The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has called on all Muslims to rededicate themselves afresh to the service God and humanity.
It made this call in an Eid-ul-Fitr message to Muslims in Nigeria and worldwide as they celebrated this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of a month-long Ramadan fasting on Friday 1 Shawwal, 1444 A.H. (21 April, 2023).
In a statement by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, dated 29th Ramadan, 1444 A.H. (20 April, 2023) and copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER on Saturday, the Muslim Media Watch Group said that “the essence of fasting annually is to purify the true believers for service to mankind.”
According to the statement, the Group stated that it was part of Allah’s design to be merciful to the human-race “by granting us forgiveness after fasting holistically – pointing-out that warding-off satanic influences after Ramadan till the next Ramadan is a renewed-life of purification which should be maintained throughout our lives for gaining paradise on the Day of Judgement by true believers.”
On charity, the Group appealed to individuals and groups not to stop their charitable activities after the holy month as it urged them to sustain them, stating that part of what Ramadan has come to teach is ‘sustainable act of charity’ to the poor and the needy especially widows and orphans as well as other less-privieged.
On the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Group called on all Nigerians irrespective of religious, ethnic and political differences to be prayerful for its success, saying that the nation deserves a better deal from their leaders.
It called on the President-elect to let his administration dwell promptly on sustainable supply of electricity, sustainable turn-around maintenance and operation of the nation’s refineries and renewed onslaught against corruption.
