9 Nigerians win King Mohammed VI Foundation’s Hadith contest

Nine Nigerians have emerged winners in the Hadith competition organised by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema. One of the judges, AbdulGaniyu Tijani, disclosed this during the closing ceremony held in Abuja. In the first category (40 Hadith), the winners were Fatima Husseini Turbo (first position), Muhammad Ibrahim (second), and Abubakar Kabir Abba […]

Nine Nigerians have emerged winners in the Hadith competition organised by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Foundation of African Oulema.

One of the judges, AbdulGaniyu Tijani, disclosed this during the closing ceremony held in Abuja.

In the first category (40 Hadith), the winners were Fatima Husseini Turbo (first position), Muhammad Ibrahim (second), and Abubakar Kabir Abba (third) — all from Borno State.

For the second category (35 Hadith and meanings), Saleh Ishaq Al-Amin from Borno took first place, followed by Ahmad Abdul-Aziz Kolawole from Kwara (second) and Khalifah Ibrahim Jibril from Kaduna (third).

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In the third category (25 Hadith and Islamic rulings), Abdul Kadir Abubakar from Kaduna came first, while Abdurrahman Abubakar Ibrahim and Ibrahim Muhammad Hussain, both from Borno, placed second and third, respectively.

The winners were selected from an initial pool of 560 participants who competed from the preliminary stage. Each category’s top three contestants received cash prizes of N250,000, N200,000, and N150,000, respectively.

Mr Tijani explained that the competition aimed to encourage young Muslims to memorise and understand the Hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

“The main objective of this competition is not the money they are winning, but the knowledge and the opportunity to memorise the Sunnah and Hadiths of our beloved Prophet. Nigeria today is regarded as number one in Africa in Quran memorisation, but we have not done much in the area of Hadith memorisation,” he said.

Also speaking, Imam Ibrahim Maqari, one of the coordinators, said the winners would represent Nigeria at the continental stage of the competition.

“We are going to prepare them. There will be a camp where they will be mentored on the lapses observed in their presentations. Insha’Allah, they will perform even better,” he said.

One of the winners, Ahmad Kolawole, expressed gratitude for the experience, saying the competition broadened his understanding of Hadith.

“Through this competition, I learned the second most important thing in Islam — the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). I discovered Hadiths I didn’t know before, especially those related to prayer and other aspects of Islamic life. This experience has encouraged me to adhere more closely to the Sunnah of the Prophet,” he said.