{"id":66784,"date":"2025-05-28T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66784"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:15:09","slug":"sarabian-declares-june-6-as-sallah-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/28\/sarabian-declares-june-6-as-sallah-day\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#8217;Arabian Declares June 6 as Sallah Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has officially declared Friday, June 6, 2025, as Eid al-Adha (Sallah Day) following the sighting of the crescent moon, which signals the start of Dhul Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement shared by Haramain Sharifain on X (formerly Twitter), Dhul Hijjah 1446 AH begins on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement sets key Islamic observances in motion, notably the Day of Arafah on Thursday, June 5, and Eid al-Adha on Friday, June 6.<\/p>\n<p>Eid al-Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorates Prophet Ibrahim\u2019s unwavering faith and willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to Allah.<\/p>\n<p>The day is marked by communal prayers, acts of charity, and the ritual slaughter of livestock.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation, Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Sudais, President of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosques in Makkah and Madinah, has instructed Imams and Khateebs to shorten Friday sermons and limit the interval between the call to prayer and the commencement of the Eid prayer to 5\u201310 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Aligning with Saudi Arabia, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III, has also declared Wednesday, May 28, as the first day of Dhul Hijjah in Nigeria, confirming June 6, 2025, as the official Eid-el-Adha celebration date.<\/p>\n<p>This unified declaration helps Muslims worldwide coordinate their Hajj rites and festive preparations with spiritual focus and communal harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; Saudi Arabia has officially declared Friday, June 6, 2025, as Eid al-Adha (Sallah Day) following the sighting of the crescent moon, which signals the start of Dhul Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. According to a statement shared by Haramain Sharifain on X (formerly Twitter), Dhul Hijjah 1446 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66786,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66784\/revisions\/66786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}