Followers of the Mirzakheel Darbar Sharif in Satkania, Chattogram, will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, a day earlier than the national observance, following the tradition of aligning with Saudi Arabia. The main Eid congregation will be held at the Darbar Sharif field at 9:30 a.m., led by Dr. Mufti Maulana Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, son of the Darbar’s Pir Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Areful Hai. The devotees had begun fasting a day earlier in accordance with Saudi Arabia’s moon sighting.

According to the Darbar Sharif, its followers have been observing Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, and other lunar-based religious events in this manner for nearly two centuries, based on the Hanafi school of thought. They determine the timing of observances by considering moon sightings in any part of the world, particularly in Makkah and Madinah, supported by scientific calculations of longitude and latitude.

Eid will also be celebrated on Friday by Mirzakheel Darbar Sharif followers in more than a hundred villages across Chattogram and nearby districts, including Chandpur, Feni, Cumilla, Dhaka, Sylhet, and Barishal, as well as in parts of Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar.