EXTRA TIME: Mane, Musa, Benatia lead African stars to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa, Morocco’s Medhi benatia,  Senegal's Sadio Mane, Cote d'Ivoire's Yaya Toure and a host of African players have joined the football world in celebrating Eid al-Fitr.

Eid al-Fitr is the celebration that follows the end of the 30 days fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.

The players, in celebatory mood, took to social media to wish their followers Eid Mubarak.

Meanwhile, Musa and Abdullahi Shehu were not left out of the festivities as they joined some team officials for Eid prayers in a mosuque in Kaliningrad before Nigeria’s World Cup opener against Croatia on Saturday.

 

May we be among those who benefited from the Mercy, Forgiveness and Emancipation promised in the Holy month. May all our righteous deeds shine through to the months after & blessed to witness the next ramadan, Ameen Ya Allah. Barka da Sallah To All Muslims Around the world.🙏 🙏🕋

A post shared by Ahmed Musa MON (@ahmedmusa718) on Jun 15, 2018 at 1:26am PDT

 

Jour spécial pour tous les musulmans à qui je souhaite une bonne fête de l’aid el fitr. Jour J pour tous les marocains 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽 #Dimamaghrib

A post shared by Medhi Benatia (@m.benatia5) on Jun 15, 2018 at 2:49am PDT

 

Eid Mubarak

A post shared by Sadio Mane (@sadiomaneofficiel) on Jun 15, 2018 at 7:08am PDT

 

🙏🏿🙏🏿

A post shared by Salif Sané Compte Officiel (@doudou_salouf) on Jun 14, 2018 at 11:36pm PDT

 

Eid Mubarak À Tout Les Musulmans Du Monde ! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉😍❤️ Qu’Allah Accepte Nôtre Jeûne Et Nos Prières, Qu’Il Nous Guide Vers Le Bien Et Nous Épargne Le Mal 🤲🏾 Insha Allah 🙏🏾

A post shared by Moussa Marega (@marega11) on Jun 15, 2018 at 2:51am PDT

 

Eid Mubarak brothers and sisters .. May Allah bless us all 🙏🏾

A post shared by Official A.shehu (@shehu.official) on Jun 15, 2018 at 1:50am PDT

 

EID MUBARAK 🕋🕌🙏

A post shared by M. M. JUNIOR WAKASO (@mmjuniorwakaso) on Jun 15, 2018 at 4:19am PDT

 

Taqabal Allah mina wa minqoum oummati Mohamed sws ❤️ love y’all. #narakumfijannah #eidmubarak

A post shared by @ dembabafoot on Jun 15, 2018 at 3:59am PDT

 

‪#EidMubarak , Taqabbal-Allâhu minnâ wa minkum , qu’Allâh agrée nos bonnes actions et les vôtres), Ramazan Bayramımız‬ ‪Mübarek olsun #EidAlFitr ❤️🎊🎉🎁 ‬

A post shared by Sofiane Feghouli (@sffeghouli) on Jun 15, 2018 at 12:41am PDT

 

Eid mubarak

A post shared by Alhassan Wakaso (@alhassanwakaso) on Jun 15, 2018 at 2:32am PDT

 

Eid Mubarak brothers and sisters. May Allah give us all that we prayed for🙏🏿❤️

A post shared by Badou Ndiaye (@badouboy7) on Jun 15, 2018 at 1:29am PDT

 

Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers around the world. 💙💙💙

A post shared by Warisgh10 (@warisgh10) on Jun 15, 2018 at 3:10am PDT

 

Saha aidkoum 🙏🙏

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