By NASIR MALALI
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar has called on the Muslims in the country to start looking for the new moon of Rabi’ul Thani, tomorrow the 29th of RABI’UL AWWAL 1448AH, Islamic calendar, equivalent to 11/09/2026.
In a statement signed by the chairman Advisory Committee on Islamic Religious affairs Sultanate Council Sokoto State, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu, Wazirin Sokoto says if sighted, the information should be forwarded to the nearest district or village head for onward commutation to the Sultan.
The statement cites that the Monthly Observation of the moon, clarifies the Islamic Calendar within a given year, thereby making the month of Ramadan moon sightings more acceptable to the general Muslims in the Country.
Editing by BASIRAT MEMUDU
