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جمعرات 20 جنوری 2005Thursday, January 20, 2005
حج اور عید مبارک
تمام حاجیوں کو حج مبارک ہو۔ اور سب قارئین کو عید مبارک۔
مجھے نہیں معلوم کہ عید جمعرات کو کیوں ہے۔ ادھر اٹلانٹا میں مساجد سعودی عرب کی تقلید کرتی ہیں اور اس دفعہ سعودیوں نے تین دن بعد تاریخ تبدیل کی ہے۔
Haj Mubarak to the hajjis and a happy Eid to everyone.
I have no clue why the Eid in Atlanta is on Thursday while most of the rest of the US is celebrating it on Friday. I think the mosques here follow Saudi Arabia and this year the Saudis first announced the start of the new month on January 12 (Eid-ul-Azha is on the 10th of the last month of the lunar Islamic calendar) and 3 days later changed it to January 11.
Posted by Zack at January 20, 2005 10:34 AM in Islam and Other Religions , Urdu
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Posted by: Al-Muhajabah (262 comments) at January 20, 2005 4:52 PM
Eid Mubarak.
Is the Saudi change the old two-khutbas-in-one-day-kills-a-sultan thing?
Posted by: sepoy (23 comments) at January 20, 2005 8:48 PM
sepoy: That’s what the rumors always say, but I don’t think that would be the case since Eid has fallen on Fridays a number of times.
Posted by: Zack (1803 comments) at January 20, 2005 11:15 PM | PGP Sig
Eid Mubarak, Zack!
Posted by: sume (12 comments) at January 21, 2005 12:32 AM
Eid mubarak to you too.
Posted by: Moiz (62 comments) at January 21, 2005 5:17 AM
عید مبارک۔ مجھے نہیں پتہ انہوں نے کیوں بدلی لیکن ساری دنیا میں اختلاف کھڑا کر دیا ہے اس بات نے۔
Posted by: Asif (37 comments) at January 21, 2005 5:41 AM
well since i don’t live in saudi lol eid is still on friday for me ;-) Looking forward to eid dinner. :-)
Posted by: renee (127 comments) at January 21, 2005 12:33 PM
Zack: Eid wishes to your family.
In most places in India, Eid was celebrated on Friday. Also, this time I noticed increasing media interest. There was more than token coverage of the occassion on many local channels, something which I never saw in the past.
Posted by: Faraz Hussain (6 comments) at January 21, 2005 1:50 PM
Eid Mubarak!
Your blog has made many impressions on my mind…
Posted by: BridalBeer (11 comments) at January 22, 2005 12:01 AM
آصف: چاند دیکھنے پر اختلاف کوئی نئی بات نہیں۔ ہر سال یئی ہوتا ہے۔ میرا خیال ہے ہمیں سائنس کا استعمال کرنا چاہیے اس سلسلے میں۔
renee: Good one.
Faraz: Interesting. I was told by a couple fo South Indian friends that they celebrate Eid with their Muslim friends in India (in the sense that they are invited for Eid dinner etc. and invite the Muslims over for Hindu festivals.)
BridalBeer: Thanks. Your blog is very addictive.
Posted by: Zack (1803 comments) at January 22, 2005 6:25 PM
نہیں زکریا یہ اختلاف چاند پر تھا نہیں، بنایا گیا ہے۔ 2 ذی الحج تک یہی تھا کہ حج جمعرات کو ہوگا اور عید جمعہ کو۔ حتی کہ ہماری مسجد کے امام صاحب نے سعودیہ کو مدنظر رکھتے ہوئے اعلان بھی کردیا تھا پھر پتہ نہیں کیسے سعودیوں نے گزشتہ دنوں کی شہادتوں کا کہہ کر مہینہ شروع ہونے کے 3 دن بعد سب کچھ بدل دیا۔ یہاں عجیب مسئلہ کھڑا ہوگیا۔ پاکستان سے ہم 6 طلباء ہیں، ہم میں بھی اختلاف ہوگیا۔ بہت تکلیف دہ امر تھا۔
Posted by: Asif (37 comments) at January 23, 2005 1:43 PM
آصف: میں آپ سے متفق ہوں مگر مجھے خیال پڑتا ہے کہ ایسا بھی پہلی دفعہ نہیں ہوا۔
Posted by: Zack (1803 comments) at January 23, 2005 5:40 PM
The condition is sighting of new cresent, that is why sometime, when astronomically cresent has appeared but is not visible due to short time or being too fine, it is said to have been sighted the next day for the purposes of Islamic month.
Following any community or country is not religiously correct.
Posted by: Ajmal (320 comments) at February 8, 2005 1:50 AM
Dad: I think nowadays we can produce a good calendar for the next decade at least using astronomical calculations. At the very least, the statements of witnesses who claim to have seen the new moon must be checked with the astronomical data to establish whether it was possible or not.
Posted by: Zack (1803 comments) at February 10, 2005 1:50 PM | PGP Sig
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Eid is today in Seattle too, following the change in the Saudi announcement. Oh, well.
Eid mubarak!