“Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim.”
The Hausa Almajiri is derived from the Arabic word which refers to a person who migrated his home in search of Islamic knowledge.
Back to Almajirai: Almajirai are children, usually from poor rural backgrounds, who leave their hometowns to study Islamic learning with Tsangaya Islamic School where Qur’an was teach by the Mallam or Aramma, which most of them were educated in the alamajiri system themselves, and as they do not receive a salary but depend financially on the alms of the community and the work of the almajirai.
The almajiri system is often attacked for promoting youth delinquency and violence and for providing street gangs and Boko Haram with an ample supply of vulnerable young recruits. Several Sunnah encourage the seeking of Islamic knowledge, such as “Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim” and “Whoever goes out seeking knowledge, then he is in Allah’s cause until he returns” . Supporters of the almajiri education system believe that it teaches children to be pious, moral, and beneficial to society.
According to an Islamic cleric, Mallam Auwal Umar, said these Almajirai have rights to life as well as care as the concept of Almajirai does not permit parents to send out their children on the ground of not being able to carter for them. Ahmed Sani, one of the Almajiri who came in from Jigawa State through his father’s friend said he was not happy to be back to his state because of the kind of treatment he was receiving at home.
He called on the state government to look into the plights of Almajirai, adding that if they were well taken care of by going to school and getting the necessary treatment, they will grow up to also contribute to the good of the society. He said that the governments are not ready to enforce the issue of compulsory education on any child/family/household, adding that lack of succession plans from the artisans in the community.
“We have about 1,477 Almajiri Schools across Gombe state where children come from states within North to acquire Islamic Education.
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