Eid al-Adha-Moon Sighted in South Africa on Tuesday 11 January at sunset. Id on Friday 21 Insha Allah

Omar Afzal wrote: Please post to your group. Eid al-Adha 2005 is on Jan. 21, 2005 ************Please note and inform your local Imam**************** D. Hijjah crescent moon was NOT SEEN in N. American on Monday, Jan. 10, 2005 evening. Insha-Allah it will be seen everywhere on Tuesday, and Eid al-Adha in the USA and Canada (like most other countries in the world) is on Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 In Makkah Mukarramah, the moon set two minutes BEFORE the sunset on Jan. 10, 2005. Nobody could see a crescent moon in Saudi Arabia or anywhere in world on Jan. 10, 2005. Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Hajj? ISNA Fiqh Council and some others have been enforcing a BID'AHon the Muslims in N. America. No Fiqh ever said that Eid al-Adha is actually Eid al-Hajj. There is no Daleelin the Quran or the Sunnah that Muslim must fast on the Day of Arafah in Makkah (determined by the official Saudi Hajj date, even if it is always wrong). . Muslims everywhere in the world always celebrate it on the 10th D. Hijja. ISNA asks you to celebrate Eid al-Adha on the 9th day of D. Hijja. Qur'an: (The Crescent moons) are the Mawaqeet&and for (determining the date of) Hajj. (2:189). The only correct date of Eid al-Adha all over the world is 10th Day of D. Hijja, counted from the evening D. Hijja Hilaal is seen where you live, and NOTwhen Saudis say they saw it. (It is well-known that NONE of the 6 official committees in S. Arabia ever see the Hilal on the officially announced dates. It is always SEEN in S. Arabia a day later.) Hadith: Eid al-Adha is on the 10th day of Dhul-Hijja. (Hilal D. Hijja kal-Fitr. (FatH al-Bari )) All Ahadith mention only the 10th as the day of Eid al-Adha. (No Hadith mentions: the day after Hajj or Eid al-Adha as a celebration of Hajj.) If Eid al-Adha is a celebration of the completion of Hajj then why do the Hujjaj NOT pray Eid; and why did the Messenger (S) pray it regularly in Medina for 9 years when there was no Hajj for the Muslims? Fiqh: Eid al-Adha date, like Eid al-Fitr, must be fixed by the crescent moon. * Eid prayer on the 9th day of D. Hijja is meaningless. * A Sacrifice on 9th does not fulfill your obligatory (Wajib) sacrificeof Eid al-Adha. -- Moh'd Best Regards ********************************************************************** Mohammad Shawkat Odeh Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS) P.O. Box 224, Blue Tower Building Khalifa Street, Abu-Dabi, UAE Mobile: (00971) 50-8215336 modeh@jas.org.jo JAS URL: http://www.jas.org.jo/ JAS WAP: http://www.jas.org.jo/wap/ ********************************************************************** Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ICOP/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:ICOP-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.