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02/25/04 at 10:57:46 |
ISLAMIC NEW YEAR * UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB INTRODUCED THE ISLAMIC(HIJRI) CALENDAR to keep track of letters with time-stamps thus uniting the different dating methods of his time. * COUNTING BACK TO THE YEAR OF THE HIJRAH TO DETERMINE WHEN TO START: 16 July, 622 CE = 1 Muharram, 1 AH. * OUR YEAR BEGINS WITH SACRIFICE (HIJRAH OF MUSLIMS, OF PROPHETS) AND ENDS WITH SACRIFICE (HAJJ, HIJRAH OF HAJRA, HIJRAH OF UMMAH TO MAKKAH) * LUNAR: BASED UPON THE MOON, accurate, close, visible, reminder of the beauty, order, submission of Allah's creation but also its imperfection, its rise and fall, it needs the sun to shine, we interact with the signs of Allah when we look for the new moon every month, it is not passive time-keeping and time-passing, it's natural, animals, sea-creatures, oceans, plants, even human cycles are lunar timed. * WE ROTATE THROUGHT HE SEASONS, dynamic, perpetual, summer is not just in June, Eid is not just in winter, a nation of all times and all seasons, we remain steadfast no matter what the season. * NOTE THE MEANING OF THE NAMES OF THE MONTHS and compare to the pagan Gregorian names: 01. MUHARRAM - ["Forbidden" - it is one of the four months during which time it is forbidden to wage war or fight] 02. SAFAR - ["Empty" or "Yellow"] 03. RABI AL AWAL - ["First spring"] 04. RABI AL THANI - ["Second spring"] 05. JAMAATH AL AWAL - ["First freezing"] 06. JUMAATH AL THANI - ["Second freezing"] 07. RAJAB - ["To respect" - this is another holy month when fighting is prohibited] 08. SHABAN - ["To spread and distribute"] 09. RAMADAN - ["Parched thirst" - this is the month of Islamic daytime fasting] 10. SHAWWAL - ["To be light and vigorous"] 11. DHUL-QA'EDAH - ["The month of rest" - another month when no warfare or fighting is allowed] 12. HHUL-HAJJ - ["The month of Hajj" - this is the month of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, again when no warfare or fighting is allowed] ------------------------------- FASTING ON 9th & 10th MUHARRAM: ------------------------------- AHADITH - Fasting TASU'A and `AASHURAA' Tasu`aa' and `Aashuraa' are respectively the ninth and the tenth day of the month of Muharram. Ibn Abbas reported: "The Prophet (SAWS) came to Madinah and found the Jews fasting the day of Ashura. He asked them: "Why are you fasting this day?" They said: "This is a great day. Allah saved Moosa (Moses) and the tribes of Israel from their enemies on this day and therefore Prophet Moosa fasted on it. "The Prophet (SAWS) said: "We have more of a right to Moosa than you." So he fasted on that day also and ordered the people to fast on that day." [al-Bukhari and Muslim]. When the Prophet Salla Allahu alaihi wa salam, fasted the day of Ashura, the people told him that this day is a day that Jews and Christians honor. The Prophet (SAWS) said: "When the following year comes, Allah willing, we shall fast both the NINTH and the TENTH day of Muharram (that is to be different from the Jews and the Christians.)" The Prophet Salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, died before the following year."[Muslim] Abu Hurairah reported: "I asked the Prophet: "Which prayer is best after the obligatory prayers?" He said: "PRAYER DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT." I asked: "Which fast is best after the fast of Ramadhan?" He said: "FASTING DURING THE MONTH OF MUHARRAM." [Muslim]. * * * * * * * * |
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