Ministry Of Religion Holds Isbat Session For The Determination Of Eid Al-Adha On June 18, 2023

Illustration - Observers observe the hilal in the tower of the Faculty of Medicine, Campus, Islamic University of Bandung (UNISBA), Bandung, West Java/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion will hold an Isbat Session for the Initial Determination of Zulhijah 1444 H as well as Eid al-Adha 2023 on Sunday, June 18 at the HM Rasjidi Auditorium of the Ministry of Religion, Jakarta. "The initial Zulhijah trial will be held on Sunday, June 18, 2023, or to coincide with the 29th of Zulkaidah," said Director of Islamic Religious Affairs and Sharia Development of the Ministry of Religion, Adib in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, June 12. Adib explained that the Ministry of Religion will hold rukyatul hilal at the beginning of Zulhijah at 99 points in Indonesia. The results of rukyatul hilal are one of the references in determining the Eid al-Adha 1444 H time. According to him, the isbat session is one of the services provided by the Ministry of Religion to the people, to get certainty regarding the implementation of Eid al-Adha worship. Towards the implementation of the Isbat Session, Adib invites all relevant parties to prepare everything, so that it can produce decisions that will be made by the Minister of Religion. "This is the task and function of all of us. Of course it requires good implementation. Because later, the results of the Isbat Session decision will be determined by the Minister," he said. The Isbat Session for the Initial Determination of Zulhijah 1444 H, said Adib, will be attended by the Ambassador of Sahabat State, Commission VIII DPR RI, the Supreme Court, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG), Bosscha Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Planetarium, Falak experts from Islamic Organizations, as well as other relevant institutions and agencies. Meanwhile, General Secretary of Muhammadiyah Central Executive Abdul Mu'ti said the results of calculations from the Tarjih Council and the Muhammadiyah Tajdid PP Eid al-Adha 1444 Hijriah have the potential to be different from the Ministry of Religion. The Ministry of Religion, which uses the MABIMS criteria in determining the beginning of the hijri month, states that the initial criteria for the month when the height of the hilal is 3 degrees and the elongation is 6.4 degrees. This criterion is different from the one guided by Muhammadiyah who used the hisab hakiki formatul hilal. In Muhammadiyah calculations, the height of the hilal on 29 Zulkaidah 1444 H was less than 3 degrees. This means that it does not meet the criteria for MABIMS. Meanwhile, Muhammadiyah stated that 1 Zulhijah 1444 H fell on Monday (19/6) so that Eid al-Adha (10 Zulhijah 1444 H) fell on Wednesday (28/6). On this basis, it is very likely that the Ministry of Religion's Isbat Session will determine Eid al-Adha to fall on Thursday, June 29, 2023 AD.