Abdurrahman Arif <[email protected]> wrote:
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
Jazakallah, Your reply is just in time. Thank
you.
A few more questions.
1) Bida': Is it an innovation in matters of
deen and not every matter, right? Where does the Bida't Hasana stands,
when "every bida' is going astray"?
2) What is the significance of Jumatul-Wida?
3) How would reply to the question "Why
can't we use calculated moon sighting while we use "watches" for the
prayer times or for Suhur time. We don’t go out to see whether "Khaitul-Abiad
is separated from Khaitul-Aswad" instead we use watches?
Dear Arif Dua'en
1. Yes, bida’t is in the "method of
'ibadah ordered by Allah or the Messenger." There is no such thing as
bidat-e-hasna. Hazrat Umar R had not innovated anything in ibadah that the
Messenger had not done. He simply had rebuked a critic on his ignorance.
Moreover, his action was approved by Ijma’a’ of sahaba. Can one even think that
the sahabas had approved a bida’t?
2. No, there is no such thing as Jumatul-Wida.
This idea is neither available from the actions of the Messenger nor from those
of rightly guided caliphs.
3. First of all, you should understand that
Allah allows us in the Qur’an to use the sun to reckon time. Second, you use local
phase of the sun to reckon your timings. Do you want to know if the sun has set
in
Wassalam
Dr. Syed Hasanuddin Ahmad