In Shah Allah the new moon that heralds the month of Shawwal will be born on Wednesday 8th. September 2010 at 10.30am GMT or 1.30pm Mecca time. The first of Shawwal will therefore be on Thursday 9th. September 2010, the day of Eid Ul Fitr. This is in accordance with the instruction contained in Al Quran and in accordance with the instruction of the Noble Prophet Muhammad SAW. This may not coincide with the guidelines given to the dwellers of the dessert 1430 years ago, whose method of determining the measurement was limited. This is what is stated in Sahih Al Bukhari: The book of Saum, CH9 #191: " Narrated Ibn Umar; The Prophet SAW said "We are an illiterate nation, we do not know how to measure, The months are like this and this" He indicated using his fingers 29 and 30. I hope that by now we would have evolved to being a literate nation That knows the science of measurement. We have two options, either act in accordance with the knowledge afforded us by Allah SWT, or act as if we are lacking in the relevant knowledge.
May we be rightly guided and may we be blessed with knowledge and the ability and desire to apply it.
Jazahkallah Khairan
Kamruz Hosein
The Islamic Theosophical Society
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