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].
