Secretary-General
of the Muslim Council, Is-haq Oloyede, in a statement yesterday, said the
council, under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, enjoined
all Muslims to look for the moon.
Mr Oloyede
said the Sultan had, therefore, put in place a National Moon Sighting
Committee, NMSC, to that effect. Oloyede, who is also the Shehu of Borno and
NSCIA Deputy President-General is among the 34 Muslims across the country as
members of the committee. Mr. Oloyede said: “NMSC has advised the
President-General that the crescent of Shawwal should be searched for on
Monday, July 4, equivalent to 29th Ramadan 1437 AH.
“If the
crescent is actually sighted by informed persons on Monday night and His
Eminence is so advised by the experts, he would declare Tuesday, July 5, as the
first day of Shawwal (‘Id day). “If, however, the crescent is not sighted on
Monday night, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 automatically becomes the first of
Shawwal 1437 AH (‘Id day).” He enjoined Muslims all over the country to be on
the lookout according to the directive of the President-General of NSCIA on the
completion of this year’s Ramadan fast.
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