Umar Sadiq: 5 things about Super Eagles star and why his daughter didn't wear hijab

Pulse Sports reported that Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Umar Sadiq returned to the social media trend table over his recent post on his Instagram page.

The 26-year-old Real Sociedad forward took to his official social media platforms to share his recovery process ahead of the new season.

Sadiq also shared a photo of himself and his daughter having a moment.

However, the Sociedad forward received backlash over the post as fans questioned why his daughter did not wear a Hijab.

This article will reveal some reasons why Sadiq Umar’s daughter was without a hijab in his recent post on Instagram.

Aisha Umar is the adorable daughter of Super Eagles star Sadiq Umar and an Italian-based lady known as Judy Memini.

As of July 2023, Aisha is rumoured to be the couple's only child and is believed to have been born while Umar was still playing in Italy.

It’s no secret that Sadiq Umar is an ardent Muslim.

However, his wife Judy is also a Muslim going by her posts on Instagram.

Pulse Sports gathered the couple have been dating since Umar’s time in Italy.

Memini is rumoured to be of Spanish and Italian descent. 

From her social media page, the beautiful wife of Sadiq Umar currently answers the Nigerian’s last name, although, neither Umar nor his partner have confirmed that they are officially married.

However, details of her background remain unknown at the time of this report.

Sadiq loves to keep details of his relationship private and away from the media.

Aisha’s mother, Judy Memini has over 16K followers on her Instagram page.

She is believed to be an influencer based in Italy and she is one of the most beautiful Wags of Nigerian footballers.

Umar Sadiq has once cited his daughter, Aisha, as his biggest motivation.

Speaking in an interview with OmaSports, Sadiq opened up on his daughter’s impact on his recovery from injury at Sociedad.

He was quoted to have said via Soccernet: 

 Pulse Sports gathered that although Aisha Umar does not wear a hijab, her mother often does on certain occasions including Jumu'ah which is one of the most important Islamic rituals and is considered one of its obligatory acts.

Jumma Mubarak means Happy Friday, where Jumma means "Friday" and Mubārak translates as "blessed".

Muslims offer weekly prayers at noon every Friday, as a core part of their core Islamic beliefs.

This article will explain Sadiq Umar’s daughter did not wear a hijab in his latest post, which has forced the player to turn off the comments section.

According to Learn Religions, the word hijab is pre-Islamic, from the Arabic root h-j-b, which means to screen, to separate, to hide from sight, to make invisible.

 In modern Arabic languages, the word refers to a range of women's proper dress, but none of them includes a face covering.

Although the Quran doesn't explicitly say women should be veiled or secluded from participation in public life, oral traditions say that the practice was originally just for the Prophet Muhammad's wives.

However, in modern societies, being forced to wear a veil is a rare and recent phenomenon. 

Until 1979, Saudi Arabia was the only Muslim-majority country that required that women be veiled when going out in public—and that law included both native and foreign women regardless of their religion. 

Today, veiling is legally imposed on women in only four countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, and the Aceh Province of Indonesia.

That being said, the age at which women begin wearing the veil varies with culture.

 In some societies, wearing a veil is limited to married women - in others, girls begin wearing the veil after puberty, as part of a rite of passage indicating they are now adults, while some start quite young. 

But in most Muslim and non-Muslim countries, women have the legal freedom to choose whether or not to veil, and what fashion of veil they choose to wear.

The photo which was recently posted by Sadiq Umar was taken at the Aneota Stadium, in San Sebastian, Spain.

Firstly, Spain is not a Muslim country and as such young girls are not mandated to wear hijab.

 Another reason is that Umar’s daughter, who is barely 6 years old is not mandated to wear a Hijab at all because she is simply not of age to be held accountable for not wearing it.

According to Islamqa.info the hijab could become mandatory at the age of accountability.

A person is not considered to be accountable until after reaching puberty. 

Based on this, then a female is not mandated to put on a complete hijab before puberty.