Muhammad Sultan Alam
Head of astronomy research deptt. Of
Jamia-tur- Rasheed
Ahsanabad, Karachi,
Pakistan
21-04-2008
Remarks in red are by Ali
manikfan, advisor of the Hijra committee of India,
Calicut, Kerala, India.
www.hijracalendar.com.
Telephone: 04637 294556, mobile: 9842947854.
17-4-1429/23-4-2008
"On May 5, 2008 Monday" (Pakistan 28 Rabee-uth-thani, Saudi
Arabia, according to visibility [???],
according to Ummul-Qura 29 Rabee-uth-thani)
Giving different dates to Pakistan and Arabia
is absurd. Islamic Shariah does not entertain wrong ideas. (and He has not
placed there in any crookedness 18:1) The Ulema disagree with the silly idea of
the Muslim astronomers to give different dates to different towns.
As per the Manaazil of the moon on
which the dates must be based according to Quran and Sunnah, Rabiul Akhir began
on Monday after completing 30 days of Rabiul Awwal on Sunday. In Shariah the
Hilaal is not necessary on the 30th. The Hilaal had not appeared by
29th of Rabiul awwal, Saturday and 30days were completed on Sunday.
Therefore Rabiul Akhir began rightly on Monday irrespective of the Hilaal.
Visibility of the crescent is not the criterion. The Hilaal may or may not be
visible. In shariah the months begin on the definite information that the month
has set in.
The birth of the moon of Jumadal-oola 1429
according to GMT will be on Monday 5th May 2008 at 12:18 . At that time, the
time in Pakistan
will be 17:18 on Monday 5th May. And in Saudi Arab will be 15:18.
When conjunction is at 12:18 UT on
Monday 5-5-2008 astronomically the crescent must appear on that evening on the
western horizon. So Tuesday must be the first of Jumdal oola. Time difference
at different places is not considered in the Shariah. Date is not a local
affair. A date denotes a day of the week. When day is common date cannot be
different. Day and date at all places in the world must be same. The Prophet
SAW traveled in one night from Makkah to Damascus
and returned the same night. He knows the date at Makkah, Damascus and at all places is same. How could
Ibn Abbas, the Sahaba and the Imams ignore this? Time depending on the sun's
angle is different everywhere while date depending on the Manaazil of the moon
is same all over the world. Local time has nothing to do with the date. Islamic
Shariah does not allow different dates for Arabia,
Pakistan, India or any
other place in the world.
Because the age of this moon and the other factors
effecting on the visibility of the moon e.g. Lag, Rel.Azi. and elongation etc
will be extremely defective on May 5 in all over the world, thus according to
the research of the astronomy department of Jamia-tur-Rasheed, in the light of
approximately 18 old and new Criteria of the visibility of the moon including
Al Beruni, Yaqoob Bin Tariq, Babylonians and Ancient Indian astronomers, there
is no possibility of the moon being sighted with the naked eye in all over the
world, specially in Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan Saudi Arabia except
North America. There are different ideas of different astronomers about the
visibility chances of the moon in North America, e.g. According to many
Criteria the moon can be sighted very easily in Alaska with naked eye while in
the northern and central America according to some criteria moon will be
invisible while according to other ones it can be sighted under the perfect
conditions, either with the naked eye or with the optical aid. Only and only
founder of moon sighting.com
Mr. Khalid Shaukat and the founder of ''ICOP" Odeh, Jordan have shown the
possibility of moon sighting in U.K and in its neighbor countries with
telescope while Bernard yallop has not shown such possibility in U.K etc.
Visibility of the crescent is not the
deciding factor of the months. The moon which rises before the sun in the last
days of Rabiul Akhir overtakes the sun and begins to set after the sun before
the end of Monday in the world. The moon was approaching the sun before Monday
and starts to go away from it after Monday. So the crescent must appear by
Monday evening and the month must change. Jumadil oola must begin on Tuesday.
Muslims do not follow other cults.
Islam is the religion and Islam teaches a calendar which is perfect and
perpetual. The rules are found in Quran 2:189, 10:5, 36:39. How will the Ulema
agree with a false astronomy which gives different dates to different towns?
