"super-glue" wrote:
I always thought that announcements to clarify the date would be at the latest on the 2nd of the month. When did Saudi change their mind? I have too many issues myself with Saudi and also believe they'd do this to match schedules or convenience of days (Hoping dearly that I'm wrong)
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I did say I won't pass further comments, but I think some may have misunderstood some of the comments by others.[/quote] I might be one the ones who misunderstood. Sorry. But think about it, as an outsider, reading this type of topic we look so lost. Does anyone have a template letter or email I can send to my local Masjid? And finally, [quote]The Ulama involved and the people of authority are simply making a mockery of our deen.
I guess the key word here was "involved" which makes it clear that you're not on anyone's case but those that are involved in this craziness of Islamic months. I do apologise for speaking out (maybe wrongly). But seriously, when will this ever be resolved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Asslamo Allaikum, Its a dead simple issue. On the authority of Al-Numan bin Basheer, who said : I heared the messenger of Allah say : "That which is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is plain and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which not many people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor, but he who falls into doubtful matters falls into that which is unlawful, like the shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allah's sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel of flesh which, if it be whole, all the body is whole and which, if it be diseased, all of it is diseased. Truly it is the heart." (Bukhari/Muslim) Shaykh (Mufti) Saeed Palunpuri (HA) has already stated that we don’t want to discuss intricacies of Saudi sighting system or why or how they make up their mind; we simply want to present to the Ulamah that there is enough doubt in this matter for them to RECONSIDER. British Deobandees are the ONLY DEOBANDEES in the world who are sticking to Saudi sighting DESPITE Fatwa upon Fatwa to the contrary and ERROR upon ERROR which is manifest and clear. All the rhetoric that “Moon from Makkah & Madina should be followed because it’s the holy land” is empty talk because didn’t Shaykh (Maulana) Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA), Shaykh (Mufti) Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi (RA) and others knew about this while living a lot closer to Makkah & Madina (physically)? Why has this “Mas’ala and strange method of respecting Makkah and Madina” only occurred to Sufees of UK? Recently a Shaykh (from UK) uttered in private “
These efforts to take away from Saudi sighting are a plan of the Jews”, I ask the Shaykh: Was Shaykh (Maulana) Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA) also affected by Jews because he didn’t follow Saudi sighting? Were the entire chain of Ulamah of Deoband
from 1866 UNTIL TODAY affected by Jews because none of them follow Saudia and in fact expressed dissatisfaction at Saudi sighting? Was Shaykhul-Hadeeth (Maulana) Zakariyya Kandhalwi (RA) affected by Jews because he expressed dissatisfaction at Saudi sighting while there? Utter non-nense!
