"Today (Friday) is Full Moon and must be 15th Shawwaal for all in the world"

[Chief Editor, Hijri Committee of India]

(BISMILAAHI  R'RAHMAANI  R'RAHEEM)

​Dear Brothers & Sisters

Assalaamu Alaikkum wa Rahmathullaahi wa Barakaathu hu

Today (Friday) is the 15th day of Shawwaal and moon too is

showing its 15th phase where ever it is Friday.  Today's date in

Gregorian calendar is 31st July and it is the same for whoever

is in Friday, throughout the world.

But, unfortunately the Hijri date differs and for this Friday  it is

15th for the majority; 14th for some but 13th for some other Muslims !!!

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​Many Muslims do not mind such anomaly and  ​feel it as natural.  Many 

think that a date falls on two days of the week or a day of the week can have three or 

four Hijri dates !! They do not realise that even though two days of the week are 

present in the world, they do not have the same date.  They are in fact having two 

different dates.

For example: Some part of the world are on Friday with the date as 31st July while 

in the other part people will be on Thursday with date as 30th July.  No one will 

have date as 31st for Thursday nor 30th for Friday.

In short, one day of the week will have only ONE date, throughout the world.

Like wise, the majority of Muslims must agree to the truth that in Hiri Calendar too

each day of the week must have only ONE date throughout the world.

Another reason for the confusion prevailing in the Ummah regarding Hijri 

Calendar is that some keep 12:00 UT as the cut-off time for the conjunction to 

take place,in order to start the new month on the following day.

It is  mis-conception and also  astronomically incorrect to keep  12:000 UT

as the cut-off time.    A day does not end in 12 hours !!

The correct way  is to consider 00:00 UT to 23:59 UT as the duration of an Universal Day.

We request all to consider the Universal Day in which Conjunction takes place

as the last day of the month and to start the new month at Fajr, of the following

Universal Day irrespective of the time of conjunction and/or the sun set-moon set 

difference at Makkah or else where. 

This is the correct criteria to start the Hijri months on the correct day.  

You all may recollect that this very same criterion was employed by Saudi 

authorities in their Original Ummul Qurrah till 1420 H.

May Almighty Allaah keep all of us in the Right Path and may He, the Almighty

provide all of us with a place in Jannathul Firdouse.  Aameen

Wa Salaam

For HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA
IRSHAD  SAIT  N. M.  (Chief Editor) HIJRI COMMITTEE OF INDIA 7/858 B, AWH Building S. M. STREET KOZHIKODE - 673001. INDIA
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