I wish a Happy and Blessed Adha Eid for everyone of you despite the confusion whether the Eid starts Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (or even later). This makes me wonder why would it be so difficult to agree on a unified Eid!?
Explanation 1:
In my humble opinion, the authoritative sheikh in KSA, who also happens to be the employee of the Saudi king, is using a defective calculator to figure out the correct movements of the moon. Or maybe the calculator has a weak battery which usually leads to erroneous results, etc. But I can assure you that the fault will be solely due to the calculator.
Explanation 2:
When we were kids, we learned that the Earth has one moon and we actually believed that!!! But as the Lebanese proverb says:
حبل الكذب قصير
which means means that “the life [rope] of the lie is short”. Now, with the Adha Eid starting today for some, tomorrow for others, and after tomorrow for the rest, we cannot but wonder how can one moon give three “readings”! The earth must have three moons and from Lebanon alone, you can spot at least two of them. Otherwise how can two scholars in Lebanon conclude differently; one says that Eid starts Thursday while the other says that Eid starts Friday?
Explanation 3:
A third explanation which also makes perfect sense is that not all scholars are spotting the same moon. Some might be watching the moon of another planet for that purpose; I won't blame these people because with the size of our galaxy, things can be confusing.
Explanation 4:
They heard one of the following songs and they got all mixed up:
“نحن والقمر جيران” ([We and the moon] are neighbors) for Fairuz.
“يا قمر مشغرة” (Oh, moon of Mashghara) for Fairuz.
“على بابي واقف قمرين” (At my door, stand two moons) for Milhim Barakat.
“يا قمر سلم عليهم” (Oh moon, send them my regards) for
“تجي نقسم القمر” (Let's divide the moon!) for Walid Tawfeeq.
“قمر الزمان” (The moon of the old days) for Wadi' Mrad.
“قمرين” (Two moons) for Amr Diab.
And the singer Mostafa Qamar, whose family name means “moon”.
Explanation 5:
They spot something else – other than the moon.
Anyway, in the mean time, let's enjoy the extra long vacation. ;)
Wednesday, December 19
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انا رأيي يتم تعميم أمر هالبوست على مشايخ الارض في مشارقها ومغاربها ومن ثم يتم الاستعانة ببعض علماء الفلك غير المحليين والمحايدين لنشوف رأيهم
وبهيك حالة صار فيك تعمل حفلة موسيقية على وقع ألأغنيات القمرية وتستفيد على قولتك من ايام الاجازة
دخلك ليش ما بيعتمدو الشمس وبيريحونا؟
بدك اغاني عن الشمس؟
:)
كل عام وانت وكل الاقمار بخير
I liked it so much but you forgot
ي اما القمر ع الباب
Enjoy Eid with family & friends.
May allah bless you and give you happiness and barakah in your life and make the coming days much better than the past ones aameen:
I loved this post :)
eid mobarak!! im i too late? :)
25th is not holiday in japan but we enjoy the mood of christmas eve. arigatoo!
ur thoughts of moon are very interesting!
You tend to be so sarcastic lately Ahmad:)
In addition to the Sheiksh in Saudi whom you claim are the employees of the king, would you like to comment on the Shi'a sheikhs in Lebanon who had 2 extentions for the Eid.. Ahmadi Najjad Ring a bell? Ding Dong??
The fundamentalist and retarded view to religion is ending Islam little by litte.
@ Rat:
ولله لما يدخل الدين حتى الشمس بتبطّل واضحة!
كل عام وانت بخير.
@ A.Adam:
Hahaha, yeah I forgot this one. :)
Eid Mobarak to you and to your family and friends and loved ones. :)
@ Poshlemon:
Oh, thank you. :)
@ Niki-chan:
No you're not late. Thank you so much for your warm wishes. I hope you had a joyful Christmas eve and a new year eve as well. :)
@ Engy:
I am? :))
@ Anonymous:
What do we have here? A fanatic Sunnite with a grudge against Shiites. I am sorry that your mind didn't grasp the fact that I don't take sides. Try to read more of my posts, it is good for your brain.
As for Ahmadinejad, do you mean the blogger? AFAIK, he has a Ph.D in engineering, what do you have, other than your typos?
Congradulations for Russia's GLONASS Sat Nav system n wellcome to the new era ;)
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