The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday as the first day of Shawwal.
The Sultan made the declaration after no member of the National moonsighting committee and other emirates claims to have seen the new moon.
“The Sultanate Council Sokoto, has declared Monday 2/5/2022 as the first day of Shuwal 1443 AH,” the Secretary of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi, said in a terse statement on Saturday night.
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Muslims in the country are to celebrate the eid-el-fitri on Monday being the first day of Shawwal.
The Director of Administration of the NSCIA, Arc. Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, had on Friday in a statement urged Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Shawwal on Saturday, Daily Trust reports.
The 2022 Ramadan also continues in Saudi Arabia, and some other countries across the world.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court as saying the Shawwal crescent was not sighted on Saturday and thus Ramadan continues on Sunday.
The kingdom also announced on Saturday that Muslims in the country will celebrate the eid-el-fitri on Monday.
The sighting of the crescent moon on Saturday would have marked the end of Ramadan and the start of the next month of Shawwal on Sunday.
