Thursday, being the 21st day of August 2014, we gathered together to pay our last last respect to our dear father and benefactor, Alhaji Haleel Wada Ejiga who passed away on the 13th day of July, 2014 at Anyigba. His demise was very heartbreaking, from personal point of view. The sadness still comes along once in a while, but the joy in the memories is so dear that it gently pushes aside the sadness. With me always are the wonderful memories and the way he helped to shape my character and morals. I learned from him all that a man could ever wish to learn. I express this as a son(foster) that lived with him for many years. I know Babas qualities as I know my five fingers; I value and deeply respect them. I can enumerate those qualities. He was kind to the point of softness, magnanimous, unselfish, ready to share his last farthing; he had no envy nor hatred; he was simple-hearted, he pitied men and beasts; he was trustful, without spite or guile, and never remembered evil.... He had a gift from above such as other people never had; he had patience and kindness. This patience and kindness placed him above millions of men, for on earth only one out of two millions has patience and kindness. This set him apart. If he was a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would have respected him, for to patience and kindness all things are forgiven. Ofcourse, Baba had his failings, falseness and unhappiness as does every other human being on earth, but he was a cultured man. You see, life has its conditions. In order to feel comfortable among educated people, to be at home and happy with them, one must be cultutred to a certain extent. Determination brought baba into such a circle, he belonged to it. He respected human personality, and he was always kind, gentle, polite, and ready to give in to others. I lived with him for so many years and he never regarded it as a favour and, untill he passed away, he never said to me nobody can live with you. I have a whole lot of friends who visit me. He forgave noise and cold and witticism and the presence of strangers in his home. He had sympathy not for beggars alone. His heart ached for what the eyes does not see.... He used to sit up at night in order to help the poor, to pay for brothers at the universities, to buy clothes for people, many of whom he never knew, and to pay for many people so they can do hajj. He respected the property of others, and paid his debts. He was sincere, and dreaded lying like fire. He never lied even in small things. A lie was insulting to him. He never posed, he never showed off before his humbler comrades. He was never given to blabbing and never forced his confidence on others. Out of respect for other peoples ear he more often kept silent than talk. He never disparaged himself to rouse compassion. He never played on the strings of other peoples heart so that they sigh and make much of them. Baba never said I am misunderstood, or I have become second rate, because to him, all this is striving after cheap effect, is vulgar, stale false.... Baba wanted especially, freshness, elegance, humanity, the capacity for fatherhood. He had a healthy mind in a healthy body. And so on.... This is what Pa Wada was. He never stood below the level of his surrounding. Now, what is needed is constant prayers for the peaceful respose of his soul, day and night.... Every hour is precious for it.... It is time! Pa Haleel Wada Ejiga, May Allah grant your gentle soul eternal rest!
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 11:07:15 +0000
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