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.
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.
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.
