World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, 2 (2): 102-107, 2012 ISSN 2225-0883 © IDOSI Publications, 2012 Corresponding Author: Lateef Mobolaji Adetona, Department of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Ojo, Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria. Tel: +234-33033416. 102 NASFAT: A Modern Prayer Group and its Contributions to the Propagation of Islam in Lagos Lateef Mobolaji Adetona Department of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Ojo, Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria Abstract: Nasrul-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) that has become an household name in Lagos, albeit the entire Nigeria as the leading Muslim prayer group or what others refer to as Muslim Pentecostal group started as a branch of another elitist Prayer group, Yusrullahi Society of Nigeria founded by a retired banker with its headquarters in Ibadan. This fact had been downplayed by other historians of NASFAT. This fact has been documented in this article. Its success is primarily based on the availability of its liturgy in such a manner that clergies are really not required to embark on its usual prayer as well as the seemingly miraculous efficacy of the prayers offered by the group which has accorded it the stead to gauge the conversion of Muslims into Christianity and has equally aided reversion of those hitherto lost back to Islam. The group equally has a number of challenges ranging from qualitative education for its members to economic empowerment of the jobless as well as making their impact in the socio-political spheres of the Lagos Society especially in the comity of Prayer groups. In a bold step towards overcoming the challenges, a number of education projects including scholarship schemes, grants and establishment of a full fledge University have been put in place while various halaal business companies including Tafsan Tours and Tafsan Beverages, the brewer of the NASMALT malta drink were started Key words: NASFAT Modern Prayer Group Propagation of Islam Islam in Lagos State Da’wah Workers INTRODUCTION Lagos. Ibrahim Nyasi visited Lagos and instituted the Prayer groups had been known in Yorubaland before Abdus-Salam Akosile, Muqaddam Lawal and Shaykh colonialism and its consequent modernization effect. Hamzat Masha Eshinlokun. The offshoot of these orders Christianity became a dominant religious tradition in is the Alasalatu prayer group. Mainly, these groups were Yoruba nation yet some Muslims and non-Muslims had part of the ratibi mosques in Lagos and in some on different occasions acknowledged the efficacy of divisions; they all came together on Friday for special Muslim prayers. Muslim and non-Muslim leaders alike Asalatu prayers at Jumat mosques. A few of these groups had often employed the services of Muslim clerics to operated beyond these two levels. Examples of such assist them in overcoming some difficulties using their included the Asalatu of Jama’at-ul-Suadai, with spiritual powers. This was the kind of relationship that headquarters at Kuti Mosque, Lagos. Muqaddam Adeniyi brought a close alliance between Gen. Yakubu Gowon and [d.1985], a student of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani Awelenje Shaykh Ibrahim al-kawlakh an-Nyasi [1]. Prior to Shaki (1968) was the founder. All through the seventies independence as earlier noted, Sufi clerics had visited and until the death of the Muqaddam, Lagos Muslims Lagos in good numbers and had not only founded Sufi believed so much in the efficacy of prayers that were convents (zawiyyah) but had equally shown the power of offered at this Asalat group. The prayer used to hold Islamic clerical activities. Alfa Nda of the Qadiriyyah fame between 8:00 and 10:00p.m every Friday at the Kuti did not only live in Lagos but also built a building that is Mosque. The mosque was always filled to the fullest till date the grand centre of Qadiriyyah in Ilasamaja area of capacity. Tijaniyyah order empowering such lieutenants as Shaykh