Platforms Africa reports that Bello, one of the first clerics to revolutionalised preaching of Islamic message through studio recording, died on Friday, hours to the Jum’ah (congregational) prayer.
The news of his death was announced on Friday by Sheikh Akeugbagold Taofeeq.
He wrote; “Today is one of my saddest days ! My father and mentor, has returned to his creator. SULTONUL WAHIZEEN of Yorubaland Sheikh muhyideen AJANI BELLO,may Allah be pleased with your soul.
“Aljannah fridaos for you . Our heart is full of grief and our eyes full of tears but we will say nothing but what will please our Creator the sole commander of life and death – ALLAH”
Platforms Africa reports that the news has elicited reactions from the Muslim world with some followers and students penning tributes for Sheikh Bello
Sheikh Muiz Abdullahi, who said that Bello died hours before Friday congregational prayer, prayed unto Allah ti accept his return.
“Dying on Friday and before the Jum’ah peayer is significant in Islam. May Allah accept the return of our father and put hum in Al-Janah Firdaus,” he wrote.
Muyideen Ajani Bello: 11 Things To Know About Sheikh
1. Sheikh Muyideen was born in 1940 into the family of Alhaji Bello Ajani and Alhaja Ubaidat Bello of Arolu Compound, Ita Olukoyi, Ibadan.
2. He was 84
3. He began his elementary Western education at 1.D.C Primary School, Elekuro, Ibadan.
4. He also attended the same school for secondary education.
5. He was a student of Mahdul Arabiy, Elekuro from 1963 to 1967, where he was armed with Arabic and Islamic knowledge.
6. From the tender age of 10, Alhaji Ajani Bello developed interest in Islamic propagation and was preaching across the nooks and crannies of Ibadan city.
7. He taught at various secondary schools in Oyo, Ogun and Kano States.
8. He was also appointed Missioner of a foremost Islamic organisation Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria.
9. Alhaji Muhyideen Bello had on various occasions been invited to spread the message of Islam from all over the world including in the UK, US, neighbouring African countries, among others.
10. He was a fearless preacher who taught the Quran without sentiments.
11. Though he hailed grom Ibadan, Bello lived most of his life in Kaduna, and he is regarded as the most influential of all Islamic preachers of Yoruba origin in northern Nigeria.
12. He was one of the first to spread Islamic message through audio recording.
13. He died on Friday, December 6, 2024, dew hours before Jum’ah congregational prayer.
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