Oct.15 is Eid-el-Kabir

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. “This is sequel to the declaration of Sunday,
Oct. 6, 2013, as the first day of Zul-Hijja, 1434
AH, by the Sultan of Sokoto, 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)