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NEW MOON BIRTH = NEW MONTH ? Since old history people, all over earth, knew seasons by sun movements and months by moon  movements.  It was up there for all to observe and see.   Reflect on what God says, "He is who made the sun lightning and the moon a light, and determined it by phases, so that you know the number of years and accounting" ( هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاء  وَالْقَمَرَ  نُوراً وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُواْ عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ مَا خَلَقَ اللّهُ ذَلِكَ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ يُفَصِّلُ الآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ).  Indeed,  Astronomy science since old civilizations, was progressing with calculation of the sun and moon movements, however such specialized learning was scattered in few cities, not commonly available.  In early times of Islam, given that most Arabs were illiterate -- the commonly used method of determining month cycles, was simply by sighting the moon.  You find this is the common religious practice (sunnah) since the earli

In depth of Ramadan nights ask yourself, do you feel God, yes, do you fear God, yes, do you love God (not as article of belief but as real feeling)?

3.April.1995 al-salam `alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh, Subject: Works for studying the authority of the SUNNAH and               the authenticity of the H A D I T H of Prophet Muhammad,               (may Allah bless him and his House and give them peace) Sections:      1. Notes      2. On the authority of the Sunnah      3. On the early documentation of the Hadith      4. On Hadith methodology, criticism, and literature      5. On critical 'Oriantilist' works --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NOTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- Often, there are questions raised concerning the authority of the  Sunnah and the authenticity of Hadith.  Few times those questions are  raised by sincere people, and many times by followers of hertical sects  who keep trying to raise doubts about the Sunnah and the Hadith. The only scholarly way to find the facts is to examine

27th April 1995 Notes on the Hadith and Sunnah: Obligation to verify authenticity [1] Allah Most High says in the Qur’an (surat al-a`raf 7:33):  Say: My Lord has only forbidden indecencies, the inward and the outward, and sin, and wrongful oppression, and that you associate with Allah that for which He sent down never authority, and that you say concerning Allah that which you know not.  Allah Most High says in the Qur’an (surat al-isra’ 17:36):  And follow not that whereof you have no knowledge. Surely, the hearing, the sight, the heart–all of those shall be questioned of.  Allah Most High says in the Qur’an (surat al-talaq 65:2):  Then, when they have reached their term, retain them in kindness or part from them in kindness, and call to witness two men of uprightness [2]among yourselves, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. . .  Allah Most High says in the Qur’an (surat al-hujurat 49:6): O you who believe! If an unrighteous [3] bring you tidings, verify it, lest yo