RUZAIK FAROOK
COLOMBO: The Colombo Grand Mosque has announced that the moon marking the beginning of Jumadal Akhira 1448 AH was not sighted. Accordingly, the month of Jumadal Akhira will commence on Wednesday, November 11.
The decision was taken at a meeting held after Maghrib prayers at the Colombo Grand Mosque.
Those present at the meeting included Moon Committee Chairman Ash Sheikh M.B.M. Hisham Fathahi . Vice President of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama Ulama (the Supreme Council of Muslim Theologians of Sri Lanka) Ash Sheikh M.H.M. Burhan, Cultural Development Officer of the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Ash Sheikh Mufthi Mursi and Colombo Grand Mosque President Thahir Razeen.
The meeting also remembered the late Moulavi M.S.M. Thasleem, who passed away recently. He had served the New Moon Decision Meeting for 17 years.
Ash Sheikh M.B.M. Hisham Fathahi offered prayers for the late Moulavi Thasleem, appealing Almighty Allah to grant him Jannathul Firdous (the highest level of Paradise).
