My question is brother i live in usa we follow our local area muslim community announcement regarding eid/ramadan for sake of righteouness and muslim unity also but this year we r unamiuosly follwoing regarding eid and ramadan moon b/c they following icna and cair which is largest group in whole usa they r goign through lunar calculation not physically seeing moon,they have a panel of 18 known scholars and given fatwa regarding.
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question is brother i live in usa we follow our local area muslim community
announcement regarding eid/ramadan for sake of righteouness and muslim unity
also but this year we r unamiuosly follwoing regarding eid and ramadan moon b/c
they following icna and cair which is largest group in whole usa they r goign
through lunar calculation not physically seeing moon,they have a panel of 18
known scholars and given fatwa regarding.
May
ALLAH forgive me or anyone else if we r wrong just want to know
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See moon for ramadan
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for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question:
…..they r goign through lunar calculation not physically seeing moon,they have
a panel of 18 known scholars and given fatwa regarding.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 10 Surah
Yunus verse 5:
5 It is He (Allah) 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 the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in Truth. (Thus)
doth He explain His Signs in detail for those who understand.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 36 Surah
Yaa Seen verse 40:
39 And the moon We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till
she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of date-stalk!
40 It is not permitted to the sun to catch up the moon, nor can the
night outstrip the day: each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit (according
to a Decreed Law).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 54 (part):
54 …. He (Allah) created the sun the moon and the stars, (all) governed
by Laws under His command. Is it not His
to create and to govern? Blessed be
Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
Dear and beloved brother, each and every heavenly body including the sun and the moon move in its specific and exact orbit according to a Decreed Law of the Lord Most Majestic. There is absolutely no condition in Shariah that one must physically see the moon to count the start or the and of months….if Allah has blessed man to develop technology and mechanism which can accurately determine the movement and the timings of the moon, there is absolutely no harm in using this knowledge to determine one’s calendar.
In the times of the Prophet (saws), the believers would
determine the time of the prayers by observing the movement of the sun. For example, when the sun had completely set
on the horizon, they would initiate their ‘magrib’ prayers. But today, Allah Subhanah has blessed man to
develop technology and mechanisms which can accurately state the exact time the
sun will rise and set, days if not months or years in advance…simply because
the movement of the heavenly bodies is governed by the Exact and Perfect Laws
of the Lord Most Majestic.
In most muslim nations today, one does not need to go out
and physically observe the setting of the sun to initiate their ‘magrib’
prayers or to break their fast. One can
simply look at the timings listed for the sunset on their local calendar, and
announce the call to ‘magrib’ prayer or break their fasts!
Similarly, when Allah Subhanah has blessed man to develop
a mechanism today which can accurately predict the stages of the moon; there is
absolutely no harm if one uses this determination to count the starting of
their lunar months.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister