The Astronomical Calculations And Ramadan: A Fiqhi Discourse

This book shatters the myth that naked-eye sighting of the new moon and completing thirty days in the case of weather-related or other obscurities are the only two valid methods of determining the month of Ramadan. The author explains that certainty, not actual sighting, is the real objective of the Shari‘ah and that the Qur’an does not mandate physical sighting. A careful analysis shows that those hadiths that seemingly require sighting actually require certainty. The assertion that Muslim scholars view the use of astronomical calculation to determine the month of Ramadan as unlawful, and hence prohibited, are without foundation. As calculation is now more accurate than naked-eye sighting, due to certain astronomical and scientific advancements, the use of calculation is the closest to the real objective of the Shari‘ah and to the spirit of the hadiths.


           Calculation of Crescent: A Shara'i Method
                      By Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi

          

           Calculations: A Valid Method of  Affirmation


           An Analysis of Moon Sighting Arguments

• Introduction by Imam Suhaib D. Webb

• Preface by Dr. Muneer Fareed, Former Secretary General   Of ISNA

• Preface by Dr. Ali Qarah Daghi (Arabic)

• Preface by Dr. Jabir Taha Alwani (Arabic)

• Preface by Dr. Hasan al-Shafai (Arabic)

• Preface by Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan (Arabic)

• Forward by Dr. Abdul Majeed al-Najjar (Arabic)

        Business Ethics in Islam by Dr. Jamal Badawi


        Bridge Building Between Christians and Muslims
          by Dr. Jamal Badawi

Eidul Adha 1432 on Sunday, November 6

 

The Astronomical New Moon is on October 26, 2011 (Wednesday) at 19:56 Universal Time (UT). Oct 28, 2011 is the 1^st day of Dhul Hijjah 1432. The day of Arafah – the main day of Hajj - is on Saturday, November 5, 2011 and the Eidul Adha 1432 is on Sunday, November 6, 2011.  

 

Mistaken Eid Rumors
Baseless rumors were spread that Saudi officials have apologized to the Muslim nations for mistaken Eid announcement, that they have promised to pay 1 billion Riyals as atonement for the missed day of fasting and that they have recognized that sighted planet was Saturn rather that the Moon. Mufti of Saudi Arabia has denounced all these rumors and authenticated their Eid al-Fitr decision as religiously valid. Eid on Tuesday August 30th was valid.
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Introduction to Dr. Shah's Upcoming Book "Scripture and God in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic Tradition."

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Ramadan and Shawwal 1432(2011)

First day of Ramadan will be Monday, August 1, 2011 and Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, inshaAllah.
"O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint." Qur’an 2: 183

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Was Prophet Muhammad Author of the Qur'an by Dr. Jamal Badawi

Muslim Contributions to Civilization by Dr. Jamal Badawi

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• "Scripture and God in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic Tradition: A Study of Anthropomorphism And Transcendence"

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Presentation: The  Authentic Method To Confirm Ramadan

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