12:44 ص
Monday 18 April 2022
Books – Muhammad Abul-Majd:
Dr. Gad El-Qadi, head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, commented on the controversy on social media regarding an error in vision regarding Badr Ramadan on April 16, saying: “There is no mistake at all, and this time is one of the beautiful times in which the legitimate visual vision agreed. With astronomical calculations.
In a telephone interview with Al-Hadath Al-Youm satellite channel on Sunday evening, Al-Qadi said that the beginning of the month of Ramadan came by agreement between the two, according to the statement of the Egyptian Dar Al-Iftaa, and there are no differences according to astronomical data, stressing: “Some promoters find it difficult for them to see people happy and living in They are happy and reject some rumors and needs on the communication sites to broadcast the band.”
And he continued, “There is no dispute regarding the beginning of the month of Ramadan, neither jurisprudential, mathematical, nor astronomical, and I do not know who took these pictures and the rumors that arrived,” explaining that seeing with the naked eye for the Arab month in general is in the 3 white days. The moon is visible to the naked eye, but astronomical observations with telescopes confirm this, and it is one of the ways in which the accounts are checked.”
And the head of the National Institute for Astronomical Research added: “All images that are promoted on social media have no basis in truth,” stressing: “Ramadan this year will come in full 30 days, and the first day of Eid al-Fitr will be on May 2 next.”
