from: Chief Editor, Hijri Committee of India editorhijri@gmail.com
date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:25 AM
subject: [HCI] Open Letter to Mujaahid groups in Kerala
Dear Brothers
Assalaamu Alaikkum wa Rahmathullaahi wa Barakaathu hu
Hope by the Grace of Almighty Allah you are fine.
This mail is to inform Kerala Nadvathul Mujaahideen (KNM) - both factions, as well as Kerala Hilaal Committee that the Hijri dates published by you are not according to the Manaazil of the moon. Qur'an 2:189 demands that the dates must tally with the phases of the moon. Science considers the Day of Conjunction..
KNM & Hilaal Committee uses the difference of sun set and moon set timings of Kerala. This would not give the true lunar months. If this diferrence is 2 minutes in Calicut, it may be Minus 2 minutes in Trivandrum and Hence, you will be compelled to have Eid on two different days !!
But, on the disguise of unity, you join hands with the Sunnis (Grave Worshippers) and accept whatever date the Qaazis of the Sunni people decide. KNM boasts of opposing the Sunnis so as to stop Shirk and Bid’ahIn. But the fact is that you swallow whatever these Grave Worshippers say with regard to Hijri dates !! Why you are doing taqleed of these Grave worshipers?
Who has told you to set the boundaries of Kerala State? Does Sharia ask you to do so or are you accepting the decision of the State Administers who has set their own boundaries on the basis of language? Does Islam ask you to differentiate the people on the basis of language, region, colour?? What will happen if Kerala is again dividfed into two for administration purposes? Will the Hilaal Committe restrict their jurisdiction to only one part? So, KNM/Hilaal Committee are following their own rules which are contrary to Sharia !! Naudubillah !!
Your calendars are publishing wrong hijri dates which mislead many Muslims. They should
fear Allah and publish true Islamic dates.
Ramadan 1433H begins and ends on a Friday in 29 days. But KNM cannot
begin fasting on Friday unless Sunnis bear witness of Hilaal for them!
They should fear Almighty Allah and publish true Islamic dates.
Long back in 1993, our Chief Advisor, Br. Ali Manikfan met Prof. Ahmed kutty Saahib (May Allah give him magfirath) who prepared the calendar for KNM and Hilaal Committee and discussed with him about the unscientific way adopted by him in calculating the KNM Calendar . He told Br. Ali Manikfan that it is not his idea. But the Calendar is made according to the request of Kerala Hilaal committee to make it based on sun set and moon set difference of Kerala.
When Br. Manikfan told him that he should make it as per the astronomical calculations. Prof. Ahmed Kutty expressed his inability and asked Br. Manikfan to publish such a calendar. After this meeting Br. Manikfan initiated the work to have a Calendar according to Quran 2:189 and the first Hijri calendar with the phases of the moon was published in Janab. Ummer Moulavi's press in 1995. The first copy was released at Calicut Town Hall in 1414 (1995) by Janab Prof. Abdussamad Kaatib (Madeena University) in the presence of Janab. Ummer Moulavi. The function was presided over by Dr. Kamal Pasha and orators were Janab. Ali Manikfan, Dr. Sayeed Marackar, Janab. M. M. Akbar, Janab A. A. Wahab, Janab Abdur Raheem Koya, Janab. V. Abdul Salaam.
After that Hijri Committee of India took up the matter and are publishing it every year, Alhumdulillah !
.
The irony is that the Kerala Hilaal Committee, even today is bent upon spreading the lie that Hijri months begin after seeing the Hilaal !! They have even reported having seen the hilaal when the difference of sunset-moonset was 10 minutes, 4 minutes and even 2 minutes !!! How can anyone see a hilaal when science says that one can see the hilaal by naked eye only when this difference is a minimum of 48 minutes. Why they are telling a lie ?? Are they not afraid of Almighty Allah ?? Their lie and miscalculations deprive majority of muslims in Kerala, on many occasions, the fast of the first day of Ramdaan.
All are aware that if a day’s fast is lost in Ramdaan without valid reasons like travel, sickness etc., it cannot be compensated fully, even if one fasts for the rest of one’s life.
