The moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and UAE and Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated today (Thursday). Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine will also celebrate Eid today (Thursday).
However, Oman announced that the Shawwal moon had not been sighted and Eid would be celebrated tomorrow (Friday). The UAE Moon Sighting Committee held a meeting to sight the Eid-ul-Fitr moon at the judiciary department in Abu Dhabi wherein it finally sighted the moon and announced to celebrate Eid today.
Quoting Pakistan Meteorological Department, local media reported on Tuesday that chances of sighting the moon on Thursday are “extremely high in Sindh and Balochistan.”
It said the moon would be clearly sighted in interior areas of Sindh including Hyderabad and Karachi. Chances of sighting the moon in Punjab on August 8 were 50 per cent, it added.
The Muslim scholars in Saudi Arabia appeared split on Tuesday on whether the end-of-Ramadan moon should be sighted on Tuesday, which marks 28 days of the fasting month.
Earlier, the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia had announced to meet on Tuesday evening to hear from people who may have sighted the moon, an announcement that startled many scholars worldwide as it would mean that Ramadan would have lasted only 28 days instead of the requisite 29 or 30 days.
The statement by the court implied that there had been an error with the July 10th start date of this year’s Ramadan, and that the holy month of fasting should have started on July 9 instead. Saudi newspapers on Monday quoted a statement from the Supreme Court that encouraged members of the public to sight the Eid moon on Tuesday night.
Religious scholars reacted to the news with surprise and some disagreement, as a Tuesday evening moon-sighting would indicate a mistake in the start date of Ramadan.
However, the mystery finally resolved after the moon was sighted on Wednesday and it was announced that Eid will be celebrated today.
happy eid every one
happy eid on the muslims
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