Lunar Month Chapter – 1, Episode – 20 Single Hijri calendar, which is prepared by the Astronomical scientists according to lunar movement calculations, will have to be followed worldwide.

Single Hijri calendar, which is prepared by the Astronomical scientists according to lunar movement calculations, will have to be followed worldwide.

1. There is no difference of opinion in counting a day with earth, a lunar month with moon & a year with 12 months.
2. The Arabic year of lunar calendar will be 11 days less than the Christian year of solar calendar, and there is no two opinions about it as well.
3. Opinion differs only with the new moon & lunar month. It means, the new moon will be sighted in different times in different places of the earth and as such, lunar month will be starting on different dates. As a result, there will be 2/3 Arabic calendars existing in the world.
4. This idea is totally wrong, unjustified, unscientific, a result of ignorance and even beyond Sharia. The example of new born baby & newly married girl, as given in sl.7 of Episode-11, may clarify the matter easily.
5. New-moon will rise once in the entire world. Question of its re-appearance, a number of times, does not arise and so, there will be only one lunar month in the world.
6. As such, there cannot have any alternative than to using single Islamic calendar universally. Moreover, the world is now called a “Global Village”.
7. It takes only few seconds time to communicate globally through Radio, TV & Internet.’
8. As such, there is no need to send an Islamic satellite in the space as previously proposed by OIC.
9. We only need to gather information where the first new moon has been sighted and immediately start Ramadan & observe Eid worldwide according to the local time differences.
10. In easier way it can be said that, as per information received via internet about beginning & rotation of new moon, we can prepare a lunar calendar by calculation and the whole world can follow it.
11. The argument in favour of this is that, in this scientific age we all follow clock timings to eat food at the time of sehri, iftar, keep fasting & offer Salat. Though it is not as per Sharia, still ulama have legalized it.
12. Muazzin calls for salat by looking at his clock timings. Calculation of the time has been set by the scientists as per location of the place. Having complete faith on it, we need not see subhe sadiq, sunrise or sun set. Moreover, we do not feel necessary to see the connected Hadiths. Ulama could raise objection, if there would have been anything harmful to sharia.
13. We can surely determine universal lunar months according to the countings of day & date with the help of new moon and as per calculation of the scientists. It is now very easy to obtain past & future statistics on gradual increase/decrease of moon against any position on earth. Such statistics have already been prepared by the scientists.
14. Now there is a need to establish an universal brotherhood, co-operation, common feelings & Islamic unity among Muslim Ummah as per Sharia, by adopting the facilities offered by these inventions and by removing all indiscipline and ignorances.