Sultan Declares First Day of Ramadan 2025 in Nigeria, Details Emerge
- The leader of Muslims in Nigeria, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Saturday, March 1, as the commencement of the 2025 Ramadan fasting
- Abubakar made the announcement on Friday night, February 28, in a telecast monitored by Legit.ng
- Muslims worldwide consider the holy month of Ramadan as a period of immense reward and spiritual cleansing
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism.
Sokoto, Sokoto state - The Sultan of Sokoto and president-general of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Friday, February 28, declared the commencement of Ramadan 2025 in Nigeria.
The Sultan said the crescent for the commencement of the fasting period has been sighted, thus Ramadan 2025 will start on Saturday, March 1.
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According to an X (formerly Twitter) user who is an astronomer and member of the Islamic Crescent Observation Project (ICOP) UAE, @Simwal, the Sultan has approved the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan in some locations in Nigeria.
Watch the video of the moment the Sultan announced the start of Ramadan 2025 below:
Legit.ng reports that Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar observed by Muslims worldwide as a month for fasting, prayer, reflection and assisting the needy.
Sultan Abubakar appealed to wealthy individuals to assist the vulnerable and poor people by providing them with food to cushion hardship in Nigeria.
Cleric offers counsel as Muslims welcome Ramadan 2025
Muslims across Nigeria are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan. As they savour the blessed month, more rewards await them.
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Abdullahi Abdul Azeez, the chief Imam of Oke-Odo land in Alimosho local government area (LGA) of Lagos state, told Legit.ng:
"As we welcome the entire Muslim Ummah to the blessed and sacred month of Ramadan, we pray Allah (the most glorified) ease our affairs and accept our ibadah in this month of worship
"I would like to implore all Muslims to be sincere to Allah in all their various acts of worship in this sacred month because sincerity in ibadah (worship) is the only criterion that makes Allah accept worship.
"Qur'an 98 verse 5 says: 'And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, (being) sincere to Him (Allah) in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah (paid on the surplus of wealth). And that is the correct religion'."
Read more on Ramadan 2025:
- Sultan of Sokoto announces date for Sha’aban as Muslims anticipate Ramadan in Nigeria
- Nigerian governor commissions mosque, announces packages for Ramadan 2025, imams
Ramadan: When couples can make love
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Prof Sherifdeen Kareem, the Imam of the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta Mosque in Ogun state, disclosed that Muslim couples can have intimacy during Ramadan, but only after their fast for the day has ended.
The religious leader stated that unmarried couples are strictly restricted, maintaining that only legally married couples are allowed to copulate between the hour of breaking the fasting and taking the pre-dawn meal (Maghrib and Solatul Subhi) during the Ramadan period.
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