A baby girl was born in Sokoto with Arabic inscriptions on
her body and this development has left everyone in awe.
The child has Arabic inscriptions on her chest, thigh, and
back as though they were tattooed there. She also has a birthmark that looks
like the crescent-shaped moon - one of the symbols of Islam - on her ankle.
The child was born on March 2, 2019. Her birth has turned
her parents' home into a sort of Mecca as people troop in to see the unusual
occurrence.
The baby is the fourth child of her parents, who have been
married for 16 years now. According to Daily Trust, the child's father, a
Mobile Police officer named Alhaji Hussaini is based in Katsina. The mother
Saratu Yusuf, 24, of Garkan Sardauna Sokoto North Local Government, told
Caliphate Trust that she never experienced anything unusual during the
pregnancy.
She said:
The pregnancy went very smoothly much more than others. I
had no complication, from the beginning to the day I gave birth at Police
Clinic along Barth Road Sokoto.
The labour started at about 6 am and delivered exactly at
6pm.
We did not notice anything at the hospital until we got home
when my elder sister wanted to bathe her, she discovered the inscription on her
chest, thigh and back. She also has a crescent sign on her ankle.
So many people trooped to our house from within and outside
the state metropolis, from Wurno, Rabah and other Local government areas. It
got to a point when I had to flee my matrimonial home to my parents’ house to
escape people’s disturbance.
The child's mother also pointed out another peculiar thing
about her "miracle baby". She
said the child can’t have her ear lobe pierced for earrings because several
attempts to pierce the child's ear lobe have proved unsuccessful.
The father, who was in Katsina at the time of the delivery,
said on receiving news of the baby, he was so full of anxiety that he could not
even sleep on that day.
Preparations are being made for a naming ceremony for the
baby. It should have been held earlier but due to the father's absence, it was
scheduled for Saturday, March 16.
Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Saad Abubakar was amazed when the
baby was taken to his Palace. He expressed total submission to Allah for His
wonders. The royal father donated N100, 000, a ram, and 5 pieces of clothing
materials to the family. He urged the mother to take exceptional care of the
child.
