Nigeria: Muslims Urged to Fast Tomorrow

28 December 2006

A renowned Islamic scholar in Kano, Sheikh Ja'afar Mahmood Adam who made the call yesterday said that Arafat is a special day to Muslims and Allah has promised huge rewards for whoever commits himself in worship on that day.

He explained that "It has been reported from the Holy prophet (SAW) that fasting on Arafat day is equivalent to wiping two years of sins, the present year and the previous year and it is on the Arafat day that Allah the Almighty extended His mercy in salvaging His servants from hell fire to paradise".

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