{"id":32593,"date":"2021-05-11T21:13:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=32593"},"modified":"2021-05-11T21:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:13:07","slug":"breaking-moon-not-sighted-sallah-is-thursday-sultan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/breaking-moon-not-sighted-sallah-is-thursday-sultan\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Moon not sighted, Sallah is Thursday \u2013 Sultan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III, has announced that the Ramadan fast would continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Tuesday evening by the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs of Sultanate Council in Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Junaidu.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abubakar, a report of the National Moonsighting Committee of the NSCIA revealed that no moon was sighted in the country on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/ramadan-buhari-stops-sallah-homage-to-celebrate-within-aso-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramadan<\/a> fast would reach 30 this year as against preparations earlier made by Muslim faithful to celebrate Eid-el-Fitri on Tuesday in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Sultan, therefore declared Thursday, May 13 as the first day of Shawwal 1442AH and the beginning of the Eid-el-Fitri celebration in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar urged the Muslim Ummah to continue to pray for peace, progress and development of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III, has announced that the Ramadan fast would continue on Wednesday. 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