Eid in UK

Following Saudi for Eid is an innovation. 100+ years ago people didnt know what day Saudi would do Eid if they lived 100's of miles away. They would look for the moon. (before the days of worldwide communication)

I feel a forum is a great place to debate (not argue) -

on the moonsighting.com website it states it was impossible for Saudi's to see the moon. Therefore this implies they use a different mechanism to calculate the occurance of Eid.

Here in the UK the moon will not actually be sighted until Saturday.

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.21890

For those doing Eid today (Friday) you can't keep your head buried under the sand. There is nothing wrong with questioning decisions made.



Back to the really important point - Eid Mubarak to all. :sunny:

"Sighting of Hilal in a country does not mean that all other countries have to follow",
fatwah by Sheikh Ibn Othaimeen (Saudi Arabia). [Suggesting other countries (such as UK/USA) should do local sightings and not follow Saudi Arabia].

"If a solar eclipse occurs after sunset, the next day can not be the 1st of the month",
another fatwah by Sheikh Ibn Othaimeen (Saudi Arabia). [Suggesting that a solar eclipse is the proof of the Birth of the Moon, by the naked eye].

"Saudi Alim Asks Muslims in North America NOT to pray Eid on Day after Arafah",
a verbal fatwah by Sheikh Ibn Othaimeen (Saudi Arabia).[Suggesting Eidul Adha is connecting with the sighting of the moon in other countries and NOT with Hajj in Saudi Arabia].

"Moon Sighting Announcements in Saudi Arabia",
a fatwah by Mufti Taqi Uthmani (Pakistan) that UK Muslims should do local moon sighting and not follow Saudi Arabia.

"Element of Place Is Dominant in Eid al Adha",
by Islamic Society of North America. [Article by ISNA stating that Eidul Adha should be after the day of Hajj in Saudi Arabia (for the sake of Muslim unity)].

"ISNA's Eid al-Adha Evaluated by A Renowned Scholar",
another fatwah by Mufti Taqi Uthmani stating that the ISNA’s proposal is not in accordance with the Shariah (Islamic Law), Eidul Adha should be with the sighting of the moon and not connected with the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

"Fiqh of Moon Sighting", by Suheil Laher [Analyses Fiqh of Moon Sighting by all four Madhabs and concludes that local sighting is the most strongest view].

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