In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful. May Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon His Prophet. INTRODUCTION On many occasions I heard people saying that Nigerians forget issues and events easily. The unnecessary dispute generated by the issue of moon sighting at the end of Ramadan, 1441 fasting confirmed to me how Nigerians easily forget happenings. That was not the first time that some Muslims claimed that they sighted the crescent and the approving authority (His Eminence the Sultan) did not act on it. However, even people…
THE SULTAN, MOON SIGHTING AND DECISION MAKING IN ISLAM By Barrister Sheikh Ibrahim M. Attahir
