The world was so very
happy when Saudi corrected its calendar last month Dul Qadha - but today the world is shocked to see Saudi
revert to its old erroneous calendar To-day the 18th November 2009
is actually the 2nd Dul Hajj but Saudi has erroneously claimed it to
be the 1st Dul Hajj, there by this year’s Arfat day too would be
changed on a wrong date thus invalidating the entire haj of the whole world
this year, The world is shocked that Saudi has such an irresponsible irrelevant untrustworthy calendar and with all the
modern facilities Saudi could well afford to bring out a trustworthy Universal
Islamic Lunar Calendar - The first of
Dul Hajj started on the 17th November 2009 as the crescent moon was
sighted on the 16th November 2009 at 19:14:47 Universal Time and hence the actual Arfat day should only be
on the 25th November 2009 changing this would amount to Shirk and
Kufr and also it would invalidate the entire haj of the whole world just as
Saudi Invalidated the Haj of the entire world last year 2008 – Please read the
below for a clear understanding and Pray Allah helps the Saudi's to bring out a
precise Universal Islamic Lunar Calendar immediately (ameen):
Common Sense
It is not fitting for a Believer man or woman when
a matter has been decided by Allah and His Apostle to have any option about
their decision: if anyone disobeys Allah and His Apostle he is indeed on a
clearly wrong Path.
Al-Quran – 33:36
Allah says in the Quran that when a matter has been decided by
Allah and His Messenger, then it is the duty of every believer, man and woman,
to accept it with certainty and confidence, unhesitatingly; for a believer
should beyond all doubts, believe that the Lord Almighty can and will NEVER
NEVER make a mistake, and what he reveals is and will be the Universal Truth
and none can or would ever be able to refute its preciseness or accuracy; and
Allah knows what was, is and will be without the least doubt or confusion. If a
believer has doubt in this, then he is indeed far away from the Truth and is
also in a clearly wrong path and totally astray; so being the case, let’s see
our adherence to this:
It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a
light (of beauty) and measured out stages for her: that ye might know the
number of years and to calculate (your days). Nowise did Allah
create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain his
Signs in detail for those who understand.
Al Quran
Sura 10 Ayah 5
Allah says that Allah not only created the sun and the moon to
calculate our days, but also He created it in TRUTH that we should be righteous.
Let’s see as to how righteous we are:
The Solar calendar has seven days in a week and so also the
Lunar calendar. There is no difference in this; whatsoever, the Sunday and
Monday of the week correspond to the lunar calendar and here also we have the
same Sunday , Monday. - The 24 hours time difference; the time taken for
the earth to revolve round its axis is the same for the solar and the lunar
calendar. If there is a 2 ½ hours difference for India and Saudi time in the
Solar calendar, the same 2 ½ hours difference exists for the Lunar calendar
also. – The Friday of the Solar Calendar is the same Friday for the
Lunar Calendar also – and the entire Muslims of the World observe the Jumma
Prayers as per the Lunar calendar on Friday on the very same day of the week
without any confusion or variation; (i.e), The whole world prays the Jumma
prayer within 24 hours; but when it comes to Eid celebration and
Ramalhan fasting or Arfat day or Ashura day, people confuse themselves
totally and what is very very distressing is the fact that these days are
prolonged; for example, Ramalhan: let’s take Saudi: It started fasting on the 1st
of September 2008 which falls on Monday. Those who sighted the moon through the
Satellite and Electronic Telescope started fasting on the 31st of
August which falls on Sunday, and the Sunnath Jamath of India
started fasting on 2nd September which falls on Tuesday; and some
even started their fast on Wednesday.
Now leave Quran and Hadees just for a second, and just take your
COMMON SENSE into account, how many 1st ‘s can there be in a
month??? As per the Satellite decision, 1st of Ramalhan
fell on Sunday and as per the Saudi’s decision, 1st of Ramalhan fell on Monday
and as per the Sunnath Jamath of India, the 1st of Ramalhan fell on
Tuesday. Anyone with common sense will tell you that something is drastically
wrong with the Lunar calendar – They will tell you that it is impossible for a
month to have three days on which the 1st of the month would come
consecutively, and they would also say it is totally absurd and madness for
each country and town to have a separate Lunar calendar.
