SYDNEY – The first day of Ramadan in Australia will decided tomorrow, Australian National Crescent Sighting Coordination Center will announced the date.
According to the Australian National Crescent Sighting Coordination Center the correct date to observe the crescent of Ramadhan is upon sunset of Wednesday, the 17th of June, 2015.
The Fiqh Council of North America recognizes astronomical calculation as an acceptable Shar’i method for determining the beginning of Lunar months including the months of Ramadan and Shawwal. FCNA uses Makkah al-Mukarrama as a conventional point and takes the position that the conjunction must take place before sunset in Makkah and moon must set after sunset in Makkah.
On the basis of this method the dates of Ramadan and Eidul Fitr for the year 1436 AH are established as follows:
1st of Ramadan will be on Thursday, June 18, 2015
1st of Shawwal will be on Friday, July 17, 2015
Muslims all over the world will observe a month of fasting and prayers during Ramadan, which is considered to be one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and commemorates the time that the Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammed on the night of “Laylat Al Qadr”.
Muslims fast from dawn to dusk every day, and also observe sexual abstinence.
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