Email: muftis@themajlis.net 17 Rabiuth Thaani 1434 – 1 March 2013 The perennial hilaal bogey OUR STANCE IS THE STANCE OF THE SUNNAH!!! NO OTHER STANCE IS ACCEPTABLE 1434 years have passed since the initiation of the Hijrat (Migration) era of Islam. For more than fourteen centuries has the Ummah observed Ramdhaan, celebrated Eid and upheld…
Tag: Islamic Rules of Moonsighting
THE QUESTION OF THE HILAAL (THE CRESCENT MOON)
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 1 Rabiuth Thaani 1434 — 13 February 2013) THE QUESTION OF THE HILAAL (THE CRESCENT MOON) QUESTION The hilaal was not sighted anywhere in South Africa for Rabiuth Thaani, due it being overcast. However, the age of the moon was about 34 hours. In neighbouring countries the moon was sighted and today is…
Astronomy Cannot Override the Shariah
Email: muftis@themajlis.net 11 Ramadhaan – 31 July 2012 ASTRONOMY CANNOT OVERRIDE THE SHARIAH SHAR’I SHAHAADAT MAY NOT BE REJECTED ON THE BASIS OF THE DETERMINATIONS OF ASTRONOMY QUESTION: According to some Muftis it is permissible to use the determinations of astronomy to negate false sightings. It is maintained that in this age of fitnah and…