Sheikh Salum who is a
top Muslim leader in Dar es Salaam has instead condemned the two for siring
children without formally binding their union as is customary and required by
Islamic regulations.
Many people in East
Africa and even the whole continent may be admiring and engrossed in the life
of the Tanzanian power couple but certainly not one Muslim cleric.
Sheikh Alhad Moussa
Salum is not impressed at all by the union between the two top showbiz stars in
Tanzania and the region.
Sheikh Salum who is a
top Muslim leader in Dar es Salaam has instead condemned the two for siring
children without formally binding their union as is customary and required by
Islamic regulations.
Diamond and Zari all
identify with Islam as their religious faith and are thus expected to adhere to
its requirements.
Speaking to a local
Tanzania media house Global Publishers, the Sheikh accused the couple of
fornication saying they have no formalized their marriage and worse still they
are having children out of wedlock which is not only sinful but also places the
children at risk of missing out on their parents inheritance according to
Islamic traditions.
“Niseme tu kwamba hili
si kwa Diamond na Zari tu bali kwa wote wanaofanya zinaa. Dini ya Kiislam
inaeleza kuwa, kuzini ni dhambi. Hivyo kitendo cha Diamond kuendelea kuzaa nje
ya ndoa hatakuwa na tofauti na wanyama wengine ambao nao wanazaliana bila
kufunga ndoa.
(Diamond’s habit of
siring children with Zari, without being in a formal union, is wrong. Human
beings, unlike animals, are expected to sire or conceive children only after
exchanging vows in a ceremony officiated by a religious leader. Otherwise, we
would be committing a sin,”)
Sheikh Alhad Salum
even offered to officiate the whole ceremony free of charge saying it is not a
lengthy or demanding issue.
“Tofauti ya binadamu
na wanyama kama mbuzi, ng’ombe au nguruwe ni kwamba, sisi tunatakiwa kuzaliana
baada ya kufunga ndoa, kinyume chake tutakuwa tunapata dhambi.
“Halafu sasa tukio la
kufunga ndoa wala halichukui muda mwingi na halina gharama kubwa. Ni suala la
wahusika kumtafuta tu shehe, anakuja anatia ubani kisha mnaendelea na maisha
yenu. Kama ni kutumia pesa itakuwa ni elfu hamsini tu au laki moja.
“Labda niseme tu
kwamba, hata mimi kama kweli wamedhamiria kufunga ndoa, niko tayari kuwaozesha
bure kabisa, nitaweka gari yangu mafuta kuwafuata popote, wao wajipange tu
wakiwa tayari wanitafute.”