Brunei will celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri Saturday, October 13, after a month-long fasting during the holy month of Ramadhan. The decision was made after officials failed in their attempts to sight the new moon from strategic locations.

For Muslims, Hari Raya Aidilfitri is a joyful celebration of the achievement of enhanned piety. It is a day of forgiveness, moral victory and peace of congregation, fellowship, brotherhood and unity. Muslims are not only celebrating the end of fasting but thanking God for the help and strength that they believe He gave them throughout the previous month to help them practise self-abstinence.

On the eve of Hari Raya, Muslims will recite the takbir in mosques and suraus while for some communities there will be congregations reciting the takbir from house to house.

The sunnatAidiffitri prayers will be held Saturday at all mosques and suraus throughout the country commencing 7.30am. It is a norm that families and friends visit each other’s homes to seek forgiveness.

*SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO ALL MUSLIM OUT THERE!*