Srinagar: The crescent for the Muharram, which marks the first month of Islamic year, has not been sighted anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir, said Grand Mufti Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam Farooqi on Saturday.
Talking to GNS, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam said that no testimony was made available to his office till late evening, from anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir.
“After a consensus with the scholars, it is being announced that the Holy Muharram for the Islamic year 1446 A.H is to start from Monday (July 8, 2024),” he said.
