Tuesday, October 15 Declared As Eid-el-Kabir

Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto State, and the head of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has announced Tuesday, October 15, 2013, as Eid-el-Kabir.
On Sunday, Prof. Sambo Wali, the chairman of Sokoto Sultanate advisory Committee on religious affairs, said in a statement the date was pronounced after Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, had been declared as the first day of Zul-Hijja, 1434 AH (Hijri calendar) by the Sultan of Sokoto.
On Saturday, October 5 (the 29th day of ZulKi'ida,1434 AH), various moon-sighting panels across the country confirmed the sighting of the new Moon of Zul-Hijja,1434 AH.
According to Islamic tradition, Muslims from all around the world would gather together in Saudi Arabia to climb Mount Arafat, a granite hill east of Mecca, on October 14 for the annual Hajj. The Eid festival comimes up a day later.
The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to announce Tuesday, October 15, and either the preceding day, or the day after the festival, as public holidays

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