The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad
Abubakar, on Sunday announced Tuesday Oct. 15 as Eid-el-Kabir.
A statement issued in Sokoto by
Prof. Sambo Wali, the Chairman of Sokoto Sultanate Advisory Committee on
Religious Affairs, said this followed the sighting of the crescent from across
the country on Saturday.
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| Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. |
“The sultanate advisory committee on
religious affairs at its meeting on Saturday, Oct. 5, received reports from
various moon sighting committees across the country confirming the sighting of
the new Moon of Zul-Hijja,1434 AH, on Saturday, which was the 29th day of
ZulKi’ida,1434 AH,’’ the statement said.
NAN reports that Eid-el-Kabir is
celebrated world wide on the 10th of Zul-Hijja, the 12th month of the Islamic
calendar, and is marked by the slaughtering of ram after a special morning
prayer.
It comes a day after pilgrims from
across the globe converge on mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for the annual
Hajj. (NAN)
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