2 Eids celebrated

The City mosques where Eid prayer was held on Thursday, include:Jamia Masjid Shah Enayat Qadri (Uchi masjid) at Bhati Gate, Jamia Masjid Hanfia Rizvia, Taxali Gate, Jamia Masjid Hanfia, Ghausia Samanabad and a mosque in Township area. Though the number of people attending prayer in these mosques on the second day was very small, but it set a new tradition of observing two Eids in the City.

A good number of elderly people to whom this scribe talked to about the controversy did not remember having observed two Eids in the City before. They held ulema responsible for creating confusion among the public in this regard. The ulema who did not see eye to eye with their counterparts in the central body mandated to take a final decision about moon-sighting, held the opinion that evidence presented with regard to moon-sighting on Tuesday did not meet the criterion set by the Sharya (Islamic law), and hence they decided to offer Eid prayer on Thursday.