Saudi’s Supreme Court Has Urged Residents To Look For The Eid Crescent
The debate has been going on for days of whether Eid Ul Fitr will fall on a Friday or Saturday. What started as an initial prediction of Eid on Friday, was changed due to recent update on weather conditions and disruptions to properly sighting the moon. The UAE Astronomy Center stated it would be difficult to sight the moon of Shawwal (the next month) to confirm the Eid date in the statement below:
هل العيد الجمعة أم السبت؟
المختصر حول موعد عيد الفطر 1444 هـ
ستتحرى دول العالم الإسلامي هلال شهر شوال (عيد الفطر 1444 هـ) يوم الخميس 20 إبريل/نيسان 2023م.
رؤية الهلال يوم الخميس غير ممكنة بالعين المجردة من أي مكان في العالم العربي والإسلامي.
رؤية الهلال يوم الخميس غير ممكنة… pic.twitter.com/lpb6kjntoK
— مركز الفلك الدولي (@AstronomyCenter) April 16, 2023
The Kingdom’s Supreme Court has still asked its residents to help in and look for the Shawwal moon on Thursday evening
#المحكمة_العليا تدعو إلى تحري رؤية #هلال_شهر_شوال مساء يوم الخميس التاسع والعشرين من شهر #رمضان لهذا العام 1444هـ.https://t.co/I2HHGmtRvP#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/nS9LGwqmKu
— واس العام (@SPAregions) April 19, 2023
The actual date of Eid is different every year due to the sighting of the crescent. However, while some go on the sighting, other go by astronomical calculations which predicts Eid to be on Saturday. And the suspense continues 👀
Some people are actually very confident it will be on Saturday!
زعاق الشملي:
العيد يوم السبت واذا ماطلع يوم السبت أحلق شنبي! pic.twitter.com/KqQUo4fcNK
— Gorgeous (@gorgeous4ew) April 18, 2023
Although residents haven’t even gotten a chance to sight the moon yet, famous astronomer Zaaq Al Shamil had announce he’ll shave his mustache off if Eid isn’t on Saturday 😳 !
Someone even found book that says Eid is on Saturday…
ترند “ مقطع متداول “
كتاب قديم يؤكد أن العيد يوم السبت القادم 🤯! pic.twitter.com/x8O3apkZ5e
— TRND (@NOWTRND) April 20, 2023
