Scholar, renowned author and specialist in Jurisprudence Methodology, Prof. Sh. Ya’qub alBaaHussein, is dead.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that AlBaaHussein passed on at the weekend at an old age.
Announcing his death was UK-born Sheikh Sajid Umar, who wrote on his social media pages: “It is with great sadness that I learn of the passing away of my teacher, senior scholar, renowned author and specialist in Jurisprudence Methodology, Prof. Sh. Ya’qub alBaaHussein. May Allah grant him alFirdaus and shower upon us a beautiful patience. Allahul Musta’aan.”
Tributes to alBaaHussein have poured in.
His death is coming just a week after the demise of another top Islamic figure, Jawdat Said.
Said, a 90-year-old critic of Syria’s Assad regime who graduated from Egypt’s Al-Azhar university, died in Istanbul, Turkey. He dedicated much of his life to advocating for what he called “non-violent Islam”, rejecting extremism and the use of violence even in self defence.
Many activists referred to him as “the Arab Gandhi” for his peaceful activism.
Said held lectures and seminars in universities and cultural centres across the world – including in Iran, Turkey, Canada, and the United States – stressing that Islam was a religion of peace.
