Hajia Nanaa Ann Usiagu-Muraina has built a mosque and donated it to the Ansar-ud-deen society of Nigeria in memory of her late husband, Major General Abdullahi Iyanda Muraina.
While commissioning the newly built mosque in Kubwa, Abuja, the National Deputy President of Ansar-ud-deen society of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Adebayo Yusuf said the gesture will attract blessings to the deceased, his wife, his family and all who worship in the mosque.
“A Mosque is a place of worship, so thinking of building a mosque for Allah, you will get reward, and now the woman has built a mosque for her late husband, she will continue to get reward till eternity.
“So, it is very significant in Islam that whosoever comes to worship there, whatever prayer, goes to the man (her late husband).
“Islam is not stingy, whatever good you do, even thinking of it, you will get a reward, the husband will get a reward, the family will get reward, those that come to pray there will also get reward, so it is not restricted to the man alone, it is for everybody”, Alhaji Yusuf said.
Also, the Chief Imam of Ansar-ud-deen, Abuja branch, Associate Professor Musa Olaofe, while narrating the history of the mosque, said that Hajia Muraina had wanted to build a legacy for Allah to reward her late husband.
“The history of this mosque started when late General Muraina died and the wife asked what she can do that Allah can reward her husband, so she looked around and concluded to builds a mosque in his name.
“When I was contacted, I told her that it is the best thing she can do, and she single-handedly built the mosque”, Olaofe said.
On her part, Hajia Usiagu-Muraina said the commissioning of the mosque was in honour of her late husband so that Allah can grant him Jannah tul firdous.
“We are here today to commission a mosque in honour of my late husband for almighty Allah to grant him Jannah tul firdous.
“I pray that at the end-of-life Allah will reunite us in Jannah, that is the ultimate I pray for.
“If I want to describe my husband in one word, I will describe him as a giver. He was a giver to everybody, and in his demise, I told myself that this person that has done so much to every other person, what can I give to him in return, that’s what brought about me building this mosque in his honour.
“He was a giver, a lover, he was my everything, my hero and a husband I could have imagined getting in this life. He was the best father to our children.
In her tribute to her late husband, Hajia Usiagu-Muraina said “As for me and my children, we could not have gotten a better husband and father than you. You were caring, protective, present even when on duty tours, tolerant and always ready to render a bit of advice on any issue”.
Speaking about her late father, Almira, a 9-year-old daughter of the deceased said “my father was nice and considerate, he was always there when we needed him and that is why I am glad that we have this mosque here.
In the same vein, Ayisha, a 7-year-old daughter of Late Major General Muraina said “he was there for us, he always joined us in all our family occasions to do everything. We built this mosque just to thank him for everything he has done.
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