Assalamu ‘Alaikum,
Alhamdu Lillah the Sacred Month of Rajab 1430 begins today insha Allah. Please see below moon sighting report from Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti:
Dr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti (MCW member) Oxford UK reported: Not Seen in UK, but seen in Morocco
The two of us attempted to perform the sighting of Rajab after Maghrib on Tuesday 23 June (the 29th day of Jumada l-Akhir for the UK). Although the horizon is clear, the crescent could not be sighted. Still, we received news of positive sightings to the East of the UK from Morocco and South Africa. This news, despite not being able to sight locally, makes it sufficient for the day of 1st Rajab to be tomorrow, on Wednesday 24 June, for those in the UK, by following the basic rule [dabit] in Islamic Law in this matter that whenever it is known that the crescent has been positively sighted in the East, local sighting inevitably follows, but not the other way round. Therefore, the 27th of Rajab in the UK should fall on Monday 20 July (beginning from Sunday’s Maghrib).
Source: www.moonsighting.com
Was Salam
Jashim
