{"id":95024,"date":"2025-12-23T15:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=95024"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:03:22","slug":"pakistan-to-observe-shab-e-meraj-on-16-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-to-observe-shab-e-meraj-on-16-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to observe Shab-e-Meraj on 16 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced the sighting on Sunday night after its meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad.<\/p>\n<p>Zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal committees also convened separate meetings at various locations nationwide to verify <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/jamadi-ul-thani-447h-moon-not-sighted\/\">moon<\/a> sighting reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the committee confirmed the beginning of Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Shab-e-Meraj, observed on the 27th night of Rajab, commemorates the sacred journey of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).<\/p>\n<p>According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet was taken from the Holy Kaaba in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, where he led prayers, before ascending to the heavens on the celestial mount Al-Buraq, during which he received divine commandments.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u201cMeraj\u201d is derived from the Arabic word Urooj, meaning ascension and the event holds immense significance in Islamic history as a symbol of spiritual elevation and closeness to Allah.<\/p>\n<p>The night holds deep spiritual significance for Muslims, who mark the occasion through special prayers, Quran recitation and voluntary fasting.<\/p>\n<p>As per the official announcement, Shab-e-Meraj will be observed across Pakistan on the night of January 16, 2026 (Friday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced the sighting on Sunday night after its meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad. Zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal committees also convened separate meetings at various locations nationwide to verify moon sighting reports. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":29201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[4864],"class_list":["post-95024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-shab-e-meraj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95027,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95024\/revisions\/95027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}