ISNA/FCNA Hijri Calendar for North America

Qur'an says moon is created for Calendar
1. Sun and moon follow Hisab:
"The sun and the moon follow courses exactly computed." (55:05)
2. Phases of the moon are the standard to be used for reckoning of time:
"They ask you about the waxing and waning phases of the crescent moons, say they are to mark fixed times for mankind and Hajj." (2:189)
3. Sun and Moon to be used for reckoning of time:
"It is He who made sun a lamp, and the moon a light and fixed the phases, so that you can count years and Hisab." (10:5)
4. Sun and Moon to be used for reckoning of time:
"And He who made the night for rest and sun and moon for reckoning of time. This is the decree of the Exalted, the All-knowing." (6:96)
5. Moon is the measure of month and year:
"The number of months in the sight of Allah is twelve (in a year) so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred; that is the straight usage.......Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to unbelief: the unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful one year and forbidden another year in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah guideth not those who reject faith." (9:36-37)
6. Ordained orbits of sun and moon and measured phases of moon:
"And the moon, we have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old, (withered, and curved-up like a sickle) date-palm. It is not permitted for sun to catch-up the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; each swims along in (its own) orbit." (36:39-40)

Hijri Calendar is Astronomy Issue
A respected religious scholar,
Javed Ghamidi says:
"Whether a calendar is solar or lunar, it is not religious matter; it comes under Ilm-ul-Falakiat (Astronomy). "To determine the beginning of a lunar month it is not necessary to see the moon with naked eye. Ulamaa' thought it was necessary to see the moon to start a month because of not understanding the context of the Hadith. The Hadith starts with the words, "the month is 29 days......." This phrase of Hadith is not mentioned in all the discussions about this. If sighting was necessary, then why it is not required to see on the 30th of the month. If for a 30 day month, science is the basis, then why science cannot be the basis for 29 days. It is Allah who has given the knowledge of science to man. To Iftaar a fast no one watches the sun; every one relies on the watch. At suhoor time, no one watches white light appearing in the sky; every one relies on watch. In the matters of astronomy the religious scholars should not interfere. If we do not reap the benefit of science then we will become a laughing stalk in the world. The witness or Shahadah for moon sighting is not a religious matter. Instead of insisting on sighting by bare eyes or relying on mistaken witness sometimes, the benefit of scientific knowledge must be used."

Konular

• The Twelve Months of the Islamic Lunar Calendar
• Hajj Requirements/Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia: Hajj/Umrah Pilgrimage
• Umrah packages by H.Mujaddedia hajj travels& tours
• Saudi Arabia to increase Hajj quotas for first time in five year
• Saudi Arabia allocates Indonesia haj quota of 221,000 per year
• Indonesia would welcome bigger haj quota
• Saudi Arabia increases India's annual Haj quota to 1.70 lakh
• Haj quota increases ruled out by Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia approves additional haj quota
• Indonesia: Saudi Arabia agrees to increase Hajj quota
• Indonesia says Saudi Arabia increased its Hajj quota
• Saudi Arabia rolls out 'biggest increase' in India's Haj quota, hikes it by 34,500
• India gets quota of 136,020 pilgrims for Haj
• SA Hajj quota re-instated as stricter accreditation process outlined
• There Are 17,000 South African Muslims Still Waiting To Attend Hajj
• Malaysia’s Haj quota is 30,200 this year
• Haj quota for pilgrims restored to 27,900 this year, says Tabung Haji
• Malaysia's haj quota restored to 30,200 pilgrims this year
• Malaysia’s haj quota for this year back to 27,800, says Jamil Khir
• Number of Hajj pilgrims from Azerbaijan to exceed quota this year
• 30,000 Bangladeshis to miss Hajj this year due to quota restriction
• Bangladesh Haj quota reduction may continue for next year
• Haj quota for Pakistan increased
• Pakistan urges Saudi govt to increase its Hajj quota
• Iraq’s hajj quota to increase by 2,200 next year
• Iran pilgrims to join this year's Hajj: Saudi Arabia
• UZBEKISTAN: Over 160 year wait to go on haj pilgrimage?
• Uzbekistan: Is Hike in Mecca Pilgrimage Quota Another Sign of Thaw?
• Uzbekistan to ask Saudi Arabia to increase Umrah quota