*Osun Muslim Community Mourns As Foremost Islamic Scholar Breathe Last*
The whole Osun Muslim community, most especially Iwo indigenes, has been thrown into mourning following the news of demise of illustrious, eminent renounced and respected Muslim scholar, Sheikh Dr. Abdur Rasheed Abdul Jabar Salman Buwaeb.
Information gathered revealed that Sheikh Buwaeb, who is a member of the NAHCON Ulamah Team for Hajj 2022 and 2023 passed away in the early morning of Tuesday at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ife, Osun State, after a brief illness.
The death of the Iwo-born Sheikh Buwaeb was announced by another prominent scholar from Iwoland, Sheikh Dr. Sirajudeen Al-Asrau, in an audio broadcast.
Al-Asrau said, “On behalf of the entire Muslim community in Iwoland, we announce the death of our scholar, Dr. Abdur-Rasheed Buwaeb, who returned to Allah this morning, Tuesday, July 2″.
“Solatul Janaza will be held today (Tuesday) at Islahudeen Arabic School at Oyoode, Iwo in sha Allah. The time is 4pm. We urge all Muslims to endeavour to attend as a way of honouring our departed scholar. May Allah forgive and grant him Aljanah Firdaus.”
