New Delhi: Eid-ul-Fitr is an important Islamic festival that marks the end of the month of fasting, Ramzan. It was extended by another day as the crescent moon - Shawwal - was not sighted on Sunday.
“The Shawwal crescent (moon) was not sighted on Sunday evening hence, May 2 will be observed as the last day of Ramzan and Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated on May 3,” Lucknow's Markazi Chand Committee was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. “Eid-al-Fitr namaz at Indgah Lucknow will be held on 03 May 2022 at 10 am," the Markazi Chand Committee said in a statement.
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Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted many places in New Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar and other parts of the country to establish that the moon had not been sighted anywhere.
Edara-e-Sharia a Muslim socio-religious organisation in Patna, announced that Eid would be celebrated on May 3 as the moon had not been sighted in the evening.
Meanwhile, HT reported, that Saudi Arabia Supreme Court and the moon sighting committees in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Muscat, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and other Arab states have already announced that Muslims in these countries will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday.
For the past two years, Muslims have been observing the fasting month and celebrating Eid in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, many of the Covid curbs have been lifted following a dip in cases and vaccination of people.