AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL REPORTS RECEIVED, THE HILAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD FEDERATION ISLAMIC EDUCATION BOARD HAS COME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION:
AFRICA, INDIA, MIDDLE EAST AND PAKISTAN
ACCORDING TO THE RULES LAID DOWN BY AYATULLAH AL UDHAMA SYED ALI AS SEESTANI, MAY THE ALMIGHTY GRANT HIM A LONG LIFE, ALL PARTS OF AFRICA, INDIA, MIDDLE EAST AND PAKISTAN WILL MARK TOMORROW, SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER AS 1st OF SHAWWAL 1425.
EUROPE
PEOPLE RESIDING IN EUROPE AND OTHER NORTHERN AREAS HAVE TO ASCERTAIN MOON SIGHTING WITHIN THEIR HORIZON AS PER AGHA'S RULE.
SINCE THE CRESCENT HAS NOT BEEN SIGHTED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE HORIZON OF EUROPE, PEOPLE RESIDING IN EUROPE WILL MARK TOMORROW SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER AS THE LAST DAY OF RAMADHAN. EID FOR THEM WILL INSHALLAH BE ON MONDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2004.
CANADA AND USA
PEOPLE RESIDING IN CANADA AND USA WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUNSET THEIR TIME TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW CRESCENT IS SIGHTED IN THEIR HORIZON. MUMINEEN ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL JAMAATS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
MUQALLIDEEN OF MARHUM AYATULLAH AL KHUI
FOR THE MUQALLIDEAN OF MARHUM AYATULLAH AL KHUI, EID WILL BE ON SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2004 ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HILAL COMMITTEE
Moulana Zaffar Abbas Malik
Sheikh Arif Abdul Husein
Syed Mohamed Naqvi
Sheikh Mustafa Jaffer