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Saudi Arabia bans sale of tobacco products in kiosks, grocery stores.

The ministry emphasized that tobacco items must adhere to authorized standard criteria, which include keeping them in closed drawers and making them completely invisible to facility visitors. Selling them to anyone younger than 18 or as defined by the Anti-Smoking Law is illegal. The vendor is allowed to request documentation from buyers proving they are at least eighteen years old.

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The selling of tobacco products in grocery stores and kiosks throughout the Kingdom has been outlawed by the Saudi Ministry of Municipalities and Housing.

As part of its efforts to improve the business climate and boost food safety standards to safeguard customers, the ministry updated the regulations for supermarkets, hypermarkets, and grocery stores.

All produced and packaged tobacco products licensed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority are included in these items, per the specifications released by the ministry on Monday.

These consist of shisha and other comparable tobacco products, as well as conventional and electronic cigarettes. Grocery stores, which are authorized to sell packaged food items, personal care items, detergents, disinfectants, and similar products, as well as paper and plastic products, are not allowed to sell them, given that the establishment is at least 24 square meters in size.

The ministry emphasized that tobacco items must adhere to authorized standard criteria, which include keeping them in closed drawers and making them completely invisible to facility visitors. Selling them to anyone younger than 18 or as defined by the Anti-Smoking Law is illegal. The vendor is allowed to request documentation from buyers proving they are at least eighteen years old.

Four square meters is the minimum area required for kiosks in shopping malls, ten square meters for kiosks on commercial or mixed-use land, twenty-four square meters for grocery stores, one hundred square meters for supermarkets, and five hundred square meters for hypermarkets.

The changes further clarified licensing procedures, which include Civil Defense approval before issuing of the license and the filing of a valid commercial registration specifying the activity to be licensed. According to the modifications, the location must be inside business buildings or on property that has been set aside for commercial use, and it must be situated on a commercial street in compliance with rules and guidelines.

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Tesla Signs $16.5 Agreement With Samsung for New AI Chips

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Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion agreement with Samsung to produce its next-generation “Al6” processors through 2033, supporting Tesla’s autonomous driving, humanoid robots, and data centres.

The agreement ensures Tesla a steady supply of advanced AI chips while establishing Samsung’s new Texas foundry as a key player, with Elon Musk pledging to optimise production efficiency.

This strategic partnership strengthens both companies’ positions in AI and semiconductor innovation.

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Daru Dawah wal Irshad Introduces Zuglool Pension and Health Scheme

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The Zuglool Pension and Health Scheme provides a comprehensive, fair, and sustainable framework to protect lecturers during and after service:

Pension savings through a contributory model.

Monthly retirement benefits, programmed withdrawals, or annuity.

Death benefits for survivors.

Affordable health insurance for active and retired lecturers.

This model addresses the gaps seen in institutions, provides healthcare coverage, and aligns with best-practice global frameworks adapted for Nigeria’s context.

  1. Zuglool Pension Fund Committee:
  2. Professor Muhammad Yussuf
  3. Sheikh Abdul Wahab Qoseem
  4. Ustaz Ajikonle
  5. Ustaz Ismail
  6. Ustaz Abdul Hameed
  7. Ustaz Zikirullah 
  8. Ustaz Abdul Mojeed
  9. Ustaz Muntaqo
  10. Bar. Idris Alao
  11. The committee was formed by Sheikh Mustapha Zuglool’s children at home and abroad.

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH MUSTAPHA ZUGLOOL SUNUUSI (1938–2017)

He started his early learning from his father, Sheikh Muhammad Sunuusi, before he resumed in Markaz, Agege, at the age of eighteen. He became a scholar under the tutelage of his teacher, Sheikh Adam.

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Sheikh Mustapha Zuglool Sunuusi is a native of Ikirun in Osun State. He was born on the 18th of August 1938. He was one of the earliest students of Sheikh Adam Abdullah Al-Ilory.

Sheikh Adam said a lot about the brilliancy of Sheikh Mustapha Zuglool Sunuusi. He was truly his pride. He (Sheikh Adam) once said” If I’m asked by the angel on the day of judgement, what good have you done? I would say—proudly—“I taught Zuglool’“.

He started his early learning from his father, Sheikh Muhammad Sunuusi, before he resumed in Markaz, Agege, at the age of eighteen. He became a scholar under the tutelage of his teacher, Sheikh Adam. This was evident when he traveled to many Islamic countries in 1960, where Arabic and Islamic scholars marveled at his prowess. He had many presentations, which signified his qualification to be a graduate of university or even more, just like his teacher.

He became a senior instructor at Markaz when he came back from his journey. He was granted a diploma certificate in 1967 in Markaz. Having realized his endowment and capacity. He requested to be excused so he could expand his tentacles and exhibit his full capacity in disseminating and impacting knowledge. He established his school, Daru Dawah wal Irshad, in 1970 at Mushin before it moved to its new and current site at Isolo in 1980/81.

Sheikh Mustapha Zuglool Sunuusi is a successful researcher in Islamic historiography, a field that is wide and usually reserved for the _Jami’iy_, graduates of universities, despite the fact that he only graduated from Markaz, Agege. His works merited the works of graduates from universities of the world. He was an erudite, a prolific writer, a murshid, and a da’iyah.

His school, Daru dawah wal irshad at Isolo, has graduated hundreds of students in Arabic and Islamic studies. His death will be a great loss to Islam and Ikirun in particular.

Inna liLlaah wa inna ilai rajihuun. From Allah we have come, and to Him we shall return.

May Allah forgive him of all his shortcomings. amen.

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