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Bismillah.

A moon sighting has been confirmed in Boca Raton, Florida.

  Eid Mubarak! Please refer to the post below for more information on Eid Salaah venue and parking.


Please click here for a photo of the crescent moon

Bismillah.

Insha Allah the announcement for Eid will be placed here once the moon has been sighted. You may also call the Masjid after 11:00pm on Thursday night at 518-274-0137.

Eid location will be : Armory . Takbeer will begin at 7:30am and Salaah will begin at 8:00am

Parking:  (Please follow instructions strictly as we are Guests of the campus)

• If Eid is Friday:  Please use the parking garage off College Avenue as we will have the gates lifted from 5:30am to 11am to assist with parking.  This is the closest available parking unless guests want to validate the parking meters on city streets and on campus.  Please DO NOT use the visitors lot
• If Eid is Saturday: You may park in the G-Lot which is behind the Armory and the closest parking.  Please note however that entry can only come from the back road (Sage ave) and not off 15th street as the front gate is never lifted.

According to crescent moon visibility charts, (click here), the 1st of Shawwal, The day of Eid, will be either Friday September 10th or Saturday September 11th.

September 9th, Thursday night Muslims in Los Angeles, CA will have 37 minutes after Maghrib to sight the moon before it sets below the horizon.  Muslims in Miami, FL will have 43 minutes after Maghrib to sight it before it sets.  This data is about celestial body positioning, which is an exact science (click here to see National Observatory website) .  Visibility of the crescent moon is not an exact science, but there are ranges of visibility possibilities which are calculated (click here). 

We start our fast and end our fast based on the sighting of the hilaal (crescent moon) because the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Fast when you see it, and stop fasting when you see it" (Muslim). Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) also said: "Do not fast until you sight the crescent and do not break (end) the fast until you sight it. (Bukhārī)  Since this is a command on a matter of Ibaada (Worship), any other means to determine the start of the fast or end of the fast is considered a Bid'ah.

For "An Islamic Legal Analysis of the Astronomical Determination of the Beginning of Ramadan" please see the following paper by Sh. Mokhtar Maghroui here

May Allah accept our fasting and qiyyaam and deeds ameen.