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@arab_grl | 3 March 11 | |
It may be understood from the last comment of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) that the people of the Book used to follow a solar calendar, and this was stated clearly by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) in his response after he attributed this view to Ibn al-Qayyim. See al-Fath (7/323). But in fact it played no role in their religion, rather it was introduced after that by the ignorant among them. End quote. Concerning the things we learn from the verse They ask you (O Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about the new moons, Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: and we learn that the fixed periods of time for all nations are the fixed periods of time that were established by Allaah for them which are the new moons so these are global fixed periods of time, because Allaah says fixed periods of time for mankind. As for what has happened recently, namely the adoption of the European calendar, there it has no tangible basis and it makes no sense and is not prescribed in shareeah. Hence you find that one month has twenty-eight days and some have thirty days and some have thirty one, without any known reason for this discrepancy. Moreover these months have no physical sign that the people can refer to in order to work out time, unlike the lunar months which have a physical sign that is known to everyone. End quote. Tafseer al-Baqarah (2/371). |
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@arab_grl | 3 March 11 | |
Al-Qurtubi said, commenting on the verse Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth [al-Tawbah 9:36]: This verse indicates that rulings on acts of worship and other matters must be connected to the months and years that were known to the Arabs, and not those that were used by the Persians, Byzantines or Copts, and they should not be more than twelve months, because they vary in the number of days; some of them being thirty days and some of them being more or less. But the months of the Arabs never exceed thirty days, although some of them may be less; the ones that are less are not any specific months, rather that varies according to variations in the moons movement through the sky. End quote. Tafseer al-Qurtubi (8/133). |
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