By:
Gandhi Kinjiyo
GENERAL
SANTOS CITY - The Office of the Regional Darul Ifta (RDI) of the Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) declared April 24 as the start of Ramadan period.
Sheikh
Abuhuraira Udasan, Mufti of the Bangsamoro and Executive Director of the RDI,
announced that the start of Ramadan will be this Friday following result of the
moonsighting on April 22, 2020 done by the Ulama (Religious scholars) of their
group.
He
said the result of the moon sighting is that the moon-crescent has not been
sighted.
“And
based on this, the Darul Ifta decided that the beginning of Ramadan will be on
Friday 24th of April, 2020, In sha Allah,” Udasan stressed.
Udasan
cited the Hadith of Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessing be upon him): “Fast
when you see it (the crescent of Ramadhan) and break when you see it (the
crescent of Shawal), and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then complete
the Sha’ban a thirty days.
“
April
22 is the 29th day of Sha’ban.
Following Sha’ban is the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in Islamic
calendar and considered by Muslim as the blessed month.
Fasting
is obligatory to able-bodied adult Muslims except to those who are sick or
travelling. While fasting, Muslims must abstain from eating, drinking, engaging
in sexual activities and committing any sinful acts from dawn till sunset.
Repenting,
meditating, praying, giving charity and reading the Holy Qur’an are the
prescribed acts that Muslims should do during the month of fasting.
To
help contain the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019-(Covid-19) pandemic, the
Darul Ifta has issued fatwas (religious rulings) suspending any obligatory
congregational prayers in mosques including the Taraweeh, a special nightly
prayer during Ramadan.
RDI
is an institution mandated to promulgate and issue fatwas pertaining to the
whole breath of Islamic jurisprudence.
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