Mecca, Saudi Arabia during hajj | File photo
Jamila Muhammad, a Plateau state pilgrim, has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, following complications from diabetes.
A statement by Daiyabu Dauda, executive secretary of the Plateau state Muslim pilgrims welfare board, said the deceased passed away at King Abdulaziz Hospital after efforts by the medical team to stabilise her condition.
Dauda added that the late pilgrim has since been laid to rest in Makkah according to Islamic customs.
“From God we are, and to Him we shall return. With heavy hearts and total submission to the will of Allah, Plateau State has lost one of her female pilgrims, Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, on Monday, June 2, 2025, at King Abdulaziz Hospital, Makkah, as a result of diabetic complications, according to the doctors,” the statement reads.
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“Just as Allah says: ‘And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him—his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah.’ [Quran 4:100].”
The executive secretary also extended condolences to the government and people of Plateau, as well as the family and friends of the deceased.
“May Allah forgive her shortcomings and admit her into Al-Jannatul Firdaus, the highest place in Paradise,” he added.
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On May 27, Adizatu Dazumi, a 75-year-old pilgrim from Edo state, died in Saudi Arabia after a “brief illness”.