The defectiveness of the conditions of the moon on
May 5 can be imagined by this that on May 5, age of the moon will hardly be
"two hours" in the most western part of Pakistan and will hardly be
3.5 hours in the most western part of Saudi Arabia e.g. Makkah Mukarramah.
Setting of the moon after the sun
even by one minute is enough to begin the new month on the following day as per
the Fatwa of the leading Ulema. The Sahaba did not go by sun set and moon set
calculation which is a pure Bid'a. There is no need to see the Hilaal when we
are sure of its presence in the western horizon of the world. How can Islamic
Shariah allow different dates to Pakistan
and Arabia? Please produce evidence for it
from the Quran and Sunnah.
"On May 6, 2008 Tuesday" (Pakistan 29 Rabee-uth-thani, Saudi
Arabia, according to visibility [???],
according to Ummul-Qura 1st Jumadal-oola)
Imams have not considered the
difference of Matalia in case of the month. Islaimc Shariah does not permit
multiple dates for a single day. When the moon has started to set after the sun
on Monday, Tuesday must be the first of Jumadal oola.
The conditions of the moon will be so excellent on
this day in the whole world that according to the all old and new criteria of
the visibility of the moon, the crescent will be clearly visible in all over
the world except Southern Australia, New Zealand and in the extreme southern
areas of Argentina and Chile, Where a clear possibility of sighting the moon
will be on Wednesday May 7.
Who has made old and new criteria
like the Old Testament and new testaments? Quran gives the rules for the
calendar and Quran has never changed and will never change. Please return to
Quran.
Data
of moon in Karachi
on May 6, 2008 Tuesday.
According
to the software "moon calculate 6" of Doctor
Manzoor
Ahmad UK, the Data of the moon in Karachi
at
Sun
set i.e. 19:04 on May 6, 2008 Tuesday, are as under below:
Altitude=
14.2
Rel.Azi.
= 2.4
Elongation=15.1
Age
of Moon= 25 hrs 46 minutes.
Lag= one hr 16 minutes (If
the lag is one hour and a quarter it is certainly the first day of the month.
It is not the last day of the previous month.)
Important
In
the light of the facts given above it is extremely clear that 1st Jumadal-oola
1429 should fall on May 7, 2008 Wednesday in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia but
because the age of the moon and other factors effecting its visibility are
extremely defective in both the countries in the evening of Monday May 5, for
example the age of the moon on the evening of May 5 in Pakistan will hardly be
two hours old and 3.5 hours old in Saudi Arabia, so if a person in any of the
countries claims to have seen the moon on the evening of Monday May 5, and if
the claim is accepted without the verification and investigation of Ulama and
astronomers then that will be an extremely surprising and incomprehensible
decision.
Muhammad Sultan Alam
Verification and investigation with
the sun set and moon set difference is not Islamic way. The Prophet said:
"Fa'in shahida shaahidaani fasoomoo wafthiroo".
Astronomers must follow the astronomical
rules in defining the synodic lunar months. Because the astronomers do not
follow the astronomical rules, the Ulema are confused and they reject all
calculations.
sutanalam_74@yahoo.com
Head of the research Committee
Astronomy
Department,
Jamia-tur- Rasheed
Original Ummul Qura calendar and the
New Ummul Qura calendar
TELEGRAM DATED 11-3-2008 HIS MAJESTY
KING ABDULLAH KHADIMUL HARAMAIN
MAKKAH ALMUKARRAMAH PLEASE CONVENE
CONFERENCE ON HIJRA CALENDAR
URGENTLY TO SOLVE PROBLEM IN LUNAR
DATES. PRESENT UMMUL QURA CALENDAR
BEGINS MANY MONTHS INCLUDING
RAMADAN, SHAWWAL AND ZULHIJJAH ON
WRONG DAYS. THIS WILL CONFUSE MUSLIM
UMMAH ALL OVER THE WORLD. KINDLY
VISIT WWW.HIJRACALENDAR.COM FOR
DETAILS
ALI
MANIKFAN manikfan@gmail>com
Tel:09842947854, 04637294556
Dear Brothers in
Islam,
Assalmu alaikum WR
WB,
I am giving below the
dates of the Original Ummul Qura
calendar and the New Ummul Qura
calendar for your kind perusal.