Last year (1432) KNM/Hilaal Committee committed the most serious error. Eidul Adha should have been on Saturday. Makkah postponed it to Sunday and KNM to Monday ! How can KNM and Hilaal Committee jutify their error??
You are requested to answer the following questions :
1) When science says that the hilaal cannot be seen when the sunset-moonset difference is less than 48 minutes, how come you have approved “sightings” of hilaal when this difference were less than 10 minutes or even 2 minutes??
2) Kerala Hilaal Committee says that on 29th day hilaal can be seen on Western horizon after sunset. But Science says that it will not be seen on the West. Tafsirs Ibn Kathir, Amaani Moulavi, Qurtubi say that the hilaal is seen only on the first day after sunset. Who is correct ???
3) Whether the hilaal which is seen on the first day after the day-light part of the day is over (ie., after sunset) is the rising one or setting one???
3 a) If the answer is "Setting moon", why are you starting the new month after seeing a setting moon?
4) In Kitaabs like Fath’hul Bari, Sharaahul Muh’dab, Sharah Fathahul Qadeer, Rahmathul Ummah and also by Shaukani it is written that if one received the news of starting the month from any corner of the world, it is binding on everyone in the world. Is this correct as per Sharia?
5) If it is correct, why KNM and Hlaal Committee not accepting the declaration of Saudi Arabia ??
6) Dr. Yusuf Qaradawi has given a Fatwa that Solar eclipse occurs only on the Day of Conjunction and that it marks the end of the month and that the new month starts on the following day. Do KNM / Hilaal Committee accept this statement?? If not, please provide evidences to prove your stand.
7) On the basis of Quran 7:54, 36:40, 74:32-33, 91: 1-4, 2:238 and also on the basis of hadeeth which says that Witr has to be the last prayer after the 5-times-prayer-in-a-day and on the basis of hadeeth that Witr to be prayed between Isha nad Fajr, it is categorically clear that the 24-hour period in Islam starts at Fajr and not at Magrib. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept these evidences from Quran and hadeeth??
8) Quran says in 36:39 that “Urj oonil Qadeem” is the last visible phase for the month. If it is seen on a Saturday, the day of Conjunction (Amaavaas) is on Sunday and the new month starts at Fajr on Monday. Is this statement correct as per Sharia?? If not, provide evidences from Quran and Hadeeth,
9) The place where Jummah is prayed for the first time in the week is lying on the West of International Date Line (IDL) and hence, the place at which the day-change takes place is at this area. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept this statement??
10) If Jummah prayer is performed around the world within 24 hours, on a Friday wherever the local time is 13:00 hrs, why should not be the Eid prayers for an Eid falling on a Friday also be performed throughout the world within 24 hours, wherever the local time is 07:30 hrs ??
11) Please provide authentic hadeeth to prove that the Prophet (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) went in search for the hilaal or asked the Sahaba (RA) to go in search of the hilaal in order to start the new month.
If you cannot produce any such authentic hadeeth, please accept that searching the hilaal in order to start the new month is a Bid’ah and stop practicing this Bid’ah.
12) Starting the new month after seeing the hilaal and two persons bearing witness of seeing the hilaal and starting the 24-hour period at Magrib are the Jewish traditions and Majority of Muslims are following these Jewish traditions. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept or deny this truth??
13) You have been accusing that Hijri Committee as following Jewish Calendar. But the dates on which you started Ramdhaan, celeberated Eidul Fitr and EIdul Adha of 1432 were exactly in accordance with the Jewish Calendar as evidenced below:
1st Ramdhaan 1432 - Monday, 1st August 2011 = 1st of Av 5771
1st of Shawwal 1432 - Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011 = 1st of Elul 5771
10th of Zul Hijjah - Monday, 7th Nov 2011 = 10 th Cheshna 5772
On the above given evidences, can you now accept that it is KNM & Hilaal Committee who were following the Jewish Calendar ??
14) When you are accepting calculations to reject the wrong sighting reports and also the accept the announcements made, months ahead, regarding the occurance of Solar and Lunar eclipses, why are you not accepting the calculation and start the new month on the following day, the conjunction takes place ?? Why are you following double standards ??
