Hyderabad: Ramzan fasting will begin from Tuesday onw-ards as the Central Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee confirmed that the crescent moon was not sighted on Sunday. The moon will be sighted on Monday night.
After the first few days, timing of Iftar will extend to 6.45 pm and go up to 6.50 pm and 6.53 pm by the end of the month.
In the last 10 days of Ramzan, the fast will be for 14 hours and 30 minutes and extend to 14 hours and 44 minutes.
There will be four Fridays during the Ramzan period, and Shab-e-Qadar, one of the three holy nights, will fall on June 1 (Saturday night) and the Jumatul Vida, the last Friday of Ramzan, will be observed on May 31. If the moon is sighted, then Id-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on June 5 (Wednesday) or else on June 6.
Special arrangements have been made at all mosques across the state for the conduct of Taraveeh prayers in the night.
In Macca Masjid, nearly 8,000 to 10,000 Muslims are expected to participate in the Taraveeh prayers where Hafiz Moulana Rizwan Qureshi will supervise the reciting of three Paaras (chapters) of the Holy Quran each day for the first 10 days of Ramzan. Similarly, management committees of different mosques have made arrangements for the conduct of Taraveeh prayers.
Arrangements have also been made at several places for Simaat-e-Quran where the women will recite the Holy Quran.
Ramzan in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East countries will begin from Monday when the first fast will be observed.
The committee members who met in the evening on Sunday scanned the sky for a sight of the moon.
Secretary of the Sadar Majlis Ulema-e-Deccan, Moulana Syed Qubul Basha declared that the moon was not sighted in Hyderabad on Sunday, though the sky was clear.
He said, “We have not received any information from other parts of the state about the sighting of the moon. Therefore, the Ruiyat Hilal Committee states that in the light of Sharia, May 6 will be the 30th Shaba’an and the first Ramzan will start from May 7, Tuesday.”
The meeting was attended by Jamia Nizama vice-chancellor Mufti Khaleel Ahmed, Darul Ifta Dean Mufti Azeemuddin, Moulana Kazim Pasha Quadri, Syed Aulia Hussaini Murtuza Pasha and other religious scholars.
The Ramzan fast will start from Tuesday and the timing for Sehar is 4.20 am and Iftar is 6.43 pm. The fast will be for 14 hours and 23 minutes in the first few days and the timing will extend to 6.45 pm and go up to 6.50 pm and 6.53 pm by the month end.
