Eid Celebration: Eid-ul-Fitr is set to be celebrated in the country on Thursday. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr varies across countries due to the sighting of the Shawwal moon, resulting in differences in the dates of moon sighting.
Delhi's Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted many places and was informed that the moon was not sighted. Therefore, Eid will be celebrated in India on Thursday, and on Wednesday, the 30th fast of Ramzan will be observed, he said.
Eid will, however, be celebrated across Kerala and in Leh and Kargil on Wednesday. Kerala often celebrates Eid on the same day as Saudi Arabia, while the rest of India celebrates the festival a day later. Former Imam of Shahi Jama Masjid Delhi, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, said there is no news of the sighting of the moon of Shawwal.
"Contacts were made in different parts of India - Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal and Bihar, but the moon was not sighted anywhere," he said, as quoted by PTI. "Eid will be celebrated on Thursday, April 11," Bukhari said. Lucknow's Markazi Chand Committee also declared that Eid will be celebrated on April 11 as the moon has not been sighted this evening.
Eid-ul-Fitr To Be Celebrated In Kerala, J&K On Wednesday
Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala on Wednesday. In Kerala, Muslim clerics including Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal and Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar said the Shawwal moon was sighted and so Eid will be celebrated across the state on Wednesday.
Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the crescent for the Islamic month of Shawwal was sighted here, the Union Territory's grand Mufti Nasir-Ul-Islam announced on Tuesday, as reported by PTI. "Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow (Wednesday) as the moon has been sighted," the J-K's Grand Mufti said, as quoted by PTI.
He said the consultative committee headed by him received enough evidence from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir about the sighting of the Shawwal crescent. The evidences were corroborated and a decision was taken to announce that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the Union Territory on Wednesday.
Eid-ul-Fitr will also be celebrated in Ladakh on Wednesday. "Crescent has been sighted in Kargil, Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow on April 10, 2024 in Kargil, Ladakh," Jammiat-ul-Ulama Isna Ashria, Kargil-Ladakh, said in a statement, as quoted by PTI.