Ramadan fasting will end this Saturday as announced by The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). This automatically means that the fasting still continues tomorrow Saturday Sunday would be 2020 Eid-el-fitr day.
“There was no positive sighting report of the Shawwal crescent in Nigeria, tomorrow is 30th Ramadan.
“An official statement from the Sultanate will be released shortly,” it read.
Meanwhile, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), through its Secretary-General of JNI, Shaykh Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement, has given step by step guidelines on how Muslims can perform Eid prayers at home.
According to the statement: “The Eid-el-Fitr Prayers are two RAKA’AT. Seven (7) TAKBIRAT to be pronounced in the first RAKA’AT, including the opening TAKBIR. “Then SURATUL FATIHA is read and any other SURAH, preferably SURATUL A’ALA.
“While in the second RAKAH, five (5) TAKBIRAT be pronounced.
“Then SURATUL FATIHA is read and any other SURAH, preferably SURATUL GHASHIYAH. “In the case of praying at home, as it may be, the KHUTBAH(sermon) is suspended.
“All the above mentioned are based on the Hadith of Anas Bn Malik in Sahih al-Bukhari and Maliki School of law decisions, in MUKHTASAR, as explained by Al-Kharshi and Al-Munah al-Jalil.”
Further speaking, the committee gave an advice to Muslims in States where Eid is practiced to always fear Allah by obeying his commandments and by adhering strictly to the rules of the government by maintaining social distancing, washing of hands with alcohol based sanitizers and the usage of face masks.
“In this case, neighborhood mosques can be utilized if it becomes necessary.
“Ulama should fear Allah, the Most High and be matured enough in guarding their utterances and actions for the overall interest of the DEEN and the Ummah,” he stated.
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