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The Ghana branch of Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema on Saturday organised in Accra the first national competition on memorisation of the Hadiths (sayings and deeds) of the Holy Prophet of Islam.
The competition, which was in three categories, highlighted the need for Muslims to study the “religious sayings and deeds” of the Holy Prophet of Islam, to serve as a moral compass in their lives both in this world and the hereafter.
The Hadiths are the sayings and narrations of the Prophet’s speech, his deeds, acts of approval and disapprovals about issues. Hadiths interprets the Islamic Religious ruling in the Qur’an.
The Hadiths competition follows in the foot step of the annual Quranic memorisation competition being organised by the foundation initiated by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI as part of the foundation’s effort to, among others, unify the efforts of African Muslim scholars regardless of the minor differences of opinions among various sects.
The guest of honour, National Chief Imam, Sheikh (Dr) Nuhu Osman Sharubutu, presented certificates, cash prizes and Islamic literature to the nine winners.
Twenty-six contestants were examined on their proficiency and momerisation prowess by a panel of judges headed by Dr Abass Sakhar, an Islamic scholar.
Mardiya Abass, Bashir Abdallah and Fatimatu Abdul Kareem were adjudged first, second and third respectively in the category one which examined the contestants in their proficiency in memorising 40 Hadiths without naming their narrators nor explaining their meanings.
The second category which involved around memorising 30 Hadiths and mentioning the names of the narrators from whom the chains of narrations begun was won by Abdallah Alhassan, followed by Sa’adah Mohammed Salis and Umar Abdul-Wadud.
The third category that bordered on proficiency in memorising 20 Hadiths-based Islamic rulings, explaining what each Hadiths in various branches, was won by Mohammed Kamal and Mohammed Sani Mohammed and Abdallah Mohammed Sakib, were adjudged second and third respectively.
The winners of the three categories are billed to represent Ghana at the Africa-wide grand finale either in Morocco in-person or by Zoom at date yet to be announced.
The Chairman of the Ghana branch of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema, Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim, in his remarks said the Qur’an and Hadiths were the main sources of religious knowledge.
He said the competition sought to instill in Islamic students and scholars the virtues of memorising the Hadiths to be proficient, and also put the Hadiths in proper perspective so that Ghanaians would have a better understanding of the religion
BY ALHAJI SALIFU ABDUL-RAHAMAN
