Muslims in Jalingo town of Taraba State have been banned from organising all forms of wedding parties.
This is according to Daily Trust which reported that the ban pronouncement was made by all the imams in Jalingo under the Muslim Council of Taraba State together and has the support of traditional rulers and the authorities.
The publication wrote that the ban was the main subject of sermon (Khuduba) delivered by all imams of Jummat mosques in Jalingo, during last Friday prayers.
Banned as per the report are: Kauyawa day (Villagers’ Days) and Ajo parties during which youths including young boys and girls dress in tattared clothes and dance mostly from evening to night in the name of wedding party.
It added that the council warned that violators would face consequences such as not having Imam to officiate marriage contract (Nikah) in their house.
“The ban also stopped imams or clerics from offering funeral prayers (Salat al-Janazah) when death occurs in the households of those that violate the order.
“Similarly, no scholar, male or female, will attend to deliver wedding Islamic lectures as well as naming ceremony in the house of any person that violates the order.
“Imams and clerics were however warned that any of them that participate in funeral, naming ceremony in the household of those who violate this ruling will face disciplinary action, including removal from their position as imam,” the medium published.
