It may sound like a joke worthy of a Carry on Film however, for Muslims around the world the news that a Saudi comedian may have mistaken Saturn for the Moon and as a result declared Eid a day early is no laughing matter.
LM had already begun to highlight what I term the Annual mayhem over deciding when Eid is however, given the uncertainty raised by individuals like the President of the Jeddah Astronomical Society who said the alleged sighting of the new moon was "impossible" then frankly we need to carefully evaluate an assess the credibility of those Saudi's we have been relying on.
When astronomers are threatened with lawsuits by Scholars reported in the House of Saud mouthpiece then something is not right. As far as LM is concerned when Sheikh Bin Baz says "there are no grounds for Muslims in the UK to follow Saudi Arabia" then perhaps given the evident difficulty some Saudi's have deciphering different planets perhaps for next year we need to bookmark this website.
For what it's worth and in view of the confusion, LM will fast for a further day and now perhaps wishes I listened to Sheikh Suliman Gani of Tooting Mosque along with Indonesian Sheikhs who were telling all that Eid was on Wednesday not Tuesday.
LM had already begun to highlight what I term the Annual mayhem over deciding when Eid is however, given the uncertainty raised by individuals like the President of the Jeddah Astronomical Society who said the alleged sighting of the new moon was "impossible" then frankly we need to carefully evaluate an assess the credibility of those Saudi's we have been relying on.
When astronomers are threatened with lawsuits by Scholars reported in the House of Saud mouthpiece then something is not right. As far as LM is concerned when Sheikh Bin Baz says "there are no grounds for Muslims in the UK to follow Saudi Arabia" then perhaps given the evident difficulty some Saudi's have deciphering different planets perhaps for next year we need to bookmark this website.
For what it's worth and in view of the confusion, LM will fast for a further day and now perhaps wishes I listened to Sheikh Suliman Gani of Tooting Mosque along with Indonesian Sheikhs who were telling all that Eid was on Wednesday not Tuesday.
As-salam alaikum,
ReplyDeleteThe Gregorian year 1972 C.E. is when the current Saudi rulers everything CHANGED from the classical tradional Sunnah method to the novel "innovation".
From sighting of the crescent moon, the criterion was CHANGED to birth of the new moon!
http://www.croydonmosque.com/pdf/The_History_of_the_UK_following_the_Saudi_Arabia.pdf
Vide: www.wifaqululama.co.uk
As-salam alaikum,
ReplyDeleteDr Zakir Naik & his analyses on why we don't have one global Eid, & why it is not even necessary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-cFOQX9Os
Many Muslim nations who do not follow Saudi ruling on when Eid is did Eid on Tuesday after 29 days. I know Turkey and Indonesia and Malaysia did it like this and they would never get ruling from the Saudis they would find it for themselves. So Muslims did not do it on the wrong day if you follow them.
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