Saudi Arabia announces Eid Al Adha on 31st July

MECCA, 21 July 2020, TON: The moon-sighting committees of Saudi Arabia was constituted to determine the 1st or beginning of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar. The committees gave a unanimous decision that Wednesday, 22 July   will mark the first of Zul Hijjah and the 10th day of Zul Hijjah will be 31 July 2020. Hence, 31 July will be celebrated as first day of Eid Al Adha.

As per the details, the committees confirmed that the crescent of Zul Hijjah was not visible on Monday, 20 July  and will be clearly visible after the sunset of on Tuesday 21 July, which means that Wednesday, 22 July will be the first of Zul Hijjah that marks the start of this year’s Hajj. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has organized the Hajj with usual high level of arrangements but has limited to only 10,000 pilgrims from within the Kingdom due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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