Less than two hours after the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad III announced the sighting of new moon of Shawwal, heavy rain poured down in many parts of the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Sultan Abubakar III announced the sighting of the new moon last night, March 29, amidst growing anxiety amongst Muslims. The new moon terminated the month of Ramadan in which Muslims observed Fasting for 29 days.
Some Asian countries like Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia have earlier yesterday, announced that they did not sight the moon of Shawwal and therefore, Fasting would continue today, March 30 while Eid-el-Fitr is observed tomorrow, March 31. This came even as the Saudi Arabian authorities announced the sighting of the new moon at about 4.00pm (Nigerian time) yesterday.
While Muslims were jubilating following the announcement of the sighting of the new moon of Shawwal by the Sultan of Sokoto, heaven opened up and poured forth heavy rain, accompanied by thunder claps, forceful and speedy wind. The rain lasted for about 50 minutes.
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