1st February, 2023
By Bosede Olufunmi
The Board of Sharia police, also known as Hisbah in Kano has said one Malama Khadija Rano, who went viral for marrying her daughter’s suitor after her own marriage was dissolved recently did no wrong.
Rano had grabbed media headlines over the marriage many consider strange recently.
Hisbah, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer of the Board, Alhaji Lawan Ibrahim on Tuesday in Kano said it set up a committee to investigate the issue following the controversies generated by the marriage.
The Sharia police said its finding revealed that Khadija was divorced by her husband and had observed the three months waiting period (iddah) prescribed by Islam, before she the man whom her biological daughter had earlier rejected.
The Sharia police therefore dismissed allegations that she was seeing her present husband while married and instigated her husband to divorce her to marry her daughter’s suitor.
According to the statement, “presenting the report, chairman of the committee who doubles as Deputy Commander in charge of operations of the Board, Malam Hussain Ahmed, said the committee had found out that the marriage was legal and had fulfilled all the necessary criteria.
“The marriage is legal according to Islam, that was the reason Hisbah Commander in Rano Local Government Area supported and took part in the wedding rites.
The Commander General of the Board, Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, has commended the committee for discharging its responsibilities.
Ibn-Sina said the committee members were carefully selected due to their vast knowledge on Islamic teachings and societal orientation.
He said the general public should desist from spreading fake news and avoiding misconceptions on issues regarding Islam.
He urged them to seek for knowledge as Islam was a religion that had jurisdictions regarding marriage, family life and all other related issues of human endeavour.
(NAN)
BO/IA