The Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated across the country and Madhya Pradesh on September 25 as the crescent for Zil Hajj was not sighted on Monday.
This was announced by a team of noted Islamic Scholars under the aegis of the Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee of Bhopal. The Committee which met at the Moti Masjid on Monday evening, made the announcement after getting confirmation from all the districts and neighbouring States, that the crescent has not been sighted. Therefore, Tuesday will be the 30th of Dhu al-Qa’dah, the eleventh month of Islamic calender and Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on September 25.
As the Shahar Qazi Mushtaq Ali Nadwi is on Haj pilgrimage his deputy Nayab Shahar Qazi Mufti Syed Babar Ali made announcement in this regard in presence of other members of the Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee including Peer Saeed Miyan.
Nayab Shahar Qazi Syed Babar Ali while talking to ‘The Pioneer’ said, “Neither the moon for the beginning of month of Zil Haj was sighted in Bhopal and nearby places nor there are any reports of moon sighting from other parts of the country, hence it has been decided that the festival of sacrifice Eid-ul-Adha that is popularly known as Baqraeid would be celebrated on September 25.”
Id-ul-Adha is a festival that is celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety in India and the world. Muslims wear new clothes and attend an open-air prayer meeting during Id-ul-Adha. They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the meat with family members, neighbors and the poor.