Quote from: Wakas on May 04, 2019, 01:46:40 PM
I haven't reached any conclusions on this topic but this is a reasonable article:
http://islam-and-muslims.com/timing.html
Doesn't mean I agree with all of it.
Ayman is right: SHAHR is full moon.
One of the proofs is the fact
that in the 365-day timespan between summer solstices there are 13 "shahr"s,
such as from summer solstice 2018 to summer solstice 2019.
If shahr was the whole lunar cycle lasting 29.5 days, all 13 of them would add up to 384 days
and they would not have enough room in the 365-day long time span.
They do in God's order; that is, all 13 "shahr"s have room in the 365-day time span
because they are each a full moon.
Another point is that it is impossible to fast the whole 29.5-day long lunar cycle
because God says "Whoever of you witnesses the shahr shall fast it (2:185);
that is, you will witness the shahr first, and you will start fasting it AFTER that.
But when you witness the so-called Ramadan crescent in the evening,
the first day of Ramadan is already gone without you fasting it.
In order to cover up this fact
they claim*
that the Islamic cycle of a day begins with the setting, not the rising of the sun.
But their claim is ridiculous
because the crescent rises a few minutes after the sun and voyages in the sky towards the west
but it is not Ramadan down on the earth.
God reigns in the skies but fails on the earth?
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https://abdurrahman.org/2009/09/09/the-islamic-date-hijri-date-starts-after-maghrib/