Dear Brother I have found some web sites in regards of Moon Sighting and Islamic Calendar. These web sites propagate that the criterion of Islamic dates depends on the first visibility of moon crescent at local Horizon. And they insist a visibility Curve every month on world map with support of software. But when I vent through a detailed study in this matter, I realized that this methodology is utterly impractical and it makes confusions in Muslim world and the final result is there is no calendar, it can be used practically by Muslims or mankind in this Global Village. There for I have made two Flash movies in regard of my study and I hope it will bring up the Truth and destroy the Fake. Movie 1: IMPRACTICAL VISIBILITY CURVES
Movie 2: GEOGRAPHY OF DAYS, PRAYERS, FASTING AND KIBLAH The criterion of Islamic Month is the same as Natural Scientific Lunar Month means its duration is one astronomical new moon to the next astronomical New moon. Some time it will take 29 days and sometime time it will be 30 days. For example if the astronomical new moon occurs on Wednesday, it is the last day of the month and Thursday is First day of the Next month. Infact this is what we have to find out by observation means "is it 29 or 30?",not the first visible crescent at the local horizon by naked eye or any optical aid. These are only the game of Shaitan to divide the community. Now we have to use the technology to find out the duration of a month, Alhamdulillah now it is easily available in the internet from the website of NASA or You go through www.hijracalendar.com . At the same time some of our Muslim Scholars propagate through their website that the criteria of Islamic month is first visibility of moon crescent at local horizon. It is never going to work out; it is neither scientific nor Islamic. If you want to get Data of Hijra Calendar you just click on links below CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HIJRA CALENDARS See the Moon Calendar of Paul Carlisle or http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/phase NEW Reply to Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid by Ali Manikfan NEW The hilal issue cannot be let to rest until Muslims do themselves right - IQRA, Vol. 19, No. 10 I present it to you for your Judgment. The final Judgment belongs to Allah He knows the best. Wassalam Abdul Rahim --- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, "hijramooncalendar wrote: > > Dear Brothers > > I have found some web sites in regards of Moon Sighting and Islamic > Calendar. These web sites propagate that the criterion of Islamic dates > depends on the first visibility of moon crescent at local Horizon. And > they insist a visibility Curve every month on world map with support of > software. But when I vent through a detailed study in this matter, I > realized that this methodology is utterly impractical and it makes > confusions in Muslim world and the final result is there is no calendar, > it can be used for Muslims or mankind in this Global Village. There for > I have made two Flash movies in regard my study and I hope it will bring > up the Truth and destroy the Fake. > > I present it to you for your Judgment. The final Judgment belongs to > Allah He knows the best. > > > > Movie 1: IMPRACTICAL VISIBILITY CURVES > <http://www.geocities.com/hijramooncalendar/visibilitycurvonearth.html > > > > > Movie 2: GEOGRAPHY OF > <http://www.geocities.com/hijramooncalendar/thefirst.html> DAYS, > PRAYERS, FASTING AND KIBLAH > <http://www.geocities.com/hijramooncalendar/thefirst.html> > > > > Wassalam > > Abdul Rahim > > > > <http://www.geocities.com/hijramooncalendar/thefirst.html> >
