involvement of Kad govt & our active Commissioner, Hajia @HafsatMohBaba, Sheikh KHAMIS Almisriy (Hafizahullah) has exemplified how Imams & Islamic scholars should never condone these awful crimes of sexual abuse & harassment on women & children, & to wake up to the challenge.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
even if he will lose his life in the process. This is what we expect from our religious leaders & clerics. It is when those with the responsibility of upholding justice & fronting for the Ummah in terms of their welfare, life, security go silent that we open rooms for other
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
with the responsibility of leading the people work more than they talk. If as an Imam or a community leader you come across a victim of sexual abuse or harassment, or such is being reported to you, or out of your God-given capacity senses such in a family or between some people,
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
Ensure that the victim gets justice & the defaulter (abuser) gets the maximum punishment by law. It is true that if people abide by the Islamic rules with regards modesty & relationship between men & women & families, there might be no cases of such abuses or they'd be minimum.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
Sexual abuse or harassment is an awful crime, immodest & condemnable by Islam. This involves touching someone you're not married to sexually, speaking in same manner or looking, or rape even if one hasn't succeeded in such. This may include illicit sexual relations between family
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
As individuals & as leaders, we must help our brothers & sisters entangled in this emotional bondage of abuse. As a leader, you must help those oppressed out of this oppression & deal with the oppressor decisively, timely & justly. There is no way this should be allowed.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
those found involved in sexual abuse & harassment, like life imprisonment or castration. Rapists are worse than animals, as sexual abusers are. They should be isolated from humans because they are worse than viruses. They should not be allowed to walk freely among other humans.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
victimization & humiliation. Remember, when someone shares his or her secrets with you, it is an Amanah you must keep between you & Allaah. We must take our clue of leadership from the Noble Prophet (SAW), who wasn't only an Imam but a general leader, counselor & confidante.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
Allah The Most High says:
"Wa Ta'aawanuu alal birri wat – Tawwaa" (…and help one another on achieving general good & fear of Allah).
If you find out that a child is being abused in a family, the Islamic ruling is that, such a parent has forfeited every right to that child.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
Offer premarital counseling & post marital counseling too. Enlighten the people you are teaching, if you are a religious scholar. Make time for discussing such topics & educate the society the dangers of such immoralities. When you identify an abuser, make sure he gets punished.
— Abubakar Hidima, Ⓟⓗ.Ⓓ (@Realoilsheikh) May 29, 2020
