Abstract
The paper aimed at drawing the attention of human
beings to the danger of drought to their life: experienced from time to time as
a result of the attitudes of tyrant leaders, remarrying without observing the
prescribed period a widow or divorcee should wait, bearing children outside
wedlock, same-sex marriage, handling the glorious Qur’an in a state of impurity,
leaving graves in ugly shapes, denying giving out of alms and waging wars and
killings among Muslim community. Drought is meant to serve as a punishment to
people for their wrongdoings. As far as people engage in doing wrongs, God may reprimand
them in one way or the other for precautions. The paper is meant to serve as a
reminder to desist from doing wrong. It discusses thirteen habits or instances
or wrongs that bring about drought that are all human makings. Some problems
were caused by the people themselves besides the ones that God sent down to his
creatures.“God never changes for people unless they change for themselves (Innaallaha
laa yughayyiru maa bi qaumin hatta yughayyiru maa bi anfusihim, (Quran: chapter
76, Verse 21). The paper used eleven stanzas of Gangar Wa’azu poem and discovered
some instances that cause drought. There are some measures pointed out in the
paper as the way out of drought Lastly, rainfall is of great importance; all
people face difficulties in life without it which means the importance of rainfall
cannot be overemphasized. The paper supports the Hausa saying “In kunne ya jiya
jiki ya tsira” and “Tuntuɓe mai gyaran tafiya” The paper
looks at the importance of rain water to human and animals’ lives and, at the
same time lists problems that cause drought. In conclusion, the paper is of the
view that disobedience to God is the major cause of all human problems. Again,
it cautioned all to be very careful concerning the disobedience to their
Creator.
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/tjllc.2024.v03i01.019
author/Dano Balarabe Bunza, (PhD)
journal/Tasambo JLLC | 15 February 2024 | Article 19
