BDI to conduct moon sighting for Eid al-Fitr
The Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta' (BDI) announced Thursday that Muslim religious leaders would conduct a moon sighting on Sunday evening to determine the end of Ramadan and mark the start of Eid al-Fitr.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulrauf Guialani and BDI officials will lead the observation in Cotabato City, following Islamic tradition requiring visual confirmation of the new crescent moon.
Guialani urged the Muslim community to await the official announcement before finalizing celebration plans and encouraged worshipers to dedicate Ramadan's final night to prayer and reflection.
Ramadan officially began on March 2 after no crescent moon was sighted during BDI's moonsighting on February 28, with Eid al-Fitr set to commence based on Sunday’s sighting.
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