BY: Hana Saada
ALGIERS- The night of doubt for Eid El Fitr 2023 is set, for Algeria, on April 20th, 2023, according to a press release from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Wakfs (Endowment).
“The National Commission for the Observation of the Lunar Crescent” has informed “all citizens that the night of doubt devoted to the observation of the lunar crescent of the month of Choual for the year 1444 of the Hegira has been set for Thursday, April 20th, 2023.
The same source added that a conference dedicated “to the night of doubt will be organized after the Maghreb prayer in Dar El Imam, in El Mohammadia, Algiers”. The event will be broadcast “live by media outlets”.
Eid al-Fitr, (Arabic: “Festival of Breaking Fast”) also spelled ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, also called al-ʿĪd al-Ṣaghīr, first of two main festivals of Islam. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwāl, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar (though the Muslim use of a lunar calendar means that it may fall in any season of the year). As in Islam’s other holy festival, Eid al-Adha, it is distinguished by the performance of communal prayer (ṣalāt) at daybreak on its first day. Eid al-Fitr is a time of official receptions and private visits, when friends greet one another, presents are given, new clothes are worn, and the graves of relatives are visited.
