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Moon Not Sighted, Muslims Celebrate `Eid Al-Fitr Wednesday

Muslim News Staff
08 April, 2024

Muslims will celebrate `Eid Al-Fitr, which culminates the end of Ramadan, on Wednesday, April 10.

Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced that the new moon of Shawwal, the 10th month of Islamic calendar, was not sighted on Monday, April 8.

”The crescent moon was NOT sighted in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, Eid Al Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday, 10th April 2024,” Haramain wrote on X.

The Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta said on Monday that the committee for moonsighting did not sight the new moon. Therefore, Eid would start on Wednesday.

Eid Al-Fitr will start Wednesday, April 10, in UAE after Moon Committee said the moon of Shawwal 1445AH is not spotted today.

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Astronomical Calculations

In Australia, the first day of Eid Al-Fitr will be Wednesday, April 10, according to a statement by the Australian Fatwa Council.

Earlier, the European Council For Fatwa and Research (ECFR) and the Fiqh Council of North America (FQNA)  announced that `Eid Al-Fitr will start on Wednesday, April 10.

Eid Al-Fitr is one the two main Islamic religious festivals along with `Eid Al-Adha.

Moonsighting has always been a controversial issue among Muslim countries, and even scholars seem to be at odds over the issue at times.

While one group of scholars proclaims that Muslims in a particular region are to follow the same moon-sighting as long as people in that region share one part of the night, another group maintains that Muslims everywhere should abide by the lunar calendar of Saudi Arabia.

There is also a third opinion which states that once an authority in charge of ascertaining the sighting of the moon in a given country makes a statement, then Muslims in the country should all abide by this.