Why I call myself an Artist

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Why I call Myselt an Artist BismiLLAH AlhamduliLLAH I am Hamidah Abbas , an Islamic thinker. I completed the Muslim Intellectual Development Program (Sharī'ah Intelligence Training) on 17 June 2026 . The five-day training was held at Bayseone Hall, opposite the NASFAT praying ground, Samonda, Ibadan, Oyo State. It was organised by the Da'wah Institute of Nigeria, Islamic Education Trust (IET), Minna, in collaboration with the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN). As a thinker, I have many interests and areas of research. However, my core area of interest is gender and polygamy in Islam . A simple way to summarise everything I do is: Spreading light. Whether it is “music”, salvation, agriculture, gender and polygamy in Islam, or society, my objective has always been to make things a little brighter than they were before. For me, it has always been light over darkness . I am from Ìbàdàn, Oyo State, Nigeria . I hold a Bachelor of Agriculture degree from the Fed...

She Accepted Islam

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BismiLLAH AlhamduliLLAH 


She Accepted Islam

As a person of grassroots da‘wah, one of the greatest feelings in the world is when your da‘wah efforts yield results.

About two years ago, I spoke to an elderly grandma in my neighbourhood until she accepted Islam. I placed the Shahādah on her tongue. I also taught her how to observe Ṣalāh.

I tried so hard, but she never started observing Ṣalāh. So I kind of gave up.

One day in October 2025, almost two years later, I visited her and subḥānAllāh—one of the first things she said to me in the Yorùbá language was, “I started praying. I started last week.”

This was absolutely unexpected, and verily, all praise belongs to ALLĀH.

Listen, guys—I wrote, with my own hand, pen on paper, the simplest instructions on how to observe Ṣalāh in the Yorùbá language for her. I tried so hard.
So, so hard.

I did a lot to ensure that she observed Ṣalāh, and nothing worked. To be honest, I had lost all hope, and I was no longer expecting her to actually observe Ṣalāh until the day she died.

I didn't buy her a book. I wrote her a guide. Yet she didn't pray.

Today, I was surprised beyond words. I wasn’t expecting it at all.

On my list of all that I’m expecting from ALLĀH, this wasn’t part of it at all.

I wrote this post as an exercise in proclaiming the favours of ALLĀH.

Sūrah ad-Ḍuḥā (93:11):

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
“And proclaim the favour of your Lord.”

Sincerely,
Hamidah Sẹ̀gílọlá Abbas
Founder, Hall of Light

https://about.me/hamidahabbas

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