Surprisingly, Saturday is the first day of Eid al-Fitr in this case

running dates Eid al-Fitr The minds of many Egyptians, where Egyptians are now wondering whether it will be The first day of Eid al-Fitr is Friday or SaturdayAnd this question began to be asked widely on social media platforms, to find out the dates for the end of the month of Ramadan.

Eid al-Fitr dates

Astronomical calculations indicate that the number of days of the month of Ramadan will not last for 30 days and that it will become 29, and that Eid al-Fitr will be Friday, April 21, but Can the legitimate vision contradict astronomical calculations? And Ramadan becomes 30 days?

Dr. Muhammad Gharib Rashid, an emeritus professor at the Sun Research Laboratory at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, said that according to astronomical calculations, The number of days of Ramadan It will be 29 days, so the Dates of the first days of Eid Al-Fitr It’s Friday, April 21st.

Can the legitimate vision violate astronomical calculations?

Dr. Gharib Rashid, Ali, confirmed that the decision to start the month of Ramadan and the Arab months in general is in the hands of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, and that the house uses astronomical calculations in order to know the coordinates of the crescent to make a correct vision so that the counts can do so, that is, they do not differ with reliable astronomical knowledge and calculation.

He pointed out that the vision is through the 7 Sharia committees, in selected places from the Survey Authority and the Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology, and it is not marred by any obstacles, explaining that there is a visual vision that we rely on, taking into account the astronomical calculations that determine the location and time of the moon’s descent.

The emeritus professor at the Sun Research Laboratory at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research explained that the Egyptian House of Ifta’s approach to seeing the crescents of the Arab months is to combine visual vision with astronomical calculations, adding that it is possible that the crescent cannot be seen visually due to visual factors or otherwise, and therefore the decision is in the hands of the Mufti. Either announcing the adoption of astronomical calculations or the completion of the month.

وتابع أن الأحاديث النبوية أشارت إلي ضرورة إجراء الحسابات الفلكية في عملية استطلاع هلال شهر رمضان لمعرفة بدايته ونهايته وجاء في السنة النبوية “صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ، فَإِنْ غُبِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ: فَأَكْمِلُوا عِدَّةَ شَعْبَانَ ثَلَاثِينَ) وفي رواية أخرى “فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ”.

The first day of Eid Al-Fitr

And the first day of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr will be on Friday, April 21, if the House of Iftaa announced that the result of the sighting of the crescent of the month of Shawwal on the 29th of Ramadan, after sunset and the crescent was seen by visual vision, through which only it will be determined whether the Ramadan kit is 29 days or 30 days, And whether the date of Eid al-Fitr 2023 in Egypt is astronomical, the vision will confirm or deny it.