Day of Arafat during Hajjathul Wida was on Thursday and not Friday.
Chief Editor, Hijri Committee of India
Dear Br. Khalid Shaukat
Wa Alaikkumu salaam wa Rahmathullaahi wa Barakaathu hu
Jazak Allahu Khaira for the mail asking for the hadeeths which say that during Hajjathul Wida, Day of Arafat fell on Thursday.
We are happy for your query as it shows that you are studying the subject. It is characteristic of a believer that he seeks knowledge; is always ready to discard his misconceptions and is ready to accept the truth.
In your mail you have written “after Magrib on Thursday (meaning Friday had started)”. This is wrong! Thursday Magrib is not Friday !!!
Before quoting the hadeeths which you asked for, let us make it clear that we have given many times, evidences from Quran and hadeeths proving that the 24-hour period in Islam starts at Fajr and not at Magrib. You nor anyone else have given any evidences to prove your contention that the 24-hour period in Islam starts at Magrib.
Till you provide convincing evidences from Quran and hadeeth, you have to accept the truth that the 24-hour period in Islam starts at Fajr.
So, the verse 5:3 was revealed on Thursday, 9th Zul Hijjah 10.
We are giving below the relevant hadeeths:
السنن الصغرى - كتاب مناسك الحج
ما ذكر في يوم عرفة - حديث : 4366
أخبرنا إسحق بن إبراهيم ، قال : أنبأنا عبد الله بن إدريس ، عن أبيه ، عن قيس بن مسلم ، عن طارق بن شهاب ، قال : قال يهودي لعمر : لو علينا نزلت هذه الآية لاتخذناه عيدا اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم قال عمر : " قد علمت اليوم الذي أنزلت فيه ، والليلة التي أنزلت : ليلة الجمعة ، ونحن مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعرفات " *
السنن الكبرى للنسائي - سورة المائدة
قوله تعالى : اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم - حديث :4366
أخبرنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم ، أخبرنا عبد الله بن إدريس ، عن أبيه ، عن قيس بن مسلم ، عن طارق بن شهاب ، قال : قال يهودي لعمر : لو علينا نزلت معشر اليهود هذه الآية اتخذناه عيدا اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم الآية قال عمر : " قد علمت اليوم الذي أنزلت فيه ، والليلة التي أنزلت ليلة الجمعة ونحن مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعرفات " *
سنن النسائي - (5 / 251)
3002 - أخبرنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم قال أنبأنا عبد الله بن إدريس عن أبيه عن
قيس بن مسلم عن طارق بن شهاب قال : قال يهودي لعمر لو علينا نزلت هذه الآية
لاتخذناه عيدا { اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم } قال عمر قد علمت اليوم الذي أنزلت فيه
والليلة التي أنزلت ليلة الجمعةونحن
مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم بعرفات
قال الشيخ الألباني : صحيح
سنن النسائي الكبرى - (6 / 332)
11137 - أنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم أنا عبد الله بن إدريس عن أبيه عن قيس بن مسلم
عن طارق بن شهاب قال : قال يهودي لعمر لو علينا نزلت معشر اليهود هذه الآية اتخذناه
عيدا { اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم } الآية قال عمر قد علمت اليوم الذي أنزلت فيه
والليلة التي أنزلت ليلة الجمعة ونحن
مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم بعرفات
مسند الصحابة في الكتب الستة - (26 / 131)
2أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ
إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَ
ارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ يَهُودِيٌّ لِعُمَرَ لَوْ عَلَيْنَا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ لَاتَّخَذْنَاهُ عِيدًا الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَتْ فِيهِ وَاللَّيْلَةَ الَّتِي أُنْزِلَتْ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ( س ) 3002
To prove further the fact that the Day of Arafat during Hajjathul Wida was on Thursday, we are giving below the speech rendered by the Prophet (Sallalaahu alaihi wa sallam) on Friday, 10th of Zul Hijjah 10 H. Ibn Kathir explains in his Tafsir:
“ Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Bakrah said that the Prophet said in a speech during his Hajj,
(The division of time has turned to its original form which was current when Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in succession Dhul-Qa`dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram, and (the fourth is) Rajab of (the tribe of) Mudar which comes between Jumada (Ath-Thaniyah) and Sha`ban.'' The Prophet then asked, (What is the day today') We said, "Allah and His Messenger know better. He kept quiet until we thought that he might give that day another name. He said (Isn't it the day of Nahr) We replied, "Yes.'' ……..
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As per authentic hadeeth, the day of creation was Friday and from the above it is clear that 10th Zul Hijjah (Day of Nahr) 10 H fell on a Friday.
Br. Khalid Shaukat ! So, it is now established that Day of Arafat during Hajjathul Wida was on Thursday. This also clearly establishes the fact that Zul Hijjah during Hajjathul Wida started on Wednesday following the conjunction of Zul Qaidha on Tuesday (29th Zul Qaidha).
It further establishes that the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi wa sallam) started the new month of Zul Hijjah without seeing the hilaal on that Tuesday as no hilaal will be seen on the conjunction day. In fact it was not the practice of the Prophet (Sallalaahu alaihi wa sallam) to search for the setting hilaal in order to start the new month.
Though a number of hadeeths about Hajjathul Wida were recorded, there is not even one hadeeth which says that the Prophet (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) or the Sahaba (RA) went in search of the hilaal on Tuesday (29th of Zul Qaidha).