15) In Surrah 18, IDL is mentioned. Imam Shafi (RA) also has mentioned about such a place where the East and West meet, where the Zuhr changes to Jummah. Do you accept that IDL is a Sign of Almighty Allah, recognised and accepted by the International community in the recent past??
Please send your answers at the earliest.
When the stalwarts of Mujahideen movement were supportive to the calculation of Calendar, why the present leadership has mortgaged their knowledge to the Sunnis and are waiting at their (Sunni's) door-steps to confirm the Hijri dates ???
Please think over !! Please follow the correct path which the great leaders of the past treaded in fighting Shirk and Bid’ah.
Please note that the Hijri dates for the start of Ramdhaan and for celebrating Eid ul Fitr are published wrongly in your calendar.
Please correct your calendars so that the 1 st of Ramdhaan 1433 falls on Friday (20 July) and ends after 29 days of fasting. The Eidul Fitr 1433 is on Saturday (18 Aug).
As prominent Groups opposing Shirk and Bid’ah, it is your responsibility to urge the people of Kerala to follow these dates which are in accordance with the direction of Quran 2:189.
It is a pity that KNM/Hilaal Committee are barred by Sunnis from fasting on the correct dates. Sunnis ensure that KNM/Hilaal Committee are misled. Why KNM & Hilaal Committee waiting for the Sunnis/Qaazis to bear witness that the new month has started ??? KNM & Hilaal Committee still have scholars whose knowledge has not been veiled by thaqleed or blind-following of Sunnis. Alhumdulillah !!
We request such scholars to ponder over the above points with an open mind, without any pre-prejudice so that they also be Guided in the Right Path by Almighty Allah.
May Almighty Allah forgive all our sins, errors and faults and May He, the Almighty provide a place for all of us in Jannathul Firdouse. Aameen
Wa Salaam
For HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA
S. N. Mohamed Sultan
(Chief Editor)
HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA
7/858 B, AWH Building
S. M. STREET
KOZHIKODE - 673001. INDIA
date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:25 AM
subject: [HCI] Open Letter to Mujaahid groups in Kerala
Dear Brothers
Assalaamu Alaikkum wa Rahmathullaahi wa Barakaathu hu
Hope by the Grace of Almighty Allah you are fine.
This mail is to inform Kerala Nadvathul Mujaahideen (KNM) - both factions, as well as Kerala Hilaal Committee that the Hijri dates published by you are not according to the Manaazil of the moon. Qur'an 2:189 demands that the dates must tally with the phases of the moon. Science considers the Day of Conjunction..
KNM & Hilaal Committee uses the difference of sun set and moon set timings of Kerala. This would not give the true lunar months. If this diferrence is 2 minutes in Calicut, it may be Minus 2 minutes in Trivandrum and Hence, you will be compelled to have Eid on two different days !!
But, on the disguise of unity, you join hands with the Sunnis (Grave Worshippers) and accept whatever date the Qaazis of the Sunni people decide. KNM boasts of opposing the Sunnis so as to stop Shirk and Bid’ahIn. But the fact is that you swallow whatever these Grave Worshippers say with regard to Hijri dates !! Why you are doing taqleed of these Grave worshipers?
Who has told you to set the boundaries of Kerala State? Does Sharia ask you to do so or are you accepting the decision of the State Administers who has set their own boundaries on the basis of language? Does Islam ask you to differentiate the people on the basis of language, region, colour?? What will happen if Kerala is again dividfed into two for administration purposes? Will the Hilaal Committe restrict their jurisdiction to only one part? So, KNM/Hilaal Committee are following their own rules which are contrary to Sharia !! Naudubillah !!
Your calendars are publishing wrong hijri dates which mislead many Muslims. They should
fear Allah and publish true Islamic dates.
Ramadan 1433H begins and ends on a Friday in 29 days. But KNM cannot
begin fasting on Friday unless Sunnis bear witness of Hilaal for them!
They should fear Almighty Allah and publish true Islamic dates.
