THE Imam of Victoria Garden City (VGC) Central Mosque, Ajah, Alhaji Suleiman Fulani, has advised graduating students of the At-Tanzeel Schools, Lagos, on the need to avoid complacency in their future careers, saying Islam abhors laziness.
Alhaji Fulani gave the charge in a lecture entitled ‘Exploring Career Paths through the Lens of Islamic Values’ at the 2023 Haflah and fourth valedictory ceremony of At-Tanzeel Group of Schools in Lagos.
While congratulating the school’s graduating class of 2023 on the recent academic feats, the cleric stated that since Allah has scattered human needs and food in different places on earth, it is imperative for individuals desirous of making a good living to also diligently seek such needs where they are.
He argued that there is no place in the Qur’an where the faithful are restricted from aspiring for good things of life, as long as such desires never negate the dictates of the holy book.
The cleric noted that Allah would not have advised Muslims to seek protection from poverty if He had wanted them to be complacent and be satisfied with minimal things.
Fulani therefore charged the graduating students to see some of the Messengers of Allah who took to different professions such as farming as role models in their career paths after graduation.
“Nothing in the Islamic religion restricts a Muslim to being satisfied with minimal achievements. That is why you need to be a professional, and be the best in whatever you do. The only thing is that you have to ensure that the value of Islam is not compromised in the course of making that money,” he stated.
In a remark, the chairman of the event, Alhaji Abdulafeez Toriola, congratulated the graduating students and their parents and called on all parents to dedicate more time to the training of their children.
“It is bad that today’s parents, especially women, no longer have time for their children. They have left everything, including teaching them the Qur’an, in the hands of housemaids, and that is why we are experiencing all these vices in our society today.
“I am in the transport sector, and I can confidently say that eight out of 10 area boys that we have in Lagos today are Muslims. This is due mostly to lack of parental care while growing up,” he added,
The chairman of the school, Alhaji AbdulHameed Olona, described the event as a double-barrel celebration of 46 students of the school who have recorded various remarkable achievements and others who have achieved the feat of memorising the Qur’an.
He added that the primary aim of the school is to bring forth well-rounded individuals adequately equipped to survive these challenging times.
In her speech, the school’s head girl, Miss Haneefah Asaju, expressed delight that the school had made her and other graduating students better individuals.
While promising to be good ambassador of the school, Haneefah called on the new students’ leaders to uphold the school’s legacies and not relent in their pursuit of academic excellence.
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