You will notice that
the beginning of some months differ
in both the calendars and the number
of days in the months are not alike.
The months of 29 become months of
30. This is not allowed in the
Shariah. So it is very important
that the rule adopted for computing
the calendar should be according to
Quran and Sunnah. If not the Halaal
and Haraam of Allah Subhanahu wa
taala will be violated and all our
hard earned Aamal will be nullified.
Allah Subhanahu wa
taala has fixed the months of 29 and
30 on the very Day He created the
heavens and the earth. So we must
draw the calendars following the
directions of the Quran in this
matter. Quran clearly says that the
Ahillah or the Manaazil of the moon
are the dates for the people and
Hajj. 2:189
For getting the dates
of the months tally with the phases
and the Manaazil of the moon we must
use the new moon day as the last
date of the month. The Original
Ummul Qura calendar is computed on
this basis and it is correct. The
New Ummul Qura calendar which is
made basing on the sun set and moon
set difference of Makkah is wrong.
It considers the Matla’ and this is
not warranted in the Shariah. All
calendars made using other laws will
give wrong dates which have no
connection with the phases of the
moon. Therefore such methods should
be avoided.
This matter has to be
discussed involving the leading
Ulema and the astronomers and a
final decision should be taken
immediately so as to avoid
unnecessary confusion in the days of
the Muslim festivals and the Arafa
Day of 1429H
Original Ummul Qura
Calendar. Days New Ummul
Qura calendar. Days
01.01.1429=09.01.2008=Wed
30
01.01.1429=10.01.2008=Thu 29
01.02.1429=08.02.2008=Fri
29
01.02.1429=08.02.2008=Fri 29
01.03.1429=08.03.2008=Sat
30
01.03.1429=09.03.2008=Sun 29
01.04.1429=07.04.2008=Mon
29
01.04.1429=07.04.2008=Mon 29
01.05.1429=06.05.2008=Tue
29
01.05.1429=06.05.2008=Tue 30
01.06.1429=04.06.2008=Wed
30
01.06.1429=05.06.2008=Thu 29
01.07.1429=04.07.2008=Fri
29
01.07.1429=04-07-2008=Fri 29
01.08.1429=02.08.2008=Sat
29
01.08.1429=02.08.2008=Sat 30
01.09.1429=31.08.2008=Sun
30
01.09.1429=01.09.2008=Mon 30
01.10.1429=30.09.2008=Tue
29
01.10.1429=01.10.2008=Wed 29
01.11.1429=29.10.2008=Wed
30
01.11.1429=30.11.2008=Thu
30
01.12.1429=28.11.2008=Fri
30
01.12.1429=29.11.2008=Sat 30
Total
number of
days
354
Total number of
days
354
We can see that even
though the number of days in the
year 1429H is 354 in both the
calendars the number of days in the
months is not same. The original
ummul Qura calendar which is
computed scientifically based on the
Manaazil of the moon is correct
while the present ummul qura
calendar which is based on the
sighting of the Hilaal in Makkah is
not correct. We can see that four
months Muharram, Safar, Rabiul Awwal
and Rabiul Akhir have 29 days which
never happens in the true calendar
based on the Manaazil of the moon.
The months of 29 cannot repeat more
than 2 consecutively. It is high
time that we accepted Quraan and
science in computing the calendar.
Wassalam,
Ali manikfan,
3-3-1429/10-3-2008
Zul hijja begins on Monday
Dear
Brothers,
Assalamu alaikum WR WB,
Moon
was observed Monday morning
24-11-1428=3-12-2007. It is 72
degrees away from the sun. Yesterday
morning before the sun rose, the
moon was almost half and today the
appearance is like a big crescent.
This is the first crescent on the
waning phase. This foretells us that
the next Monday will be the first of
Zul Hijjah. Tuesday morning it would
have reduced and you will know that
it is not the first crescent on the
waning phase but it is the second
which means that next Tuesday will
be the second of Zul Hiujjah. The
moon is now approaching the sun at
the rate of about 11 degrees per
day.
Let us
calculate and see. Tomorrow Tuesday
morning it will be 61 degrees away,
Wednesday morning 50 degrees away,
Thursday morning 39 degrees away,
Friday morning 28 degrees away,
Saturday morning 16 degrees away and
Sunday morning 5 degrees away.
