When the little Mahmud Kosija was delivered by his mother, Hajia Abibat
Kosija two months ago, he came to this world with mysteries which had
been attracting several residents of Ondo Kingdom and its neighbouring
communities to their family house at Igbomoba Street, beside a central
mosque.
Mahmud, a son of an Islamic cleric was said to have been born with a strange ear-shape, with an Islamic inscription.
Interestingly,
it is said that the new-born baby was shouting “Allah” “Allah”’
immediately as he was delivered at the Mother and Child Hospital in Ondo
Town.
As soon as mother had been discharged from the hospital,
the house of the baby’s family has become something like mecca. A large
crowd came to see the miraculous ear with Islamic inscription meaning,
“Allahu” in Islamic parlance.
The boy’s father named him Alfa Ibrahim Kosija and described his birth as the handiwork of Allah.
He
explained that the shape of the ear which appeared like an Islamic
inscription of “Allah” in the holy Quran was an indication of the
message of God that the end of the world was gradually coming close.
According
to the Islamic cleric, apart from the shape of the ear, the birth of
the baby was a sign that the world was gradually coming to an end. He
stressed that apart from being born on Muslim holy day, Friday, the time
the baby was born was also apt in Islam (12, noon).
He added that
the baby’s cry of “Allah, Allah” after birth attracted the attention of
people at the hospital to the labour room before the shape of the ear
was later discovered by the nurses, after which the baby used his left
hand side to cover the ear.
Corroborating Kosija’s comment, an Ondo
town based Islamic cleric, Sheik Abdulakeem Abeeblah, attributed the
shape of the ear which he said means Allah in Islamic parlance. He
called on all Muslims to fear God and refrain from committing sins that
could prevent them from entering the kingdom of God.
Meanwhile mother confesses that the boy’s behaviour is quite unusual of babies of his age.
Not
only is he crying during specific period of the day especially during
the early Morning Prayer, popularly called “Tajuud” in Islamic religion,
the boy is often noticed covering the strange ear with his left hand,
mother says.
Commenting on the development, an Ondo based Medical
Doctor, Olu Ojo described the shape of the ear which has an Islamic
inscription as unusual. He noted that it was formed as a result of
deformity in the congenital process in the embryo.
Dr Olu Ojo, while
ruling out any other meaning in the shape of the ear which he said
appeared so strange,added that it could occur to non-Muslim or even
Christian.