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Date Notes Mawlid: 12 Rabi' al-awwal: Muslim holiday celebrating the birthday of Muhammad. Eid al-Adha: 10 Dhu al-Hijjah: Muslim holiday celebrating the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. Eid al-Fitr: 1 Shawwal: Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting. Good Friday: Friday of Holy Week (March or April)
Every year, the Gregorian dates of the Islamic holidays change. Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha.
Some dishes used in breaking Ramadan fast in Nigeria. At sunset, families break the fast with the iftar, traditionally opening the meal by eating dates to commemorate Muhammad's practice of breaking the fast with three dates. [69] [70] They then adjourn for Maghrib, the fourth of the five required daily prayers, after which the main meal is ...
Festivals in Nigeria, some of which dates back to the period before the arrival of the major religions in her ethnically and culturally diverse society. The Christian festivals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and Islam festivals are often celebrated in ways that are unique to Nigeria or unique to the people of a locality. [ 3 ]
The last 10 nights of Ramadan, including the night of Laylat al-Qadr, are important for Muslims, including a special night of worship.
Although the date of Eid al-Fitr is always the same in the Islamic calendar, the date in the Gregorian calendar falls approximately 11 days earlier each successive year, since the Islamic calendar is lunar and the Gregorian calendar is solar. Hence if the Eid falls in the first ten days of a Gregorian calendar year, there will be a second Eid ...
t. e. Ramadan ( Arabic: رَمَضَان, Ramaḍān) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran is believed to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset.
Eid al-Adha is a festival celebrated by Muslims in Nigeria and all over the world on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhu al-Hijja. It is one of two official holidays celebrated in Islam (the other is Eid al-Fitr ). [1] It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail ( Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's command.