Sunday morning the old crescent will
not be visible anywhere in the world
because it will be very close to the
sun. Somewhere in the world both the
sun and the moon must rise
simultaneously. At that locality
Sunday evening the moon will set
about 24 minutes after the sun,
which confirms that the Hilaal has
appeared on the western horizon on
Sunday evening and Monday must be
the first of Zul Hijjah.
According to the Shariah since Zul
Quaida began on Saturday, Saturday
completes 29 days for Zul Qauida.
The Hilaal will not be seen any
where in the world and 30 will be
completed on Sunday as per the
Sunnah and Zul Hijjah begins on
Monday irrespective of the Hilaal.
The conjunction takes place on
Sunday 9-12-2007 at 17:40 hrs UT. So
Zul Hijjah must begin on Monday
10-12-2007.
All
calculations based on unscientific
methods are wrong and misleading.
Wassalam,
Ali
manikfan
24-11-1428/3-12-2007
Arab
News - Same Date for Two Days.
3rd Monday and 3rd Tuesday !!!
Dear Brothers,
Assalamu
alaikum WR WB,
All of you have
seen what the Arab news, a leading
news paper of Saudi Arabia has done.
They have changed the dates of Zul
Quida after the third of the month
Monday. They have given the same
third for Tuesday also. This
means that even after 14 hundred
years we have not learnt what a date
means.
The Quraan
clearly says that the phases are the
dates for the people and Hajj. We
have counted 29 phases for Shaban,
29 phases for Ramadan, 28 phases for
Shawwal. There will be 29 phases for
Zul Quaida. We have seen the first
phase on Saturday evening and
according to the growth rate of the
crescent we know that we can count
29 phases for Zulquaida. The Hilaal
will not appear on Saturday the 29
th of Zul Quaida. So 30
days will be completed according to
the Sunnah on Sunday and Zul hijja
will begin on Monday irrespective of
the Hilaal.
We have sent
the following telegram to His
Majesty King Abdullah so that a
mistake in fixing the Day of Arafa
1428H may be avoided.
Please convey
this message to all concerned.
TELEGRAM DATED
17-11-2007
HIS MAJESTY
KING ABDULLAH
KHADIMUL
HARAMAIN
MAKKAH
ALMUKARRAMAH
SAUDI
PUBLISHING WRONG LUNAR DATES CREATES
CONFUSION. AFTER SEEING HILAALS OF
SHAWWAL AND ZUL QUAIDA HIJRA
COMMITTEE BEAR WITNESS THAT ZUL
QUAIDA BEGAN SATURDAY. PLEASE
CORRECT WRONG DATES TO AVOID MISTAKE
IN ARAFA DAY. WASSALAM
ALI MANIKFAN
HIJRA COMMITTEE
manikfan@gmail.com
tel:04637294556
Wassalam,
Ali manikfan
10-11-1428/19-11-2007
TELEGRAM SENT TO KING OF SAUDI ARABIA ON 27-OCT-2007
His Majesty King Abdullah bin
AbdulAzeez
Khadimul Haramain
Makkah Al-MuKarramah
Saudi Arabia
FULL
MOON FRIDAY FIFTEENTH SHAWWAL
CONFIRMS BEGINNING SHAWWAL
FRIDAY. CALENDAR 1429 PUBLISHED
IN PRESENT UMMUL QURA WRONG.
PLEASE PRINT CORRECT CALENDAR
FOR 1429 AND SUPPLY TO ALL
COUNTRIES. SHAWWAL ENDS FRIDAY
29 DAYS. ZUL QUAIDA BEGINS
SATURDAY ENDS IN 30 DAYS SUNDAY.
ZULHIJJAH BEGINS MONDAY. ARAFA
ON TUESDAY PLEASE CORRECT WRONG
DATES WASSALAM ALI MANIKFAN
HIJRA COMMITTEE
manikfan@gmail.com
+91-4637294556, +91-984386224
Zul Quaida 1428 begins on
Saturday
Dear Brothers and sisters in
Islam, Assalamu alaikum WR WB,
Moon was observed on Saturday
morning at sun rise. It appeared
like a big crescent. It is the
first crescent on the waning
phase. So next Saturday will be
the first of the next month, Zul
Quaida. Sunday morning it will
be thinner and we will know that
it is the second, certainly not
the first on the waning phase.
