DDHK.ORG - The Hong Kong fatwa authority stipulates that 1 Dzulhijjah 1443 Hijriyah falls on Friday, July 1, 2022. Thus, Eid al-Adha in 2022 coincides with July 10.
"The 1st of Dzulhijjah falls on Friday 01.07.2022, and Eid falls on Sunday, 10.07.022," announced the official Facebook fanpage of The Islamic Union of Hong Kong (IUHK), Wednesday, June 29, 2022, evening. The same thing was also posted on the fanpage of The Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong, the institution that has the authority regarding the determination of 1 Ramadan, 1 Shawwal, and 1 Dzulhijjah in the Land of Concrete.
According to the announcement, the moon sighting committee consisting of Hong Kong Imams and Scholars met under the auspices of the Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong, at the Kowloon Mosque & Islamic Center, after Maghrib prayers on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 to decide on the sighting. The month of Dzulhijjah and the celebration of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijri. “The committee did not receive any information about the sighting of the moon (hilal) from those sent to different locations on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The committee decided to follow the decision of JAKIM (Malaysia Islamic Development Department)," reads the announcement signed by LM Nizamuddhin as Chair of the Trustees' Board of Trustees and Mufti Muhammad Arshad as Chief Imam of Hong Kong.
"So it was decided that the 1st of Dzulhijjah will be Friday, July 1st and Eid al-Adha will be on Sunday, July 10, 2022."
The Indonesian government also sets Eid al-Adha on July 10
As in Hong Kong, the results of the Isbat session held by the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) also decided that Eid al-Adha or 10 Zulhijah 1443 Hijriah falls on Sunday, July 10, 2022.
The decision was taken based on the results of the Isbat trial to determine the beginning of the month of Dzulhijah 1443 H which was led directly by the Deputy Minister of Religion, Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi, Wednesday (29/4/2022). The isbat trial resulted in a decision that the new moon was not observed in a number of monitoring areas.
"By consensus, 1 Dzulhijah falls on Friday July 1 2022," said Zainut Tauhid reading the decision of the Isbat trial at the Ministry of Religion, as reported by CNN Indonesia.
In the previous team's presentation, Member of the Ministry of Religion's Hijri Calendar Unification Team, Thomas Djamaluddin, explained that the position of the new hilal at the beginning of the month of Zulhijah 1443 was generally less than 3 degrees and its elongation was less than 6,4 degrees. The condition of the new moon like this is considered not to meet the criteria for the entry of the month of Zulhijah. "By using the MABIMS criteria, the regions of Indonesia and Southeast Asia have not met the criteria. The moon's height is still less than 3 degrees. And from the elongation data, the elongation is only about 5 degrees less," said Thomas during the hilal position seminar. [DDHKNews]