We request you to study the evidences provided in depth and accept that to arrive at correct dates which tally with the moon phases, as directed in Quran 2:189, you must take the conjunction day as the last day of the month and start the new month on the following day at Fajr, irrespective of the time of conjunction.
We also request you to make good use of your organisation to observe the "Urj Oonil Qadeem" and report the sights so that it will be easier to find out the Conjunction day (last day).
May Almighty Allah forgive the sins, errors and faults of all of us and provide a place for all of us in Jannathul Firdouse - Aameen
Wa Salaam
S. N. Mohamed Sultan
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Dear Mohamed Sultan,assalamu alaikum,You wrote an email some time ago about giving some reference to some Hadith book that Hajjatul-wida' in Prophet's time happened on Thursday. Because the ayah, "al-yauma akmaltu lakum deenakun .........." was revealed on such occasion and it was after Maghrib on Thursday (meaning Friday had started).Can you please give me that reference (from which book did you quote)?Jazakllahu KhairanYour Haqeer BrotherKhalid ShaukatOn Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Chief Editor, Hijri Committee of India <edito...@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Br. Khalid ShaukatAssalaamu Alaikkum Wa Rahmathullaahi wa Barakaathu hu
Chief Editor, Hijri Committee of India
Dear Br. Ahmad Rushdi
Assalamu alaikum Wa Rahmathullaahi Wa Barakaathu hu
Jazhak Allahumma Khairan for your mails.
Our answers in bold italics within brackets.
From when the ummah is following the wrong method of starting the months after seeing the hilaal?
(When Islam was accepted and practiced in countries other than Arabia, the Jewish practice of seeing the Hilaal and beginning the month on the following day was in vogue. But when we examine the calculations which are 100 percent correct, we see that the Hillal cannot be seen on the day they claim to have seen Hilaal.
We can explain with examples. This Rabiul Awwal has begun on Tuesday (24 Jan) in Haramain. According to them Monday (23 Jan) was 29th of Safar. But, according to the manaazil of the moon for Safar, Monday was the 30th of Safar. We had witnessed 29 phases in Safar. If you are an observer you will know that one can see 29 phases in months of 30 and 28 phase in months of 29. You cannot go wrong. You will be aware of the carelessness in vogue in Muslim world as regards to the Islamic dates.
You can guage the heedlessness by checking the Arab News and Saudi Gazette. Though in this month, Arab News is giving correct dates, they as well as Saudi Gazette were showing wrong dates in the past. They do not understand that no one in the world can change the dates fixed by Almighty Allah on the very day HE created the heavens and the earth.
According to their wrong conception they cannot begin Rabiul Awwal after 29 th without seeing the hilaal or only after completing 30 for Safar and in that case Rabiul Awwal must begin only on Wednesday. Br. Khalid Shaukat knows that Rabiul Awwal is a month of 29 days and that if he begin R. Awwal on Wednesday he will be in trouble! )
Was
it after the period of qulafa-ur-raashidoon..?
(Yes, Certainly it must be after Khairul Quroon. There is Hadees that after
Khairul quroon there will be confusion.)
Your
site has given an explanation for 9;37 which should be considered seriously..
You have to provide clear explanation for 9;37 according to the thafseers. You
cannot produce what you think as fatwa.
(We are not issuing fatwas. We are pointing out the mistakes in
understanding the Qura'an. The scholars must come forward and point out with
authentic proof if we are wrong. Our aim is not to create confusion but to clear
the confusion, to clear the cob-web now interfering in fixing the months. As explained,
Iblees through the Jews inserted the Jewish traditions into Islam and
when generations after generations practiced the wrong traditions, the later
generations failed to distinguish the correct one. If we do not clear the
confusion at least now, it will be too late and the falsehood may even put
hindrance to the growth of True Islam.
What is your understanding of the ayath 9:37? We believe you are a scholar. We have not explained it according to our whim and fancy. The meaning given by us is from Tafsirs like Ibn Kathir and Qurthobi. The Qur'an stands correct for all time. It is not for a particular period or for the present or only for the past. It is for ever.
The Ayath is self explanatory. Qur'aan can be understood from Qur'aan. One ayath explains the other.
“Nasie” means intercalation. It is the periodic adding or lessening of days or months in the calendar for adjusting with the natural system when the artificial calendar gets out of step. Arabs had different types of intercalations in the past. When one day of Ramadan goes into Shaban because of one’s careless observation we make the Halaal of Allah into Haram. The same thing happens at the end also. This is nothing but Nasie. It is not our own interpretation.
If you read the translation without brackets the meaning will become clear when you read it many times asking Allah SWT “Rabbi zidnee ilman”.
Some believe 9:36 to mean only that in a year the number of months is 12. If Almighty Allah decreed on the very day He created that 1432 must start on a Monday and end on a Friday with 12 months in between these limits, then we cannot change the year 1432 to start on Tuesday and end on Saturday with 12 months in between. If we do so, it is nassie (ziadathun fil Kufr).
It
is better for you to preach the masses the subject as it is and not to get in
to trouble by giving your own thinking as fatwas.
( As told earlier, we are not issuing fatwas. You tell us , is it not high time that we put an end to this play with dates of the
Islamic calendar? Has Allah SWT ordered mankind to follow an impractical
calendar? Is the Islamic calendar inferior to other calendars found in the
world?)
May Almighty Allah keep all of us in the Right Path. Aameen
Wa Salaam
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