Eid-ul-Fitr 2020 Moon Sighting LIVE: Mumbai celebrates Eid al-Fitr amid lockdown on Sunday evening. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Eid Mubarak, Eid-ul-Fitr 2020 LIVE Updates: Delhi’s Jama Masjid Shahi Imam, Syed Ahmed Bukhari Saturday announced that will be celebrated on May 25 as moon was not visible today. He further appealed to people to take precautions and maintain social distancing. “We should stay away from shaking hands and hugging. We should follow government’s guidelines,” Bukhari said.
One of the most significant festivals that is celebrated by the Muslim community around the world, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, especially the month-long fasting from sunrise to sunset. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid and wish each other a very happy Eid Mubarak. Eid falls on the first day of the month of ‘Shawwal’. On that day Muslims do not need to fast.
It should be noted that Islamic holidays follow the lunar calendar and not the Gregorian calendar. For a whole month, Muslims around the world fast, which is called roza, and offer prayers while practising self-discipline. They do charitable acts like feeding the poor and giving them alms. Normally, Eid is a joyous occasion wherein families and friends get together to celebrate the day. Upon the sighting of moon, they wish each other ‘Eid Mubarak’ and exchange hugs and gifts. People wear new clothes and step out. This year, however, because of the pandemic, certain restrictions are in place and Eid will naturally be different.
Eid-ul-Fitr 2020 Moon Sighting LIVE: While the sighting of the moon may vary country to country, people largely depend on local news updates based on the prevailing timezone of the country/area. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock)
Bhumi Pednekar extends her heartfelt wishes on the occasion of Eid
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Here is what the ace cricketer tweeted: Eid Mubarak! Wishing everyone peace, love & happiness.— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) May 25, 2020
Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad remains closed today.
Actor Sara Ali Khan uploaded a cute picture wishing her followers on Eid. Take a look below.
Much loved across generations, actor Amitabh Bachchan shared a lovely Eid wish for one and all. Take a look!
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Actor Shraddha Kapoor wished her fans by sharing a video. Take a look below:
President Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter to wish the nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to wish everyone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishes "everyone be healthy and prosperous" on the joyous occasion.Eid Mubarak! Greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr. May this special occasion further the spirit of compassion, brotherhood and harmony. May everyone be healthy and prosperous.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 25, 2020
Muslim religious leaders in Rajasthan have appealed to the community to stay home and avoid any religious or social gathering during Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday, as the administration deployed additional security personnel to ensure strict compliance to social-distancing norms. While extending greetings to the people on the eve of Eid, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot appealed to the community to follow lockdown norms and maintain social-distancing on the occasion.
"The festival of Eid brings the message of happiness to the Rozedars. Eid teaches us to help people, destitute and needy, and to maintain humanity and brotherhood by eradicating mutual discrimination," Gehlot said. He appealed to the Muslim community to offer Eid prayers at home and follow the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
maintain social-distancing on the occasion. "The festival of Eid brings the message of happiness to the Rozedars. Eid teaches us to help people, destitute and needy, and to maintain humanity and brotherhood by eradicating mutual discrimination," Gehlot said. He appealed to the Muslim community to offer Eid prayers at home and follow the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Gehlot also asked the community members to pray for the end of the pandemic. PTI
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday greeted people of Maharashtra on the eve of Eid-Ul-Fitr and also appealed to them to stay indoors. "Eid Mubarak to all citizens of Maharashtra, especially to Muslim brothers and sisters. The holy month ofRamzanattaches utmost importance of fasting, prayers and charity," he said. The governor said the challenge posed by the coronavirus disease has underscored the importance of charity. "I appeal to the people to celebrate Eid by staying at home and observing all government guidelines. May Eid-Ul-Fitr bring happiness, good health and prosperity to all," he said. PTI
Just about a month after rates of chicken dropped to as low as Rs 40 a kilo, the prices of mutton and chicken have gone up to Rs 750 and Rs 250 per kilo respectively, ahead of Ramzan on Monday. The low supply of meat and poultry that triggered the price rise would mean that meat would be beyond the reach of many Muslim families for the festival.
