11 Arab countries announce Thursday, the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan

Written by Abdul Wahab El Gendy

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 08:07 PM

A number of Arab countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and Iraq, announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the completion of the month of Sha`ban, and that Thursday is The first day of Ramadan blessed.

And the Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia said: “Given that the sighting of the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan this evening has not been proven, and because the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “If it becomes cloudy for you, then complete the thirty count.” Agreed upon. / 1444 AH – according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar – corresponding to 3/22/2023 AD is the completion of the thirtieth of the month of Sha`ban for the year 1444 AH, and that Thursday 9/1/1444 AH – according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar – corresponding to 3/23/2023 AD is the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan for this year 1444 AH.”.

And the Sharia Vision Authority in Kuwait announced that it was impossible to see the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan in Kuwait today, Tuesday evening, and thus tomorrow, Wednesday, will be the completion of the month of Sha’ban. .

The Sharia Vision Authority in Kuwait said that next Thursday is the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan.

In Qatar, the Crescent Vision Investigation Committee at the Qatari Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the completion of the month of Sha’ban, and that the day after tomorrow, Thursday, is the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan..

Qatar News Agency (QNA) stated that this came in a statement issued by the committee after its meeting in the building of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, this evening, Tuesday, headed by His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Thaqel Al-Shammari..

And in Kuwait, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Chairman of the Supreme Ifta Council, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, announced this evening, Tuesday, that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the completion of the month of Sha’ban, and therefore the day after tomorrow, Thursday, will be the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan..

And in Palestine, the Mufti of Palestine said in the meeting held by the Palestinian House of Ifta in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to follow up the investigation of the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan for this year 1444 AH, in the presence of a group of religious scholars and official and popular legal personalities and based on the estimates of the astronomers brothers from inside and outside Palestine to generate the crescent of the month of Ramadan and the possibilities of seeing it The sighting of the crescent of the month of Ramadan was not proven this night, and accordingly; Tomorrow, Wednesday, the twenty-second of March, will be the completion of the month of Sha’ban, and the day after tomorrow, Thursday, the twenty-third of March 2023, will be the first of the blessed month of Ramadan for the year one thousand four hundred and forty-four AH..

In Lebanon, the Mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Abd al-Latif Darian, announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, is the completion of the month of Sha`ban, and the day after tomorrow, Thursday, is the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan for the year 1444 AH..

The Mufti of Lebanon congratulated the Muslims on this holy month, asking God Almighty to make it a month of goodness, righteousness and blessing, and to guide the Muslims to its fasting, night prayers and etiquette, and to work in obedience to it, and to return its blessed days to all Muslims and Lebanese with security and tranquility..

In the Emirates, the Committee for Investigation of Seeing the Crescent of the Month of Ramadan announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, will complete the month of Sha’ban, and that the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan in the Emirates will be Thursday, March 23, corresponding to Ramadan 1, 1444 AH.

The committee to investigate the sighting of the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan met today, Tuesday, 29 Shaaban 1444 AH, corresponding to March 21, 2023, after the Maghrib prayer, in the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, headed by His Excellency Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, and in the presence of the members of the committee.