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Islamic Calendar & Ramadhan. / shahr = lunar month ?
« on: July 15, 2022, 10:29:42 AM »
Peace,
There seems an issue with this article on shahr/timing
(I don't know this is already discussed, I searched the forum but didn't find)
From the article:
We also know from 2:189 that we should come into houses from the obvious front doors and not from the obscure backs. This hints to us that the "7ajj"/debate starts with the obvious full moon and that the unobvious crescent is what ends the "7ajj"/debate.
But 36:39 says:
And the moon we have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns like an old curved sheath.
Since it says "until it returns" (see ʿāda in 2:275 & 5:95) it implies that the moon becomes what it was in the beginning (it's initial shape, like an old curved sheath). So in 2:189 when God says we should come into houses from the doors/entrances not from the back, it hints to us to enter into the lunar cycles/months (shuhur) from the front/start/newmoon, not from other stages.
2:189
They ask you about the crescent moons. Say, “They are markers of time for mankind and for the hajj.” It is not piety that you should come to houses from their rear, but piety is he who is reverent and comes into houses by their doors/entrances. So reverence God, that you may succeed.
So crescent moons serve as timing devices for the start and end of shuhur (including the lunar months for hajj).
There seems an issue with this article on shahr/timing
(I don't know this is already discussed, I searched the forum but didn't find)
From the article:
We also know from 2:189 that we should come into houses from the obvious front doors and not from the obscure backs. This hints to us that the "7ajj"/debate starts with the obvious full moon and that the unobvious crescent is what ends the "7ajj"/debate.
But 36:39 says:
And the moon we have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns like an old curved sheath.
Since it says "until it returns" (see ʿāda in 2:275 & 5:95) it implies that the moon becomes what it was in the beginning (it's initial shape, like an old curved sheath). So in 2:189 when God says we should come into houses from the doors/entrances not from the back, it hints to us to enter into the lunar cycles/months (shuhur) from the front/start/newmoon, not from other stages.
2:189
They ask you about the crescent moons. Say, “They are markers of time for mankind and for the hajj.” It is not piety that you should come to houses from their rear, but piety is he who is reverent and comes into houses by their doors/entrances. So reverence God, that you may succeed.
So crescent moons serve as timing devices for the start and end of shuhur (including the lunar months for hajj).