Ramadan: Reactions As Singer Naira Marley Prays “Oh Allah Give Me The Strength To Distance Myself From That Which Distances Me From You”

Eniola Ajayi

Ramadan: Singer Naira Marley made a thought-provoking prayer on twitter yesterday.

He posted “Oh Allah give me the strength to distance myself from that which distances me from you.”

The unusual prayer from the social deviant always in the news for the wrong reasons – including arrest, detention and arraignment in court – enjoyed over twenty-four thousand (24,000) likes and four thousand and one hundred and thirty-five (4,135) retweets from the singer’s over One million and Two hundred (1.2m) followers.

Some of the responses keyed into the prayer with comments of Amen while others doubt the sincerity of purpose with comments like “..that must be weed (India Hemp)”.

Checks by Societynow.ng revealed Singer Marley has been of good behavior since Ramadan (the Islamic holy month of abstinence from worldly things) started.
The Singer has been posting religious and philosophical tweets since the beginning of Ramadan.

Some of his tweets include “For many of us the Quran has gathered a lot of dust since we picked it up.As Ramadan is here we must blow off the dust and start building a close relationship with the Quran.”

“Allah knows you are tired. Allah knows it’s difficult. You must also know that Allah will never will never put you in a situation you couldn’t handle.”

“4 reasons for entering hell fire
1.  Not offering Salah 2. Not feeding the poor3. Idle talk, backbiting, lying, speaking without knowledge4. Denying the day of resurrection 
Surah Al-MuddaththirVerses 43-46″

“Allah always has 3 replies to our prayers:
1. YES2. YES BUT NOT NOW3. I HAVE A BETTER/BIGGER PLAN FOR YOU”
The Singer, however, revealed his new-found personae might be very temporary when he posted “After Ramadan u go see Marlians #MafoAs a Marlian we dey fear God”.

Naira Marley is a Muslim and believed to be versed in the ” reading” (different from comprehension) of the Quran.