Long back in 1993, our Chief Advisor, Br. Ali Manikfan met Prof. Ahmed kutty Saahib (May Allah give him magfirath) who prepared the calendar for KNM and Hilaal Committee and discussed with him about the unscientific way adopted by him in calculating the KNM Calendar . He told Br. Ali Manikfan that it is not his idea. But the Calendar is made according to the request of Kerala Hilaal committee to make it based on sun set and moon set difference of Kerala.
When Br. Manikfan told him that he should make it as per the astronomical calculations. Prof. Ahmed Kutty expressed his inability and asked Br. Manikfan to publish such a calendar. After this meeting Br. Manikfan initiated the work to have a Calendar according to Quran 2:189 and the first Hijri calendar with the phases of the moon was published in Janab. Ummer Moulavi's press in 1995. The first copy was released at Calicut Town Hall in 1414 (1995) by Janab Prof. Abdussamad Kaatib (Madeena University) in the presence of Janab. Ummer Moulavi. The function was presided over by Dr. Kamal Pasha and orators were Janab. Ali Manikfan, Dr. Sayeed Marackar, Janab. M. M. Akbar, Janab A. A. Wahab, Janab Abdur Raheem Koya, Janab. V. Abdul Salaam.
After that Hijri Committee of India took up the matter and are publishing it every year, Alhumdulillah !
.
The irony is that the Kerala Hilaal Committee, even today is bent upon spreading the lie that Hijri months begin after seeing the Hilaal !! They have even reported having seen the hilaal when the difference of sunset-moonset was 10 minutes, 4 minutes and even 2 minutes !!! How can anyone see a hilaal when science says that one can see the hilaal by naked eye only when this difference is a minimum of 48 minutes. Why they are telling a lie ?? Are they not afraid of Almighty Allah ?? Their lie and miscalculations deprive majority of muslims in Kerala, on many occasions, the fast of the first day of Ramdaan.
All are aware that if a day’s fast is lost in Ramdaan without valid reasons like travel, sickness etc., it cannot be compensated fully, even if one fasts for the rest of one’s life.
Last year (1432) KNM/Hilaal Committee committed the most serious error. Eidul Adha should have been on Saturday. Makkah postponed it to Sunday and KNM to Monday ! How can KNM and Hilaal Committee jutify their error??
You are requested to answer the following questions :
1) When science says that the hilaal cannot be seen when the sunset-moonset difference is less than 48 minutes, how come you have approved “sightings” of hilaal when this difference were less than 10 minutes or even 2 minutes??
2) Kerala Hilaal Committee says that on 29th day hilaal can be seen on Western horizon after sunset. But Science says that it will not be seen on the West. Tafsirs Ibn Kathir, Amaani Moulavi, Qurtubi say that the hilaal is seen only on the first day after sunset. Who is correct ???
3) Whether the hilaal which is seen on the first day after the day-light part of the day is over (ie., after sunset) is the rising one or setting one???
3 a) If the answer is "Setting moon", why are you starting the new month after seeing a setting moon?
4) In Kitaabs like Fath’hul Bari, Sharaahul Muh’dab, Sharah Fathahul Qadeer, Rahmathul Ummah and also by Shaukani it is written that if one received the news of starting the month from any corner of the world, it is binding on everyone in the world. Is this correct as per Sharia?
5) If it is correct, why KNM and Hlaal Committee not accepting the declaration of Saudi Arabia ??
6) Dr. Yusuf Qaradawi has given a Fatwa that Solar eclipse occurs only on the Day of Conjunction and that it marks the end of the month and that the new month starts on the following day. Do KNM / Hilaal Committee accept this statement?? If not, please provide evidences to prove your stand.
7) On the basis of Quran 7:54, 36:40, 74:32-33, 91: 1-4, 2:238 and also on the basis of hadeeth which says that Witr has to be the last prayer after the 5-times-prayer-in-a-day and on the basis of hadeeth that Witr to be prayed between Isha nad Fajr, it is categorically clear that the 24-hour period in Islam starts at Fajr and not at Magrib. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept these evidences from Quran and hadeeth??
