Popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said that Prophet Muhammad did not kill those who insulted him during his lifetime.
He made this known during a religious teaching class at the Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna, in reaction to the murder of Deborah Samuel student of Shehu Shagari College of Education.
Recall that on Thursday, Deborah was attacked by a mob and set ablaze over comments purportedly considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed an incident which has sparked outrage and condemnation across the country.
Subsequently, the police command in Sokoto announced the arrest of two suspects in connection with the killing , which causes some residents to protest against the arrest of the two suspects, which led to unrest in Sokoto — a development that made the state government impose a 24-hour curfew.
In his reaction to the incident, the Islamic cleric said
some Muslims in Nigeria that want to defend Prophet Muhammad should be ashamed of themselves because they are corrupt. He said that the best way to go if they want to defend the Prophet is to follow his teachings.
He also said that the clerics need to wake up and teach the Muslims their religion and must leave this state of ignorance as they have turned like animals, forgetting that the Muslims are not the only ones in this country.
He equally said that it would be difficult to convert people onto Islam if their religion is perceived as a killer religion. .
He said that it is unfortunate that they are some clerics who are telling people to kill whoever insults their religion, as they are quoting verses they don’t understand.
He maintained that there is no one who has the power to kill anyone except through the Islamic justice system. And in doing this, the conditions of such justice must be completed before anyone can be killed as their religion is civilised because the white people learnt rule of law from Islam