This indicates that Sunday will
be the second of Zul Quaida. The
Quraan exhorts us "Litha'alamoo
adadas sineena wal hisaaba" That
you may learn the count of the
ages ant the calculations. So we
must learn how to read the
natural dates shown by the moon
phase. If we are unable to
distinguish the second and third
by seeing the Manaazil and
Ahillah we will be counted among
the cattle.
The moon was 76 degrees away
from the sun at sunrise on
Saturday. Sunday it will be 64
degrees, Monday 52 degrees,
Tuesday 40 degrees, Wednesday 28
degrees, Thursday 16 degrees
Friday 4 degrees away from the
sun. Friday morning the sun and
the moon will rise almost at the
same time. In the evening the
moon will set later than the sun
confirming that the Hilaal has
appeared on the western horizon.
So Saturday must be the first of
Zul Quaida.
Let us learn to tell the date
from the signs of nature in the
sky. Let us not depend on the
middle men who misled us during
Ramadan and Eidul fitre.
Wassalam, Ali manikfan
23-10-1428/3-11-2007
Eidul
Fitre of 1428H is on Friday the 12th
of October 2007
Dear Brothers in Islam, Assalamu alaikum WR WB,
We are now in the last quarter of Ramadan. We have observed the
full moon on the 15th of
Ramadan (Wednesday). On 22nd
Wednesday the moon was more than
half. This informed us that Hilal
will not apear on Wednesday, 29th
of Ramadan. On Thursday morning the
view was of that of half moon. On
Friday 24th of Ramadan
the view presented a perfect
crescent on the waning phase
heralding the first of Shawwal, the
day of Eidul Fitre on next Friday.
Now we can look for the last stages
of the moon to confirm when the last
crescent is visible.
Thursday morning the angular
distance between the moon and sun
was 83 degrees and Friday about 70
degrees. Saturday morning 58
degrees, about 12 derees above
Venus. Sunday morning 46 degrees,
almost level with Venus.
The Quran affirms: “Asshamsu wal qamaru bihusban”. So tomorrow
Monday the angular distance will be
34 degrees. Tuesday morning it will
be 22 degrees. Wednesday morning it
will be 12 degrees. Thursday morning
it will be 00 degrees. Friday
morning it cannot be 00 degrees!
Hilaal must have risen by Thursday
evening. If it did not happen, the
Kalam of Allah SWT will have no
meaning! May Allah protect!
If people like Dr. Muzzammil Siddiqui and Dr. Khalid shaukat want
to keep silent and observe the
fasting on Friday the Day of Eidul
Fitre defying the orders of the
Prophet SAW for fear of the people,
we are certainly doomed. May Allah
protect!
We must fear Allah SWT and understand the unmistakable Signs that
He has arranged to show mankind
their dates for performing the
Ibadah. Fasting on the Day of Eidul
Fitre is HARAAM in the Shariah and
Eidul Fitre of 1428H is no other day
than next Friday the 12th
of October 2007.
I am giving below the copy of my telegram to His Majesty King
Abdullah sent on last Friday for
your information and urgent action.
TELEGRAM TO KING OF SAUDI ARABIA
His Majesty King Abdullah bin
AbdulAzeez
Khadimul Haramain
Makkah almularramah
Saudi Arabia
Please refer my telegrams Shaban and
Ramadan. Perfect crescent viewed
today Friday heralding first of
Shawwal next Friday. Thursday
thirtieth Ramadan. Muslim
astronomers wrong and confusing.
Hijra committee of India after
seeing Ahillah of Rajab Shaban and
Ramadan bear witness by Allah that
Shaban began Monday and Ramadan
Wednesday. This Ramadan thirty days
from Wednesday to Thursday. Friday
belongs to Shawwal. Eidul Fitre on
Friday. Eid Mubarak.
Ali manikfan
Email:
manikfan@gmail.com
+91-4637294556
+ 91 - 9842 947 854
24-9-1428/5-10-2007
May Allah help Muslim Ummah to be on
the right path!
Eid Mubarak wassalam,
Ali manikfan
26-9-1428/7-10-2007
