SULTAN OF SOKOTO NIGERIA VOICES OUT

Eid el-Fitri: Sultan advises Muslims to keep an eye out for new moon 

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has asked each Muslim in the nation to search for the new moon amongst Sunday and Monday for the Eid el-Fitri. The Secretary-General of the gathering, Is-haq Oloyede in an announcement on Sunday, said the committee, under the initiative of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, charged all Muslims to search for the moon. Mr. Oloyede said the Sultan has in this way set up a National Moon Sighting Committee, NMSC, to that impact. 
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III

 The Shehu of Borno and NSCIA Deputy President-General is among the 34 Muslims the nation over as individuals from the council. "NMSC has prompted the President-General that the sickle of Shawwal ought to be hunt down on Monday, July 4, 2016 proportional to 29th Ramadan 1437 AH. "On the off chance that the bow is really located by educated persons on Monday night and His Eminence is so exhorted by the specialists, he would pronounce Tuesday, July 5, 2016 as the primary day of Shawwal ('Id day). "Assuming, nonetheless, the bow is not located on Monday night, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 consequently turns into the first of Shawwal 1437 AH ('Id day)," Mr. Oloyede said. He ordered Muslims everywhere throughout the nation to be vigilant for the mandate of the President-General of NSCIA on the culmination of the current year's Ramadan quick. He said when the NMSC affirmed the locating of the bow, the board of trustees would instruct the president-general with respect to the NSCIA, who will report the finish of Ramadan and the recognition of `Idul-Fitri' petition. "Muslims are likewise unequivocally encouraged to quick for six days between the second and the end of Shawwal," Mr. Oloyede said. The secretary-general additionally said Muslims ought to consider it to be need, paying `Zakatul-Fitri' with the aim of lifting the hearts of the poverty stricken individuals from the group. "The committee asks all to guarantee the conveyance of Zakatul-Fitri to the suitable beneficiaries –the poor –and prepare for its redirection by any specialist or middle person," he said. Mr. Oloyede said Ramadan may go back and forth, the lessons in it must keep on reflecting in the lives of Muslims. "The board urges Muslims to keep appealing to God for tranquil concurrence in Nigeria, as they keep the excellencies and increases of the consecrated month as an otherworldly guide towards quickened advancement as people and a country," he said. (NAN)

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