Nigerian man with 86 wives slapped with fatwa

Andrews
By Andrews

Nigerian man with 86 wives finally slapped with fatwa

LONDON: A Nigerian man with 86 wives has fallen foul of Nigeria's Islamic laws and is facing a 'fatwa' imposed by an Islamic body.

The 84-year-old Mohammed Bello Masaba has been facing legal charges and is currently behind the bars.

Jamaatu Nasril Islam, an Islamic body in Nigeria, has slapped a fatwa - or religious edict - calling for the death of Bello Masaba.

Bello Masaba, a Muslim, came into limelight after he claimed that he had special God-given powers and challenged accepted interpretation of the Islamic holy book, the Koran.

But the father of more than 150 children does not regret his actions, and says that he can still marry.

"If God permits me, I will marry more than 86 wives. A normal human being could not marry 86 wives - but I can only by the grace of God," The Christian Science Monitor quoted him as saying.

"I married 86 women and there is peace in the house - if there is peace, how can this be wrong?" he added.

"In years past, he kept quiet and nobody bothered him. But when he comes out and says publicly that anyone can challenge his interpretation of the Koran, then he is creating tension," said Yahaya Abubakar, Emir of Bida.

Abubakar also called Bello Masaba to the palace and gave him a choice: divorce 82 of his 86 wives or leave Bida forever.

"We requested he either divorce 82 of them, or leave our sharia lands as I couldn't guarantee his safety if he stayed," he said.

Some of Bello Masaba's wives are younger than some of his sons and daughters.

But they have all praises for their husband.

"We are very happy. He's a good man, an honest man, and caring," says Hajia Hafsat Bello, who is 49 years old and Bello Masaba's third wife and mother of four of his children.

The emir and the sharia courts have now left Bello Masaba's fate to the magistrate courts where he faces charges of insulting the religious creed for his inflammatory comments about Islam.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Nigerian_man_with_86_wives_fina...

By Platao36• 27 Oct 2008 15:44
Platao36

Uau, he must tell me his secret, ;)

Only God Can Judge Me

الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer

أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

By Rizks• 27 Oct 2008 14:13
Rizks

Flammable instead of Condom they offered him VIAGRA Pillz ....lol

By anonymous• 27 Oct 2008 14:10
anonymous

I think this bloke is taking the Michael out of his religion.......but then he is Nigerian so that doesn't suprise me at all.....

By Flammable• 27 Oct 2008 12:21
Flammable

150 kids... How come no one intoduce a condom to him..

-- F L A M M A B L E --

By britexpat• 27 Oct 2008 12:12
britexpat

Thankyou!

but why did you use the term "users" ????? were you refering to camels ??

By ringohiqups• 27 Oct 2008 12:07
ringohiqups

nice going labda, hehe

By labda06• 27 Oct 2008 12:05
Rating: 3/5
labda06

yes askme we only have camels in Africa. ???

But you're not too far off, wealth and power is still measured by the factors you've stated by quite a few African countries, especially in the rural areas. It's not monetarily easy to attend to all the needs of one woman, leave alone two or more, so such a man would be "admired" by his peers. I guess its a male ego thing...yes, yes, with the exception of all QL male users. :P

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By anonymous• 27 Oct 2008 11:58
anonymous

Andrew...good posting...

"I have a pair of eyes but I can't see U everyday...

I have a pair of ears but I can't hear U everytime....

But...

I have only one heart that remembers U everyseconds......"

By Amoud• 27 Oct 2008 11:53
Amoud

Hmm, this guy is used to having 86 wives... I feel sorry for the remaining 4 who will now have AALLLL his attention.

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

By eu61• 27 Oct 2008 11:43
eu61

well, when wife is not available you can always use the camel...

War looking for peace,

is like fornication looking for virginity.

By askme• 27 Oct 2008 11:32
askme

I read in stories in school book that -in Africa wealth and power of people is measured by number of camels and wife they have.

By eu61• 27 Oct 2008 11:32
eu61

War looking for peace,

is like fornication looking for virginity.

By ringohiqups• 27 Oct 2008 11:05
ringohiqups

tabugie, more like they,l be supporting him after a nightly dose!!!hehehe.

By Tabugie• 27 Oct 2008 10:57
Tabugie

How does he support his family? What's his job?

By eu61• 27 Oct 2008 10:51
Rating: 3/5
eu61

84 wifes...

he is leaf or he has tons of panadol...

War looking for peace,

is like fornication looking for virginity.

By smartbuddy• 27 Oct 2008 10:14
smartbuddy

Insane...

By anonymous• 27 Oct 2008 10:04
anonymous

leaving him with only 4. He said some of his wives were very said and that he was going against Islam but he abided by the judgement. Apparently he picked his four favourites.

By blackbeard• 27 Oct 2008 09:58
blackbeard

can't help to comment.. but, he really is superman.. ^_^

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"Life is like a box of chocolate.. You never know what you gonna get." -Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)

By ringohiqups• 27 Oct 2008 09:56
ringohiqups

amazing he is not dead yet.. 86 wives... wow.. im trying my best to keep one wife... some men are crazy....hehe

By maani• 27 Oct 2008 09:53
maani

86 wives superb man.14 more please. lolz

By realtorqatar• 27 Oct 2008 09:17
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By who.am.i• 27 Oct 2008 09:11
who.am.i

considering his age, he probably doesn't know all the names of her wives and kids.. i wonder how could he live that moral? and household must be crap.. etc.. geez..

cheers,

paul

By anonymous• 27 Oct 2008 09:08
anonymous

What a stud!!

One wify every 18 months during his life time

And God said: Multiply and fill the earth. Did not said: Married one every 18 months.

“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful,”

By Flammable• 27 Oct 2008 09:06
Flammable

84 yrs old and 86 wives.. Impressive

-- F L A M M A B L E --

By Snowstorm• 27 Oct 2008 08:56
Snowstorm

Visit my photo blog @

http://my-photos-album.blogspot.com/

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

By realsomeone• 27 Oct 2008 08:53
realsomeone

lol he certainly have a very good fire power to handle 86 wives.

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but God. Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!

- Jalaluddin al-Rumi

By britexpat• 27 Oct 2008 08:47
Rating: 2/5
britexpat

He's 84 years old..So he probably watches TV..

By Amoud• 27 Oct 2008 08:45
Amoud

I can fathom to guess what he does to occupy his days...

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

By britexpat• 27 Oct 2008 08:45
britexpat

"In years past, he kept quiet and nobody bothered him. But when he comes out and says publicly that anyone can challenge his interpretation of the Koran, then he is creating tension," said Yahaya Abubakar, Emir of Bida.

Jamaatu Nasril Islam should have acted earlier, rather than waiting for him to "come out"

By nomad_08• 27 Oct 2008 08:45
nomad_08

all of them in one house?!

By Andrews• 27 Oct 2008 08:42
Andrews

Real..

he is realy super humanbeing...86 Wives + 86 Motherinlaws + countless children and still there is peace in his house................really amazing no???????

By realsomeone• 27 Oct 2008 08:37
Rating: 2/5
realsomeone

So he is super human being? he should certainly face the justice.

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but God. Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!

- Jalaluddin al-Rumi

By Andrews• 27 Oct 2008 08:34
Andrews

86 Wives & morethan 150 children.....wowwwwww

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