The last words of Sheikh Abubakar Giro Argungu

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condoled the Chairman of Jamā’atu Izālatil Bid’ah wa Iqāmatis-Sunnah (JIBWIS) Nigeria – Sheikh Dr Abdullahi Bala Lau, on the death of a member of the executive of the organization, Sheikh Abubakar Giro Argungu.

Eulogizing Giro on Friday, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) stated that his son revealed his last words.

Giro was reported by his son to have sought forgiveness from his friends and family and at the end he uttered the Kalimatush-shahādah (the last testimony of belief in Allah).

In the condolence message signed by its National Secretary, Malam Ibrahim Musa Yelwa Al-kisa’i, MURIC also confirmed that the deceased passed away on Wednesday night and buried at his hometown cemetery in Argungu after Zuhr yesterday.

The statement from MURIC further reads: “His death is indeed a national and international tragedy that befell Muslims, yet we admit that death is a necessary end and it must be accepted by devoted Muslims in the right way.

“The National Secretary prayed on behalf of the organization for Allah to forgive the deceased and to give all those bereaved by his death the fortitude to bear the loss.”