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Sunday 2 February 2003
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Official Decision and
Announcement of the High Judiciary Council
of Saudi Arabia...
Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online
was informed of the official decision and announcement of
the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia that since the
moon of Dhul-Hijjah was sighted
here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be completing twenty nine (29)
days of Dhul-Qi'dah,
inshaa.-Allaah.
Subsequently, 1 Dhul-Hijjah will
be today, Sunday 2 February, and the Muslims performing Hajj
will be in 'Arafah on Monday
10 February (9 Dhul-Hijjah ), and
the Muslim Ummah
shall be celebrating 'Eed
al-Adhaa on Tuesday 11 February 2003, (10 Dhul-Hijjah 1423),
inshaa.-Allaah.
May Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) accept all our worship for His Sake only,
and may He further bless us all with forgiveness and adherence
to the Qur.aan and the authentic Sunnah
as understood by the best of generations, namely the Sahaabah,
the Taabi'oon and the Atbaa' at-Taabi'een, in
short, the pious predecessors, inshaa.-Allaah:
Zahdam ibn Mudrab narrated: I
heard 'Imraan ibn Husayn saying: The
Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) said:
((The best
people are those living in my generation, then those coming
after them, and then those coming after (the second generation).)),
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, 3/219];
'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood (radhi-yallaahu
'anhu) narrated: The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) said:
((The
people of my generation are the best, then
those who follow them, and then those who
follow the latter)), [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree,
3/820];
'Aa.ishah (radhi-yallaahu
'anhaa) narrated that: A person
asked Allaah's Apostle (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam) as to who amongst the people
were the best. He said:
((Of the
generation to which I belong, then of the
second generation (generation adjacent to
my generation), then of the third
generation (generation adjacent to the
second generation).)), [Saheeh Muslim
6159].
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