Now let’s see as to who is right and who is wrong!!!!:
The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth when they come in a straight
line, and this happens just once every month, and this straight line is called
CONJUNCTION; The Moon is a sphere which travels once around the Earth every
29.530 days. As it does so, it is illuminated from varying angles by the Sun.
At New Moon, the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun so that, the side of the
Moon facing towards us receives no direct sunlight, and is only lit by dim
sunlight reflected from the Earth, and the side facing the earth is completely
dark. As it moves around the Earth, the side we can see gradually becomes more
illuminated by direct sunlight, and once the brim of
the Moon facing the earth receives direct sunlight – and reflects the Sun’s
light, the new moon is born – meaning to say the previous month is over and the
new month has begun, just as the midnight 12 O’Clock - when the second
hand moves a little away from 12’O Clock position then the previous day is over
and the next day is born. Please do remember the moon too is moving like the
hands of the clock without ever being stationary at any time; now tell me if
someone says “ we didn’t see the Clock’s hand move”! Will the previous day wait
for them or if they say “we don’t accept it” Will the previous day wait
and keep waiting for their acceptance – I know it is absurd to say these
things. Well similarly, it is absurd for people to say, “we didn’t see the moon
or that we don’t accept the new moon”. The moon will not wait for them nor will
the previous month be prolonged even for a second for their concurrence or
acceptance because these are automatic events and they do not wait for anyone
or any country. Just as midnight occurs for each country to specify the change
of the day, so also Fajr, the rising dawn, occurs for each country where
the day automatically changes to the next in the Lunar calendar, and so also
the Month automatically changes to the next after the moon is sighted and
consecutively when Fajr, the rising dawn occurs for each country;. i.e, after
the moon is sighted – when every country gets its Dawn, starting from the
International date line then it would automatically begin its next day and next
month. The few hours difference from sighting the New Moon and the
International date line day starting would be adjusted for the month being 29
or 30 days subsequently.
The Prophet (s.a.w) said “Sight the moon and start fasting and
sight the moon and stop fasting.” Very well – suppose a man wears a spectacles
and sights the moon, would you say we will not accept it – definitely not; for
everyone knows that the spectacle will not lie. It will only help the wearer to
see the thing more clearly – Similarly, an electronic telescope and the
satellite are here only to help us see things more clearly and they would not
show us something which does not exist. They will not lie to us. Ever since the
telescope and the satellite have been invented, there never has been an
occasion where they have wrongly shown something which is not there. Allah says
“the Sun and the Moon are there to Calculate your time and day and month and
year”: and we have precise calculations, seconded and confirmed by the
Electronic Telescope and the Satellite which checks to the preciseness and
correctness of this - WHY SHOULD WE NOT ACCEPT IT ?????????Tell us one valid
reason for not accepting this?????.
Now let me tell you what happens when we don’t accept these: We
rely on hearsay or heresy rather than on established facts and Truth and many
times we go wrong leading the entire crowd, who follow us into wrong. (i.e)
Lets take the Arfat day this year 2008; the Dhul Hajj Crescent or new moon was
calculated to appear on 27th November 2008 at 16:56 UT (Universal
Time). And the Electronic Telescope and the Satellite confirmed to this without
a second’s difference when the Crescent was actually born, but Saudi refused to
accept this – well, you may think what is the big hazard in changing or
postponing it by one day??? – you see the actual Arfat day falls on 6th
December but as Saudi did not accept the Satellite findings, they began the
month Dhul Hajj on the 29th instead of 28th
November 2008, as was the fact and Saudi’s wanted to see the Crescent
Moon with their Naked eye and then begin the month. Hence, the change in the
beginning of the month naturally made a change in the Arfat day also; and they
made the people stand on the 7th December - now tell me can we
fix the Arfat day as and when we wish – Rasool (s.a.w) has said those who do
not have Arfat, do not have Haj – the Arfat day has to be on the 9th
Dhul Hajj but as it happened this year, it was on the 10th of Dhul
Hajj – Will the people who came to Haj this year get an accepted Haj
????? Common Sense!!!!!!. Similarly, if the people change the Ashura day
from the 10th Muharram to the 11th Muharram, will they
get the virtues for it ???.
