The Grand Mufti declares Saturday as first day of Ramadan in Palestine

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Sheikh Mohammed Hussein declared Saturday as the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Palestine.

The Grand Mufti announced that the Palestinian Dar Al-Iftaa in the Al-Aqsa Mosque has ascertained that the Ramadan crescent was properly seen on the evening of Friday, April 01, 2022. 

Accordingly, April 02 will be the first day of the holy month in Palestine.

He, therefore, congratulated the Palestinian people at home and in the diaspora and all Muslims all over the world on the only month of Ramadan.

For its part, Hamas Movement congratulated the Palestinian people, mainly the prisoners held in Israeli jails and martyrs’ families, and the Muslim nation as a whole, on the advent of Ramadan.

On this occasion, the Movement invited all the Palestinian people and institutions to work together in order to protect and defend al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy places against the Israeli schemes.