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Saudi Arabia: Ramadan will be 30 days this year United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, May 12 Sheikh Abdullah Bin Suleiman Al Manea, member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars and adviser at the Saudi Royal Court, has said that this year Ramadan will be 30 days, reported Middle East Monitor on May 4.
Referring Eid ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be observed on May 13, in Saudi Arabia, according to astronomical calculations this year.
This marks the first time Saudi announces the date of the Islamic calendar using astronomy rather than the traditional visual sighting of the moon.
However, Al Manea called on those who seek to observe the end of Ramadan by sighting the new moon to continue to do so.
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May 10, 2021
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti said it was permitted to repeat Eid prayers and sermons three times to accommodate three separate congregations in Muslim minority countries due to coronavirus restrictions and to prevent the spread of the virus, foreign media reported.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh, also the head of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas, said the decision was also based on the lack of mosques and chapels outside major cities.
In response to a question on the permissibility of Muslim minority countries performing the Eid prayer and sermon three times due to the large number of worshipers in light of precautionary measures and the lack of mosques, Sheikh Abdulaziz said: “It is not permitted to repeat the Eid prayer in one prayer hall for one congregation after another without necessity or urgency,” but added that we are in unprecedented times. The Grand Mufti said some sch