Went to help save lives, they took hers: May Allah pardon Hauwa Liman

Bismil Laah, Al hamdu lil Laah; In the name of Allah, all thanks and praise is due to Allah.
In’naa lil Laah, wa in’naa ilayhi raajioon, We are from Allah, and unto HIM our return.

The international media scape is filled with reports that an aid worker with the Red Cross has been executed. Her name was Hauwa Liman, the Arabic term, ‘li man,’ is a query, for who?

I ask, for who was she killed? Perhaps for the people she had committed to serving before she was abducted by terrorists in the village of Raan, in northern Nigeria earlier this year.

A daughter, a sister, a friend, a cousin, an aunt, niece, a co-worker; she was as we all are, something to several people. But she went as a helper to serve and save lives, instead her life, painfully and ruthlessly, they took.

Who are they? Islamic State in West Africa, ISWA, an offshoot of Boko Haram, their warped understanding of Islam did not allow them read verse 94 of Suratul An-Nisaa, what did the Almighty say?

And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is hell to abide therein, and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him, yaa Allah to the killers of Allah, to you we submit them, mun barsu da Allah!

Allah, these bunch of roguish thugs explicitly flouted YOUR directives they implemented a Haram – forbidden act – little wonder they are an offshoot of Boko Haram, the gross, crass distorters of Islamic injunctions.

She was 24, with a full life ahead of her, Hauwa could have gone on to become only Allah knows what but with YOUR leave, they took her life and we submit that indeed YOU know best why Hauwa exited this way.

For the family and all others – directly and remotely affected by her execution, Allah grant them patience and the blessings of it. Give them O Allah, a replacement that will fulfil the void Hauwa’s absence has created.

LESSONS: social media outrage, uniformed photo

Social media has been awash with condolence, outrage, condemnation and accusation. The main denominator being the condolence, across board people are seeking that Hauwa rests in peace given the manner in which she left.

In this photo happy era, Hauwa’s photos are slashed all over, news portals continue to zip if around as are condolers across social media. Every photo has a veiled Hauwa, personally I don’t ascribe to using the photo of deceased persons.

But for those that post any and every photo of theirs on social media, remember that it’s a public place and when anything connected to you pops up, people will first come looking for you on social media. Hauwa left a refreshing photo trail, disclaimer, I’m against posting one’s photos on here.

The big reminder:

Our lives are not in our hands, they are in the hands of ALLAH and by extension the angel of death. Death is the inevitable that we all will taste come what may.

Hauwa’s end was to be in the hands of the thugs, her family will be at rest, she is not in captivity, the terrorists have ended it even if they don’t retrieve Hauwa’s body for burial, they can be sure it will be buried any which way.

I have written at least two recent blogs relating to death, when I recalled the living days of my old boy and when a man married and died same day in a car crash.

One day, I might be the subject of a blog by someone else, that that son of Hajia Fati has died. Look forward to it or not, death will at a point come forward and love or hate it, you’ll be forced to step forward. Let’s put our deeds right before that time comes.

Hauwa, we grieve because it is human nature and moreso for a young person like you. The Nigerian government said they did all they could to save you, that’s human effort, Allah had this planned, may HE forgive your trespasses and grant you Jannah, ameen.

11 Safar, 1440 = 20 October, 2018