Hijri Calendar: A question of messed up calendar?

[mjasiria]

I saw this article on Where is the Hijri Calendar?

I think it is something muslims should take a look at with a very keen eye. Read below....

Where is the Hijri Calendar (Article 1)?I have had discussion with various people, in different forums, about the moon sighting, naked eye sighting, calendar based on moon phases, calculations etc. Their immediate response has been, “Our deen is perfect. We don’t need any modifications to our calendar.” I reply, “Yes, our deen is perfect.

That’s why it suits every generation, and no scientific or technological advancement can make Islamic things obsolete. But by insisting on the naked-eye moon sighting, we have made the Hijri calendar obsolete with no use except for starting and ending our fasts and going to Hajj. Even if we try, we cannot use the Hijri calendar for our worldly life. In doing so, we have made ourselves dependent on the Gregorian calendar so much so that we do not even realize that we are so much dependent on a non-Islamic calendar.” I will you give you an example.

Everybody these days travels by airplanes and for that they book seats, sometimes months in advance. More than often, they change planes midway. Now let’s say you want to use Hijri calendar to book your seats.

You want to travel from New York to Karachi via Dubai on Shabaan 30th. Now the fun begins.

1. The agent says, “Sorry sir, we cannot book any flights on Shabaan 30th because there is no guarantee of Shabaan 30th.”
   
2. Then you ask the agent to book the seat on Ramadan 1st. “The agent says, “Sorry sir, we are not sure when the Ramadan 1st is going to be.”
   
3. Out of frustration, you tell the agent to book a flight on Ramadan 15th. And you show up at the New York airport. The agent says, “Sorry sir, but you are one day late. Today is Ramadan 16th.” But you insist it is Ramadan 15th. The agent replies, “The airline runs as per the Dubai dates. And in Dubai it is Ramadan 16th today.”
4. In frustration you cancel the ticket.
   
   And you book another flight for Ramadan 25th. This time you use United Airlines because you do not want the date confusion. You show up at the New York airport on Ramadan 25th. The agent tells you, “Sorry sir, but you came one day too early.” You dispute the date. The agent explains, “This airline is based in Chicago. They started Ramadan a day later than New York.”
   
5. Then you change your mind and try to reserve a seat on Emirates believing that travel via Dubai will not be as confusing since the whole trip will be based on Dubai dates. The agent explains to you your itinerary: “Sir, you leave New York on Ramadan 29th.
   
   Your connecting flight to Karachi is on Shawwal 1st. In case they did not see the moon, there will not be any connecting flights at Dubai since it will be Ramadan 30th in Dubai, and we do not fly any flights on the 30th of the month because there is no guarantee of the 30th day in any month.”
6. Since you were desperate to travel, you leave on Ramadan 29th. When you reached Dubai, you find that you reached Dubai on Shawwal 2nd. You are shocked and demand an explanation.
   
   The agent explains, “Sir, the last month there was a mistake in the moon sighting. So the king adjusted the date. Please do not worry, the king paid the kaffara on everybody’s behalf.”
   
7. You managed to return to the USA. But your boss wants you to go to Dubai again for a business meeting. You say, “Gee, I will rather do a video teleconference.” You schedule a conference on Shawaal 25th at 11:00 GMT and invite Mr. Khalid from Dubai and Mr. Ali from India. On Shawaal 25th you start the conference and find nobody there. Well, you discover it is Shawaal 26th in Dubai and Shawaal 24th in India.
   

Is that the way, our Deen Islam requires us to live in the twenty-first century? Our Ulamaa' are still hooked up on naked eye sighting, and if it is cloudy complete 30 days. Our Ulamaa' have really made a mess of Hijri Calendar, and want to still live in dark ages.

 

[BinMgen]

Hili bandiko waislaam wengi watalikwepa kulichangia!na zaidi wale wanaosema lazima mwezi mwandamo uonekane katika miji yao. Ni ukweli usiopingika msimamo wa kutofautiana tarehe ya mwezi kwa kila nchi ni kuzalilisha uislamu na kuifanya Islamic calenda useless, ni kuufanya uislam haujakamilika, hauwezi kujiendesha hadi uazime mambo mengine kutoka dini nyengine, imekuwaje leo waislam hatuwezi kutekeleza ahadi kwa kutumia Islam Calenda Halafu tudai uislam umekamilika?. Islamic calenda haikuja kwa ajili ya ibada tu! Waislamu tulitakiwa mambo yetu yoote tutumie calenda ya kiislam, lakini haiwezakani hilo ikiwa kila nchi itatizama mwezi kivyake.hawezekani Mungu atupe tarehe isioweza kuendesha mambo huu ni ujuha wetu tu waislamu.

 

[mjasiria]

BinMgen na kweli hakuna aliyechangia zaidi yako. Na 2018 hii bado ugomvi wa tarehe haujaisha

 

[AlP0L0]

Waislam hili bandiko mbona mnalikwepa?

 

[Bugududu Sududu]

Pamoja na kufanya booking tiket itaandikwa "It depends on the site of moon" kulingana na mwandamo wa mwezi.
Full stop.

 

[Tangantika]

Ukweli ni kwamba muslim calender is correct calender.Gregolisn calender belongs to Gregory and not comply with physical law.Leo ni tarehe 3 huyo gregory mwezi wake upo mbele ya mwezi wa mungu ambao utaandama leo au kesho.Kalenda ya Gregory ni utaratibu uliokubalika ila not scientifically correct.Kufuata utaratibu wa kizungu haimaanishi kuwa wapo sahihi ila dunia kwa sasa inatawaliwa na wazungu.Artical inajenga arguement kwa mtazamo wa wazungu.Tarehe, siku mwaka ktk uislsmu unautaratibu wake.Hivi ukisema leo ni tarehe 3 what is your reference point.Waislamu hueszbu tarehe zao kuanzia mwezi unapoandama, gregory yeye anahesabu kuanzia wapi?