We, the undersigned scholars, imams, and organizations, are pleased to announce to the Muslim
\ncommunity in New Zealand the following:<\/p>\n
Muharram 1448H will begin on Wednesday, 17 June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n How was this determined?<\/strong> This methodology is also adopted by major international bodies, including: The International Congress What does this methodology require?<\/strong> What happens this month?<\/strong> A Note for the Community<\/strong> We, the undersigned scholars, imams, and organizations, are pleased to announce to the Muslim community in New Zealand the following: Muharram 1448H will begin on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 How was this determined? This declaration is based on our collective adoption of the Imkan al-Ru\u2019yah (moon sightability) methodology. This is a Shariah-compliant approach to determining<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muhammadiyah.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThis declaration is based on our collective adoption of the Imkan al-Ru\u2019yah (moon sightability)
\nmethodology. This is a Shariah-compliant approach to determining the beginning of Hijri months,
\nbased on the guidance of the Qur\u2019an and the Sunnah.<\/p>\n
\nof Hijri Calendar Unification (Istanbul 1978 & 2016), The European Council for Fatwa and Research
\n(ECFR), The Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA)<\/p>\n
\nFor a new Islamic month to begin, the following conditions must be met within our regional zone (New
\nZealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Fiji, and Pacific Islands):<\/p>\n\n
\nThe new moon (conjunction) will occur on Monday, 15 June 2026 at 02:53:46 pm (NZ time)
\nAt sunset on Monday, 15 June 2026 (29 Dzul-Hijjah 1447H), the required criteria are not met
\nanywhere within our regional zone.
\nTherefore, 16 June 2026 is 30 Dzul-hijjah, and 17 June 2026 is 1 Muharram 1448H<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nMay Allah accepts our efforts and good deeds and we also remind ourselves to keep in our du\u2018a our
\nbrothers and sisters around the world who are facing hardship and oppression, and to support them in
\nevery way possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"