Ramadan to begin on Thursday

Ra­madan will be­gin at sun­set on Wednes­day, ac­cord­ing to an up­date is­sued by the AS­JA Hi­lal Com­mit­tee.

Imam Ya­coob Ali said the birth of the new moon will take place at 8am on Tues­day, which cor­re­sponds with the 29th day of Sha’baan. He stat­ed that at sun­set on Tues­day the moon will be 10 hours and 17 min­utes old and can­not be seen any­where in the world.

Imam Ya­coob Ali said at sun­set on Wednes­day the moon will be 34 hours and 18 min­utes old and will be vis­i­ble from In­dia west­ward.

He said the month of Sha’baan will com­plete 30 days on Wednes­day Feb­ru­ary 18, and the first day of Ra­madan will be ob­served on Thurs­day.

Imam Ya­coob Ali said the first Taraweeh Salaat will take place on Wednes­day night with Isha Salaat, which be­gins at 7.26pm. He added that the first fast will be­gin on Thurs­day Feb­ru­ary 19, with Fa­jr Salaat at 5.14am.

Imam Ya­coob Ali said all queries on the sight­ing of the new moon can be di­rect­ed to the AS­JA Hi­lal Com­mit­tee.

Imam Ya­coob Ali is Imam at Masjid in Ma­coon Street and Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer of AS­JA. He al­so serves as Chair­man of the Hi­lal Com­mit­tee of AS­JA.