Please contact us for subscription options. According to Shariah, sunset is marked when the suns disk goes beyond the horizon and disappears. Taking iftar: One must take their after-fast meal (iftar) soon after sunset. It is best to take sahur during the last 30 minutes before dawn or the Fajr prayer. President Muhammadu Buhari imposed a total lockdown in Lagos, Ogun State and the capital, Abuja, since March 29, to slow the spread of the virus.Īnadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The meal is Sunnah, and taking sahur is considered a blessing. Some of the popular foods that would be eaten during this time include dates, milk and water. Muslims are required to do this ritual before they can break their fasts at sunset. This meal is to help them get ready for the fast until sunset. The country has a population of about 200 million people. Sehri time in Lagos, Nigeria (dawn) - 5:29 AM Sehri is the meal eaten by Muslims during their pre-dawn meal.

Nigerian authorities have confirmed 665 coronavirus cases, including 22 deaths and 188 recoveries, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center. The Muslim holy moth begins later this week and will last for 30 days with adherents fasting from dawn until sunset and observing special prayers, increase charity and acts of kindness. “Individual Scholars and Organisations are encouraged to employ available means of disseminating information such as radio, television, other virtual facilities, print, social and traditional media for dissemination of tafsir and other da’awah activities,” he added. Ila al-layl (till the nightfall) means until one achieves that goal and reaches the night, and the preposition ila is chosen to indicate that one should hasten to break the fast when the sun sets, because the preposition ila means that the purpose is achieved then, unlike the preposition hatta (until). “Jum’ah, as an obligatory religious activity, which is temporarily suspended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 outweighs the performance of any meritorious religious act such as congregational tarawih and the conduct of tafsir ,” he said. But if the moon is not sighted this Sunday night, then Fasting starts on Tuesday as Monday will then. If the moon is sighted this Sunday night, then Ramadan Fasting starts on Monday. “Scholars of Islam throughout the world are unanimous that the Prophet of Islam warned against the spread of contagious diseases and urged Muslims to prevent the spread,” said President-General of the NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, according to the Punch website. About 2 billion Muslims all over the world abstain from eating, drinking and coitus from daybreak to sunset as a devotional ritual for a whole month of 29/30 days. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) urged online lectures Tuesday for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan as congregational worships are suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, local media reported.

Nigerian fasting until sunset