The vision of Hilal al-Dhajja and the date of the first day of Eid al-Adha in the Arab and Islamic countries varied, resulting in two dates for the first day of Eid. On Saturday, August 11, 20 countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan and Libya , Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, Kuwait, Mauritania, Somalia, Comoros, and Djibouti, Lebanon and Qatar, while two countries celebrate the first day of Eid on Monday 12 August.
The Director of the Center for International Astronomy, Engineer Mohammed Ouda, told Emirates Today that there is false information, especially that some people believe that all Muslim countries follow Saudi Arabia in determining the date of Eid al-Adha because of Hajj. This information is wrong because about half of the Muslim world Dhu'l-Hijjah, and based on it the date of the first day of Eid al-Adha.
"The Islamic countries determine when Eid al-Adha is on its land based on the vision of the crescent in them. In terms of legitimacy, this is acceptable and there is no problem with it," he said. .
He pointed out that many Islamic countries announced that Saturday is the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and that the first day of Eid al-Adha will be on Monday, August 12, and these countries Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, India and some Islamic countries in Africa.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the vision of the moon of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1440 AH, last Thursday evening, and that Friday Friday, the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, and Sunday, August 11, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and supported by the House of Ifta Egyptian Announced that the second Friday of August of The two thousand and nineteen Gregorian days are the first days of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah for the year one thousand and four hundred of the migration, and that the Saturday of the tenth of the month of August for the year of two thousand and nineteen AD is the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day of Arafa, and that Sunday, the eleventh of August for the year 2000 Nineteenth century AD is a For the tenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the first day of Eid al-Adha.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Diwan, Chairman of the Supreme Fatwa Council, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, announced that it was proven by the legal aspect that Friday is the first of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah for 1440 AH. Therefore, the ninth Saturday of Dhu al-Hijjah 1440 AH on 10/8/2019 is the day Arfa stop, and the tenth Sunday, according to 11/8/2019, is the first day of Eid al-Adha.
The main committee for exploring the vision of Hilal of Dhu al-Hijjah in 1440H in Oman has stated that the vision of the crescent is not confirmed and therefore on Friday it is the end of the month of Dhu'l-Qa'dah. Saturday is the morning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, corresponding to August 3, 2019. Eid al-Adha, as announced by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Morocco that Saturday is the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1440, and Eid al-Adha will be on Monday, 12 August.