Nigerian Islamic musician Abdulkabir Bukola Alayande, popularly known by his stage name Ere Asalatu, shared how one of his songs inspired a man and his entire family to embrace Islam.
He recounted how the message in his music deeply moved the man, ultimately leading to their conversion. Ere Asalatu also spoke about the warm and respectful treatment he received from the man during a visit to the United Kingdom.
In a video posted on the official YouTube channel of Wasilacoded TV during an interview, Ere Asalatu revealed that a man in the UK began practicing Islam after listening to the message conveyed in one of his songs.
According to Ere Asalatu, he said, “When I went to the UK for the first time in 2009, a man took me on a shopping trip but I was scared because he was a man. He took me to his house and my mind was at rest when I saw his wife. He told me that he’s from Ekiti State in Nigeria but that he has never gone back home for 20 years that he has been in the UK. He told me that he doesn’t practice any religion with his children and that they are always at home. He said he listened to one of my songs were I was praising the prophet and he was scared that if he doesn’t practice Islam he will go astray. He told me that was how he started praying five times daily and he always takes his children to the
mosque with him. I swear to God, a man in UK started practicing Islam when he listened to what I said. He told me that he later went back to Nigeria to check his family but that his father was already dead and there was no way to communicate him and it was only his mother that was still alive. He said that was why he took me for a shopping trip the first day he saw me in the UK because I changed his life with his song.”
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