Meat vendors and livestock traders say that transportation of goats from Rajasthan and MP has been held up while poultry farms have lowered their production following heavy losses during the beginning of the lockdown in April. With livestock mandis in Ranip in Ahmedabad — the biggest in the state — as well as in Surat and the tribal weekly markets closed on account of the pandemic, the supply chain has been broken. Read more here
For 25-year-old Razzak Ansari and 30-year-old Imran Ansari, cousins from Bihar, this year’s Eid is about exhausting long walks, limited food and little deeds of kindness amid an overall persisting struggle to get back home from Gujarat.
The duo is currently onboard a Special Shramik train from Ahmedabad to Katihar, their native place in Bihar, after having been stuck in Gandhinagar for the past two months due to lockdown. The train that left from Ahmedabad around 12 am Sunday has reached Etawah in Uttar Pradesh by 7 pm in the evening and in all probability, the Ansari cousins will have to spend the Eid in transit.
For food, the duo has ‘chura’ (beaten rice) thatthey have been munching since Saturday. They claim that the train staff gave them food once in Ajmer on Sunday morning and then in Etawah by evening, which has become their delicacy this Eid. Read more here
Unlike last year, when all gates of Malerkotla were decked up and lit up markets were bustling with people shopping till late into the night, this year, Eid will be a more sombre occasion in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Though people themselves have refrained from stepping out to shop, they have also been asked by imams to restrict celebrations to indoors. Read more here
Muslims around the world on Sunday began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks. This year, many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims will have to pray at home and make due with video calls.
Some countries, including Turkey, Iraq and Jordan, have imposed round-the-clock holiday curfews. But even where many restrictions have been lifted, celebrations will be subdued because of fears of the pandemic and its economic fallout.
Saudi Arabia, home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, is under a complete lockdown, with residents only permitted to leave their homes to purchase food and medicine.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police said they broke up an illegal demonstration and arrested two people outside the Al-Aqsa mosque, which Muslim authorities have closed for prayers since mid-March and will not reopen until after the holiday. Worshippers who tried to enter the compound scuffled with the police. Al-Aqsa is the third holiest site in Islam and would ordinarily welcome tens of thousands of worshippers during the Eid. The hilltop compound is also the holiest site for Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount. The site has long been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Iran, which is battling the deadliest outbreak in the Middle East, allowed communal prayers at some mosques but cancelled the annual mass Eid prayers in Tehran led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has reported over 130,000 cases and more than 7,000 deaths.
Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, has reported nearly 22,000 infections and 1,350 fatalities, the most in Southeast Asia. Lockdown orders intended to contain the pandemic mean there will be no congregational prayers at mosques or even open fields, no family reunions, no relatives bearing gifts for children.
In neighboring Muslim-majority Malaysia, businesses have mostly reopened after weeks of lockdown. But mass gatherings are still banned and people are not allowed to travel back to their hometowns for the holiday. Police have turned away more than 5,000 cars and have warned of strict penalties for those who try to sneak home. AP
Prominent Muslim clerics in Delhi said the moon was sighted on Sunday and appealed to people to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday adhering to social distancing and lockdown norms in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid Mufti Mukarram Ahmed said the moon was sighted and Eid will be celebrated on Monday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan.
Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari appealed people to celebrate Eid with simplicity and help poor people and their neighbours during the pandemic crisis. (PTI)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar extended greetings to people of the state and the country on the eve of Eid-Ul-Fitr that will be celebrated on Monday.
Kumar said India is a great nation where mutual respect among people of different faiths is exemplary, according to an official statement.
"People observe roza in the holy month of Ramzan. I extend greetings to all the people especially Muslim brothers and sisters on Eid. Eid symbolises brotherhood, love, peace and communal harmony. We all should strive hard to take the society, state and the nation forward, he said.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu greeted people on Sunday on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr and appealed to them to follow social distancing norms during celebrations. In his message, Naidu said the festival fortifies the spirit of compassion, charity and generosity in our society.
"It is an occasion for families and communities to come together. However, this year, as India and the world continue to fight the relentless battle against the spread of COVID-19, we are celebrating almost all our traditional festivals at home," he said.