Popular Islamic police, Hisbah has reacted to an 18 year old Shatu Garko being crowned the 44th Miss Nigeria in a beauty pageant.
The Instagram Hijab model had won the beauty pageant and was crowned on December 17, 2021.
She is expected to receive N10 million, 1-year residency for one luxury apartment, a brand new car, and brand ambassadorship opportunities.
The emergence of Garko had stirred reactions as most social media users doubted if Hisbah would just lay low on the matter.
Reacting, Hisbah Commander in Kano state, Sheik Harun Ibn Sina told BBC NEWS PIDGIN that pageantry is illegal in Islam religion and as such, the parents of Garko will be invited and necessary actions will be taken to ensure that other young ladies will not emulate her.
“We (Hisbah), has confirmed that Shatu Garko is a Muslim from Kano state and her parents are from Garco Local Government Area. Kano is a Sharia state and that is why we won’t allow the matter to die like that”
“we will invite the parents to talk to them about their daughter’s action and the fact that what she did is illegal in Islam in case they do not know so that she won’t continue to tow that path and also to stop other girls from copying her
Sheik Ibn Sina who was a popular Islamic teacher quoted some Quranic verses to support his explanation;
“In Islam, it is forbidden, forbidden, forbidden for anyone to enter any beauty contest. Long time ago, our great teacher, Mustafa Saba’i was questioned on beauty pageants and he said it is forbidden for the following reasons;
“Many things that happen during the event, is against Islam. For example, a lot of body exposure happens and also the event teaches ladies not to be shy and reserved.
“The Almighty God in the Quran told the prophet to tell his wives, daughters and other women of faith to cover themselves properly
“In another verse of the Quran, God also instructed people to guard their eyes against watching sinful things like exposed body parts and also women not to expose their beauty to the outside world except their face, hands and feet.”
