The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia announces the confirmation of the sighting of the crescent of Sha’ban, and accordingly, the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan will be on March 21

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/02/21

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - After investigating the crescent of the month of Sha'ban yesterday evening, Monday, Saudi Arabia announced that the sighting of the crescent was confirmed, and that Tuesday is the beginning of the month of Sha'ban for the year 1444 AH, and accordingly the crescent of the month of Ramadan 1444-2023 will be investigated after sunset on Tuesday 29 Sha'ban 1444 corresponding to March 21 / March 2023 AD.

This is the text of the statement of the Crescent Chamber of the Supreme Court:

​The Crescents Department of the Supreme Court reviewed what it received from the courts about the sightings of the crescent of the month of Sha`ban for this year 1444 AH on the evening of Monday, the twenty-ninth of the month of Rajab for the year 1444 AH - according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar - corresponding to 2/20/2023 AD, and after the department reviewed what was received by it. In this regard, I issued Resolution No. (167 / AH) dated 8/1/1444 AH, which includes: Confirming the sighting of the crescent of the month of Sha’ban for this year 1444 AH on the evening of the aforementioned day; Accordingly, the New Moons Department in the Supreme Court decided: that Tuesday 8/1/1444 AH - according to the Umm Al-Qura calendar - corresponding to 2/21/2023 AD is the beginning of the month of Sha’ban for the year 1444 AH.

God bless us in Sha'ban and Ramadan reached

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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