By Ahmed Deedate Zakaria
Madinan-educated Professor of Islamic Law, Prof. Arsalan Muhammad, has distributed 40 bags of foreign rice to his students.
On Tuesday, Professor Arsalan, who is reputed for his generosity, donated 40 bags of rice to the 400-level students of the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The beneficiaries organised themselves into groups to receive the professor’s rare act of kindness.
The Daily Reality gathered that all interested students got the rice irrespective of their faith.
Professor Arsalan is known for his generosity and always reaches out to outstanding students with textbooks, handouts and even money.
Below is a brief biography of Professor Arsalan Muhammad:
Professor Muhammad Arsalan was born in 1968. He attended several local Quranic schools between 1973 to 1983. Arsalan started his formal education in 1983, got admission into Jama’atu College of Arabic Studies Zaria and graduated in 1987. He then proceeded to Bayero University Kano, where he obtained his Diploma between 1987-1990.
Muhammad Arsalan travelled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and got admission into the Faculty of Sharia, Islamic University Madina and graduated in 1995 and returned to Nigeria immediately and served his NYSC in 1996.
Muhammad Arsalan got admission for his LL.M. and appointment as a Graduate Assistant in the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, in 1996 and graduated in 2000 and proceeded to his PhD in 2001 and graduated in 2009.
Arsalan was promoted to the rank of Lecturer 2 upon his successful completion of his LL.M in 2000 and promoted to the rank of Lecturer 1 in 2005, and to the rank of Senior Lecturer in 2009, he was also promoted to the rank of Reader/Associate Professor in 2012 and finally promoted to the rank of Professor in 2015.
