Mumbai/New Delhi: Based on reports of moon sighting coming from different parts of India, it is declared on Thursday that Friday August 09, 2013 will be the Eid Al Fitr. Eid Al Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal - the month which follows Ramadan - the holy month of fasting.
In Mumbai and Delhi announcments have been made to celbrate Eid Al Fitr tomorrow.
"Based on confirmed reports of moon sighting, it is declared that Friday August 09, 2013 will be the Eid Al Fitr", Abdus Salam Salafi, president of Jamiat Ahle Hadees, Mumbai said while talking to ummid.com.
Burhanuddin Qasmi of Markaz-al-Maarif while talking to ummid.com said Eid Al Fitr wiil be celebrated in Mumbai Friday August 09, 2013.
Delhi Jama Masjid has also announced to celebrate Eid Al Fitr Friday.
In Maharashtra's Nanded town, it is announced on loudspeakers that tomorrow i.e. Friday August 09,, 2013 will be the Eid Al Fitr, Zamir Khan, a TV reporter said while talking to ummid.com.
In Malegaon also local Hilal Committes have decided to celebrate Eid Al Fitr tomorrow i.e. Friday August 09, 2013.
Reports of moon sighting are also coming from Sholapur, Beed and some other parts of Maharashtra. In Kalyan near Mumbai, local moon committee has declared tomorrow as the first day of the new month Shawwal, announcing tomorrow to be Eid Al fitr.
Imtiyaz Rehmani of Khankah-e-Rehmaniya confirmed moon sighting in Patna and some other places of Bihar. Bihar Hilal Committees therefore decided to celebrate Eid Al Fitr tomorrow i.e. August 09, 2013.
Reports of Eid moon sighting are also coming from Kolkata, Jammu & Kashmir, Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and Bangalore in Karnataka.
In Hyderabad also based on confirmed moon sighting reports, local HilalCommittees have announced to celebrate the Eid Al Fitr tomorrow August 09, 2013.
Kerala and some parts of Karnataka including Mangalore have celebrated Eid Al Fitr on Thursday.
Eid Al Fitr has also been celebrated on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and other Gulf states.
Muslims follow lunar calendar and the first day of the new month is decided based on moon sighting on 29th of the preceding month. If the moon is not sighted, 30 days are completed.
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