Five Eid jamaats to be held at Baitul Mukarram

A total of five Eid congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on the day of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.

The first Eid jamaat will be held at 7am while the next four Jamaats will be held at 8am, 9am, 10am and 10.45am respectively.

Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Pesh Imam Hafez Maulana Ehsanul Haque will conduct the first Eid jamaat while the Mosque's Khadem Abdul Hadi will perform the duty of Muqabbir in the prayers.

Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Pesh Imam Maulana Muhiuddin Kasem will conduct the second jamaat while other three jamaats will be led by Mawlana Dr Abu Saleh Patowari, Islamic Foundation Director and Imam Maulana Md Anisuzzaman Sikder and Islamic Foundation's Imam Maulana Mohammad Abdullah, Mufti respectively.

If any of the five aforementioned Eid-congregations' designated Imams are unable to attend, Maulana Zakir Hossain, the Islamic Foundation's deputy director, will serve as an emergency replacement.

The main Eid congregation at the National Eidgah will be moved from 7:30 am to 8:00 am to the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the event of inclement or adverse weather.

/MHK/