.
Three days later, he passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, August 17, 1955. He was 78.
Dantata was buried the same day in his house in the Sarari ward, Kano. At the time of his death in August 1955, he was reportedly the wealthiest man of any race in West Africa.
Legacy
It was, and is, rare for business organisations to survive the death of their founders in Hausa society. Hausa tradition is full of stories of former successful business families who later lost everything.
However, Dantata left able heirs to continue his business in a grand way. The reason for this was that his heirs were interested in sustaining the family name and the employment of modern methods of book-keeping; the only local merchant to do so at that time.
Alhassan Dantata’s entire estate was subdivided according to Islamic law among the eighteen (18) children who survived him. Among his descendants are Aminu Dantata (son), Sanusi Dantata (son), Abdulkadir Sanusi Dantata (grandson), Mariya Sanusi Dangote (granddaughter), Aliko Dangote (great-grandson), Tajudeen Aminu Dantata (great-grandson), and Sayyu Dantata (great-great-grandson).

06/06/2020

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