Lo! The number of the months with Allah is twelve
months by Allah's ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the
earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not
yourselves in them…………………………………….
Verily the Postponing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to unbelief
(Kufr): the unbelievers are led to wrong thereby:
Quran- 9:36,37
The above passages speak about the Kafirs, but does it not
say that the believers too should refrain from making such mistakes which the
disbelievers do of taking one month for another – one day for another – But
should calculate and use the facilities (like the Clock, Telescope, & Satellite)
we have with us to determine the exact time and day and month and year;
and follow Allah’s command precisely without wronging ourselves with negligence
and inaccurate calculations; for such miscalculations would amount to disbelief
or unbelief ????? Furthermore, it would mean that Allah did not complete His
perfect religion but left a flaw in it and people were all left in confusion,
commotion, and uncertainty as far as the Islamic Lunar Calendar was concerned –
could this ever be TRUE?????.
Also take Ramalhan Eid day, the people who took the Satellite
news would be celebrating the Eid on the exact day that Eid is supposed to be
celebrated, but all other people who did not accept this would be fasting
on this day (the eid day), little knowing that fasting on the Eid day or after
the Crescent has been sighted is HARAAM. So also, there is a great confusion on
the beginning and ending of each month, the Ashura day, both the Eid days, and
Arfat day etc. etc. – why this confusion??? It is because we do not have a
specific Universal Lunar Calendar!!!!! All the Muslims of the World, especially
the Muslim Countries, should unite in this and formulate this easy-to-make
Universal Calendar with the precise calculations and Electronic Telescopic
& Satellite findings only then, would we be free from this ridicule – and
Please do understand the Lunar Calendar is far more accurate than the Solar
Calendar.
If you don’t, then you will be transgressing the limit set by
Allah and His Apostle, and remember: The one who makes you transgress is
Satan and obeying Satan, you can never never achieve righteousness or
salvation and sometimes, it even takes you to Kufr (Quran:9-36,37) and you
would not and cannot dream of getting any virtues from Allah – as Allah warns
you:
If anyone disobeys Allah and His Apostle, he is
indeed on a clearly wrong Path.
Al-Quran – 33:36
Once Rasool(s.a.w) and a group of Sahabas were fasting and were
travelling – when they reached a place, it was cloudy and Rasool(s.a.w)
anticipating the setting sun, ordered the Sahabas to break the fast; after
breaking the fast, the cloud dispersed and the sun was still on the horizon.
The Sahabas asked the Prophet(s.a.w) “Ya Rasoolullah has our fast been wasted”
to this Rasool(s.a.w) “No! we acted to our capacity, Allah will certainly
accept our fasting”
By Asma bint Abi Bakr
Bukhari
Abu Dawood
1400 years ago, that was the facility – suppose a Jamath
today was in this same situation with the people having watches and cell
phones if they broke their fast before the sun set on a cloudy day without
utilizing the facilities because Prophet(s.a.w) did not have such facilities,
would it be considered wise or madness????? Today, Alhumdulillah, we have great
facilities and faculties which enable us to make accurate decisions and
following the religion in a much more easy manner.
May Allah help us to analyze and understand Islam in an
excellent manner and enact it in a way MOST pleasing to Allah and greatly
beneficial to us, and them around us; and help us to use all our faculties and
facilities in the most dignified Halaal manner (ameen) and please keep praying
and efforting that we Muslims come out with a single Universal Lunar Calendar
for the whole world immediately without fail and without any delay or
confusion.
Love & Regards
A.H.Nazeer Ahmed
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