Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday

September 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Lucknow, Sept 20 (ANI): A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday.

Kalbe Sadiq, Shia cleric and senior vice president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said here that the Ramadan moon would be sighted on Sunday.

“I can say without any doubt that in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and in India, the moon will be sighted on Sunday. Sunni, Shia and all other sects of Islam will celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday,” Sadiq said.

However, Sunni Muslims disagreed, saying they would wait for the sighting of moon before declaring Eid.

“If the moon is sighted on September 20, or if the sighting in reported form anywhere, then Eid will be celebrated on the 21st. And if it is not sighted on the 20th and there are no reports either, in that case it will be celebrated on the 22nd,” said Maulana Khalid Rasheed, head of Lucknow’s Firangi Mahal.

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims observe a daylong fast and open it in the evening.

At the end of Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world observe a joyous three-day celebration called Eid-ul-Fitr.

Eid-ul-Fitr falls on the first day of Shawwal, the month, which follows Ramadan in the Islamic calendar. It is a time to give in charity to those in need, and celebrate with family and friends the completion of a month of blessings and joy. (ANI)

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Sales of dates pick up during Ramadan in Aurangabad

September 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Aurangabad, Sep 4 (ANI): Sales of dates picks up in Aurangabad during the holy month of Ramadan, as Muslims break their ‘Roza’, with this fruit.

Markets are flooded with different varieties of dates, imported from countries like Muscat, Oman, Iran, Iraq.

The prices of dates range from rupees 40 to 1,600 but that does not prevent the people from purchasing the fruit.

“Dates are imported from Iraq, Iran, Oman, Muscat, Dubai and are sold in the market for prices ranging from rupees 40 to 1,600. Dates are very beneficial. They help in increasing the hemoglobin level in the body. During Ramadan, people break Roza by eating dates,” said Rupali Dosi, a Shopkeeper.

Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims must abstain from all eatables including water from dawn to dusk — a discipline believed to better their souls. (ANI)

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Kashmiri pickle sells like hot cake during Ramadan

September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Sep 2 (ANI): Pickle business picks up in Kashmir during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan.

The markets in the valley are flooded with fresh fruits as well as dry fruits, dates and pickles during the entire month of the fasting.

Hundreds types of pickles are available in the market and people buy a new variety of pickle everyday.

The chicken pickle sell for Rupees 300 per kilogram, fish pickle for Rupees 250 per kilogram and other varieties of pickle for Rupees 100 per kilogram.

“The demand of the pickles increases manifold because this Kashmiri item is very old and it has been consumed for years and every one in Kashmir likes it,” said Mohammed Yaqoob, a customer. Gulam Qadir Sunoo, a pickle whole seller said that during the month Ramadan their business increased. We have all kinds of pickles with us like the one’s made out of fish, chicken and we have more than 100 kinds of pickles with us.”

Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, is the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims must abstain from all eatables including water from dawn to dusk — a discipline believed to better their souls. By Parvez Butt (ANI)

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Kashmiri engineer makes a chart to end confusion over Islamic calendar

March 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Mar. 21 (ANI): A Jammu and Kashmir based engineer has come out with a 504-year cyclical chart so that countries celebrating Islamic holidays do not face confusion over Islamic calendar dates.

“I have revised a lunar calendar for 504-years. The work, the approach is totally unprecedented and in my assessment the whole thing will go a long way in preserving the chaotic conditions that we face time and again,” Bilal Ghulam Nabi Mir said.

Welcoming Mir’s invention, President of Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis has forwarded his project to the Religious Affairs Ministry of Saudi Arabia for further analysis.

“I have sent a copy (of Bilal Ghulam Nabi Mir’s research work) to the Religious Affairs Ministry of the Saudi Arabia Government, and appealed to them that a great scholar from our state has done such a great job and asked them if it could be taken further,” said Molvi Showkat Shah, President, Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis.

The Islamic calendar follows the phases of the moon, which plays an important part in change of the dates. (ANI)

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