masukuma wrote:AlphDoti wrote:The moon will be sighted around Monday or Sunday and it will look like below in a clear sky
well the moon is always there - just because one cannot see it does not mean it's not there! by the way, are all these festivals in the Quran or extracted from hadiths?
Let me answer your questions in six parts:
1. There are two authentic sources of Islam:
Quran and
Hadith.
2. Fasting is prescribed in the Quran
Holy Qur’an states at 2:183, "
O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil."
3. Festival is the Eid, means celebration. and details of how to fast is prescribed in Hadiths: what the prophet (pbuh) said, did, or approved i.e. his life style.
4. Why do we celebrate?
Celebration is a mark of achievement. Satisfied after, the 29 or 30 days of fasting in the month of Ramadhan.
Example (a): one celebrates success of examination after the results are declared and one wins
Example (b): one celebrates completion of a journey.
5. The moon is always there
If moon is invisible, we use the convenience of readymade calendars using technology. The moon phases are used to determine the numbers of lapsed days and nights in luna calender.
6. General guidelines about sighting of the moon
Hadith (Hadith No 1906, Hadith Sahih Bukhari, Book of As-Saum, Vol 3) states:
Abdullah bin Umar narrated: "
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) mentioned Ramadan and stated: Do not observe fasting unless you see the crescent moon (of Ramadan), and do not give up fasting unless you see the crescent moon (of Shawwal); but if the sky is overcast and you cannot see the moon, then act on estimation (i.e. count 30 days each for Shaban and Ramadan)."