I'm not trying to offend anyone, just expressing my opinion. We all have different views on our religion, and this is mine. I'm not forcing you to believe mine and if you're offended, I'm sorry.
For us Houstonians, lately, they'res been 2 Eids instead of one. The first one is the "Mecca" Eid {which falls on Saturday} and the other is the "Local" Eid {which falls on Sunday}. Which one to believe? Well, I'm just 13 so chances of you believing me is slim to none. But in Islam, age doesn't matter. I mean, Ali (may Allah let him RIP) was 10-13 when he converted into Islam. Anyways, let me continue.
The Mecca Eid people believe we should follow Mecca's Eid schedule; the rest of us think we should do whatever happens to where we live...locally! Now, I believe in the "Local Eid." The reason is simple.
The only reason people are celebrating Mecca Eid is either because (A) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did so or (B) it is the Holy City. Well, let's clear up reason A. The only reason Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) celebrated Mecca Eid was because he LIVED there. So, to him, it was a local Eid.
Let's clear this up even more. How did the Mecca Eid-people learn that today was Eid? Right, from TV, internet, phone...in other words, TECHNOLOGY. Now, lets think back 100-200 years ago or when Islam was invented. Let's think about the Muslims that lived far from Mecca. They had no technology, so no way to know when Mecca was celebrating Eid; thus, they followed their local time to celebrate Eid.
And why change all of a sudden and start following Mecca's Eid? Allah didn't tell us to; obviously, he was happy the way we used to 100s of years ago. In fact, just 5 years back, there was only 1 Eid.
And why follow Mecca time only half way? Why only for Eid? Why, follow it all the way, then! In the morning when most people read Fajir Namaz, read Zuhor/Asar (whatever the time it is in Mecca!) Get it? Good. It really annoys me that there has to ALWAYS be disagreement between Muslims. First, it was Sunnis and Shiites, now on Eid? Hello, people! Open up your eyes.
These are just technical, common-sense reasons. Even if you read the Quran, (which comes first before anything else since it's Allah's first) all the way, you will clearly learn why I say this. DO NOT let anything else interrupt or get in the way of Quran, even the Hadise. Allah's words COME FIRST. Period.
I'm not the mostest religious person in the world, but I am religious. And if I believe in something as much as this, it has to be right. :D
I don't mind "celebrating" Eid today. But for me and my family, this is like Chan Raat (Eid Night). I'm celebrating the real Eid tomorrow. And now you know why. ;)
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dear fatima, u r intelligent mashallah, but intellect is not enough for the religion. For instance, u wouldn't talk about nucleur science, would you? Probably not.
Simple for u... u're doing eid tomorrow cuz ur dad is doing it tomorrw... and for u, until u r old enough and get some knowledge, follow ur parents.
btw, the reason ppl follow makkah for this eid has nothing to do with it being makkah... rather it is to do with the day of Arafah, which symbolizes teh whole celebration. So for many Muslims, including our family, we follow the local moonsighting for eid fitr because it corresponds to timing, not any location. While for eid adha, the location of arafah is the primary thing behind it. Also, even though there was no internet, etc... there were methods of communications like pigeons, horse-mail, etc.. and wherever the news reached that Arafah had happened, ppl made eid the following day, regardless of their local sighting...
probaly this stuff is too complicated, so as i said, follow ur parents until u get knowledge.
love ur blog
-uncle amad
it's simple,we celebrate eid the day it's the 10th of dhul hijjah,like i m an indian(not the red indians of course),Islam follows the simple law of the lunar calendar,so when it's 10th here we celebrate eid,while Makkah had done it 1 day earlier.
We fast on Arafah(the 9th day),we cannot follow makkah's dates,since theres a day difference.Therefore,ur uncle is absoulutely right and there is no need for me to elaborate.
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Aymen Mohammed
fatima baji (this is from Reem) can you pls send me on your blog here and on reemshaikh@aim.com you books blog i forgot was it somthing like books10
never mind i got it, anyways i think you should have celebrate ur Eid the 1st day, o, Abdullah and Umair and Sarah r on youtube if u wanna see it iask me, and, PUT MORE POSTS PLS
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