{"id":21128,"date":"2024-12-06T11:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21128"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:38:55","slug":"renowned-islamic-scholar-sheikh-muyideen-ajani-bello-passes-away-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21128","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello, Passes Away at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Prominent Muslim scholar and preacher, Sheikh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLVu8q4meeQwKJXW-SLqlVKz8qVSIgzpqF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muyideen Ajani Bello<\/a>, has passed away. The revered Islamic cleric died in the early hours of Friday, December 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His death, which has sent shockwaves through the Nigerian Muslim community, was confirmed by his son, Alhaji Basit Olanrewaju Katibi Bello, popularly known as Aponle Anobi, in a social media post on Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The post featured a crying emoji alongside a picture of the late Sheikh, but no further details were disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Born in 1940 to Alhaji Bello Ajani and Alhaja Ubaidat Bello of Arolu Compound, Ita Olukoyi, Ibadan, Sheikh Muyideen began his formal education at I.D.C Primary School, Elekuro, Ibadan, where he also completed his secondary schooling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He later attended Mahdul Arabiy, Elekuro, between 1963 and 1967, gaining in-depth knowledge of Arabic and Islamic studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">From the age of 10, Sheikh Muyideen exhibited a deep passion for Islamic propagation, preaching throughout Ibadan\u2019s neighborhoods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His illustrious career included teaching in secondary schools across Oyo, Ogun, and Kano States and serving as the Missioner for the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His influence extended far beyond Nigeria, as he was invited to preach in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and several African nations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Most recently, he was in Ogbomoso to inaugurate the mosque of Senator Fatai Buhari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Sheikh Muyideen\u2019s demise marks the end of an era for a scholar who dedicated his life to the propagation of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent Muslim scholar and preacher, Sheikh Alhaji Muyideen Ajani Bello, has passed away. The revered Islamic cleric died in the early hours of Friday, December 6, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9630,8973,9628,9629],"class_list":["post-21128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9630","tag-passes-away","tag-renowned-islamic-scholar","tag-sheikh-muyideen-ajani-bello"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21133,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128\/revisions\/21133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}