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O People, the deniers of Allahs power indulge in tampering with the calendar in order
to make permissible that which Allah forbade, and to forbid that which Allah has made
permissible. The time has now returned to the position as it was when Allah created
the heavens and the earth with a year of twelve months. Four of them are sacred: Dhul
Qidah, Dhul Hijjah, and Muharram; and Rajab, which lies between Jumada and
Shaaban.
Farewell Khutbah
What if you knew there has been only one calendar in the entire history of the
world that correctly represents how time should be counted in units of days,
months, and years? What if you knew that with the exception of this calendar,
every other calendar used by humanity at any time either adds or subtracts
time from the calendar (a practice called intercalation), or pays tribute to false
gods or some portion of Allahs creation?
Would you use this distinctive calendar on a regular basis, or only for
preparing for religious events and use some other calendar for day-to-day
activities? It is, indeed, an interesting situation.
As you may know, this distinctive calendar is the one that Allah has given
humanity. It is the Islamic calendar. The names given to the days of the week,
and the months of the year, do not refer in any way to the worship of false
gods or to some portion of Allahs creation. Since the beginning of each month
of this calendar is confirmed by the sighting of the new crescent, this makes
each month last 29 or 30 days. One major outcome of this fact is that there is
no fixed relationship between the months of this calendar and the seasons of
the year.
There are years when Muharram, for example, occurs in the spring, then in
following years Muharram will occur in winter, then fall, then summer, and
then back in spring. All months in the Islamic calendar travel through the seasons without staying fixed in any one season.
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