8) Quran says in 36:39 that “Urj oonil Qadeem” is the last visible phase for the month. If it is seen on a Saturday, the day of Conjunction (Amaavaas) is on Sunday and the new month starts at Fajr on Monday. Is this statement correct as per Sharia?? If not, provide evidences from Quran and Hadeeth,
9) The place where Jummah is prayed for the first time in the week is lying on the West of International Date Line (IDL) and hence, the place at which the day-change takes place is at this area. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept this statement??
10) If Jummah prayer is performed around the world within 24 hours, on a Friday wherever the local time is 13:00 hrs, why should not be the Eid prayers for an Eid falling on a Friday also be performed throughout the world within 24 hours, wherever the local time is 07:30 hrs ??
11) Please provide authentic hadeeth to prove that the Prophet (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) went in search for the hilaal or asked the Sahaba (RA) to go in search of the hilaal in order to start the new month.
If you cannot produce any such authentic hadeeth, please accept that searching the hilaal in order to start the new month is a Bid’ah and stop practicing this Bid’ah.
12) Starting the new month after seeing the hilaal and two persons bearing witness of seeing the hilaal and starting the 24-hour period at Magrib are the Jewish traditions and Majority of Muslims are following these Jewish traditions. Do KNM/Hilaal Committee accept or deny this truth??
13) You have been accusing that Hijri Committee as following Jewish Calendar. But the dates on which you started Ramdhaan, celeberated Eidul Fitr and EIdul Adha of 1432 were exactly in accordance with the Jewish Calendar as evidenced below:
1st Ramdhaan 1432 - Monday, 1st August 2011 = 1st of Av 5771
1st of Shawwal 1432 - Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011 = 1st of Elul 5771
10th of Zul Hijjah - Monday, 7th Nov 2011 = 10 th Cheshna 5772
On the above given evidences, can you now accept that it is KNM & Hilaal Committee who were following the Jewish Calendar ??
14) When you are accepting calculations to reject the wrong sighting reports and also the accept the announcements made, months ahead, regarding the occurance of Solar and Lunar eclipses, why are you not accepting the calculation and start the new month on the following day, the conjunction takes place ?? Why are you following double standards ??
15) In Surrah 18, IDL is mentioned. Imam Shafi (RA) also has mentioned about such a place where the East and West meet, where the Zuhr changes to Jummah. Do you accept that IDL is a Sign of Almighty Allah, recognised and accepted by the International community in the recent past??
Please send your answers at the earliest.
When the stalwarts of Mujahideen movement were supportive to the calculation of Calendar, why the present leadership has mortgaged their knowledge to the Sunnis and are waiting at their (Sunni's) door-steps to confirm the Hijri dates ???
Please think over !! Please follow the correct path which the great leaders of the past treaded in fighting Shirk and Bid’ah.
Please note that the Hijri dates for the start of Ramdhaan and for celebrating Eid ul Fitr are published wrongly in your calendar.
Please correct your calendars so that the 1 st of Ramdhaan 1433 falls on Friday (20 July) and ends after 29 days of fasting. The Eidul Fitr 1433 is on Saturday (18 Aug).
As prominent Groups opposing Shirk and Bid’ah, it is your responsibility to urge the people of Kerala to follow these dates which are in accordance with the direction of Quran 2:189.
It is a pity that KNM/Hilaal Committee are barred by Sunnis from fasting on the correct dates. Sunnis ensure that KNM/Hilaal Committee are misled. Why KNM & Hilaal Committee waiting for the Sunnis/Qaazis to bear witness that the new month has started ??? KNM & Hilaal Committee still have scholars whose knowledge has not been veiled by thaqleed or blind-following of Sunnis. Alhumdulillah !!
We request such scholars to ponder over the above points with an open mind, without any pre-prejudice so that they also be Guided in the Right Path by Almighty Allah.
May Almighty Allah forgive all our sins, errors and faults and May He, the Almighty provide a place for all of us in Jannathul Firdouse. Aameen
Wa Salaam
For HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA
S. N. Mohamed Sultan
(Chief Editor)
HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA
7/858 B, AWH Building
S. M. STREET
KOZHIKODE - 673001. INDIA
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