Mysuru: The Mysore District Moon Committee, which met at the Office of the Mysore District Waqf Advisory Committee on Sayyaji Rao Road last evening, decided to observe Ramzan fasting from tomorrow.
The meeting was presided over by Sir Khazi of Mysore Hazrath Moulana Mohammed Usman Shariff. Ariff A. Mehkri, Convener of the District Moon Committee, who collected information from various parts of the District, said that as the Moon was not sighted either in Mysuru or elsewhere, it was concluded that Holy Ramzan Month shall commence from May 28 (Sunday).
The meeting commenced with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by Hazrath Moulana Maqbool Ahmed Saheb Nizami. On the occasion, Ariff Mehkri felicitated Sir Khazi of Mysore Hazrath Moulana Mohamed Usman Shariff. Waqf Officer Abdul Khaleel proposed a vote of thanks.
Hazrath Moulana Mohamed Rafiuddin Saheb Qasmi, Hazrath Moulana Mohammed Zaka Ulla Saheb Siddiqi, Hazrath Moulana Mohamed Naseem Saheb Rishadi, Mohammed Mumtaz Ahmed, T.P. Rafeeq Ahmed, Syed Ibrahim Hussaini, Mahmood Ali Khan, S.Moinuddin Pasha, Sayeed Ahmed, Irfan Ahmed, Syed Abbas, Jameel Ahmed Ashrafi, Legal Co-ordinator Noor Ibrahim Khan, Wakf Officer of Mysore Abdul Khaleel, Asiff Khan, Waqf Officer of Chamrajnagar and Munawer Pasha were present.
Why dont all Muslims in India and particularly of Mysore follow the start of Ramazan from Makkah, which is the birth place of Islam, instead of delaying fasting by one day, which is harm and a sin to eat if it is the day of Saum (roza) by Allah. Do these people’s egos greater than that of God, or do these people feel happy to commit sin to protect their ego? Also it is Haram to keep fasting on the day of Eid. When the whole of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian countries are celebrating Eid, because of these egoists the entire public in Mysore is fasting . The old tradition of sighting the moon was ok for the Arabs, as the whole of desert is a open sky, and the crescent can be seen easily from anywhere in the desert, but to be so in places like India or other dense countries. It’s about time, all Muslims observe fasting on the same and break fasting on the same day with one clear place to view the the moon – that is Makkah in Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam. The whole world mocks at the divergent claims of varies maulvis and muftis to mislead the local public everywhere, which should be strictly given up.