Moon sighting preparations have been completed in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates, United States of America (USA), Canada and various other Arab countries to sight new crescent signalled commencement of Holy month of Ramadan.
UAE committee will begin meeting at 7:00pm local time after Maghrib prayer comprising members UAE’s Moon Sighting Committee and the Supreme Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia to confirm witnessing Ramadan crescent here on Tuesday.
Final announcement is likely to be emerged around 9:00pm local time as per expectations like last year when the crescent declaration had been released after 9:00pm local time.
The committees in the two Gulf countries will begin meeting after Maghrib prayer (7pm UAE time; 3pm GMT). Announcements about the moon sighting by the UAE and Saudi bodies are usually made after Isha’a prayer (8.45pm UAE time; 4.45pm GMT) after receiving and confirming evidences of moon sightings from different parts of the countries. However, Saudi Arabia is one-hour behind the UAE, Emirates247 reported.
It should be mentioned that Muslims of Middle East, Europe and the US follow Saudi Arabian Islamic Hijri calendar in accordance to lunar year while the Ramadan crescent in Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh usually sighted a day after commencement of Ramadan month in Saudi Arabia, however, it is not necessary.
Ruet-e-Hilal (moon sighting) Committee of Pakistan has scheduled its meeting on Wednesday (tomorrow) that would be chaired by Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman in Karachi. The committee completed preparations to sight crescent moon. The meeting will be attended by various clerics and Met experts.
