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Tuesday
11 January 2005, REVISED Saturday 15 January 2005 |
Official Decision and
Announcement of the High Judiciary Council
of Saudi Arabia...
CORRECTION:
'Eed al-Adhaa on Thursday 20 January 2005...
The
Standing on Arafat which marks the climax of Hajj will
this year fall on Wednesday, January 19 (9 Dhul-Hijjah),
and not on Thursday, January 20 as announced earlier
(below). Accordingly, Eid al-Adhaa (the feast of sacrifice)
will be celebrated on Thursday, January 20.
A
statement by the Supreme Judiciary Council carried by
the Saudi Press Agency yesterday said two men have come
forward declaring they have sighted the new moon after
sunset on Monday, January 10, and notified the judge
who recommended them to the council as trustworthy.
..........
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
not sighted here in Saudi Arabia, we shall
be completing thirty (30) days of Dhul-Qi'dah, inshaa.-Allaah.
Subsequently, 1 Dhul-Hijjah will
be tomorrow, Wednesday 12 January 2005, and
the Muslims performing Hajj
will be in 'Arafah on Thursday
20 January (9 Dhul-Hijjah ), and
the Muslim Ummah
shall be celebrating 'Eed
al-Adhaa on Friday 21 January 2005, (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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