Normally festive Ramadan nights have become rife with danger in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said hospital director Wisam Bakr, as surging violence casts a long shadow over the Muslim fasting month. His hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin has been on the front line of the spike in violence since Hamas’s unprecedented […]...
In the season of Ramadan, there are outlined rules to guide the Muslim faithfuls on how to better and diligently accomplish the 30-day fast. Here are seven guiding rules of fasting for Muslims: 1. Apart from offering the daily five daily prayers at the time of Fajr (dawn), Dhuhr (noon), Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (evening) and […]
While Ramadan is regarded as a sacred and spiritually significant month, some Muslims may unavoidably make some mistakes due to various reasons. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is considered a holy month for Muslims worldwide, reports The PUNCH. It is a period of introspection, communal prayer (Salāt) in the [&hell...
•Market women As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts, traders in Kano have continued to lament poor patronage by customers. Some of the traders who spoke to our correspondent yesterday in Kano attributed the situation to the low purchasing power of customers, reports NAN. A food stuff dealer, Malam Tanko Idris, said that, compared [&hellip...
•Sultan of Sokoto The President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said this year’s Ramadan fasting will commence today. This is contained in a statement by a member of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi. “Th...
Saudi Arabia has announced today that the holy month of Ramadan will commence tomorrow, Monday, March 11, after the Ramadan crescent moon was sighted in the Kingdom. Following Saudi Arabia’s announcement, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) also declared Monday as the first day of Ramadan, according to Emirati state news agency WAM. Qatar similarly...
Uncertainty about the rate of commodities continues to beat the imagination of market forces and consumers with the month of Ramadan few days away. The situation is likely to worsen, going by the current economic situation in the country, reports Daily Trust. Both traders and consumers interviewed by our correspondents described the present da...
•Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, NSCIA leader and the President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan immediately after Sunday, March 10, 2024. The date...
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