The holy month of Islam i.e. Ramadan is about to begin. But the discussion is still going on in India on which day the first fast will be observed. In fact, the moon will be sighted in the Islamic country of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, March 21. That is, if the moon is sighted there today, then tomorrow i.e. Wednesday will be the first fast. If in Saudi Arabia the first fast will be on Wednesday, then in India the first fast will be on Thursday. Because a tradition has been going on for decades that India lags behind the Gulf country Saudi Arabia in terms of Rosa. But now the question arises as to why this happens. When the moon is one, the holy month of Ramadan is one… Muslims of the whole world are one, then why do the people of Saudi Arabia and India start fasting on different days.
Why does fasting start on different days in India and Saudi Arabia?
There is a lot of confusion about this matter. But the whole game of this confusion rests on a calendar. Actually, Muslims of the whole world consider the Islamic Hijri calendar and on the basis of that they start the month of Ramadan. Indian Muslims also start their fast on the basis of this calendar. But Saudi Arabia follows a different method for counting the lunar months and this is the reason why Muslims in Saudi Arabia and India start fasting on different days for decades. Some scholars also consider the geographical reason behind this. They believe that Saudi Arabia and India are located on different latitudes, so the time of sunrise and moonrise ie moonrise is different in both the countries. Latitude of Saudi Arabia (23.8859° N, 45.0792° E) and Latitude of India (20.5937° N, 78.9629° E)
According to a report published in BBC, the day the moon is visible in Saudi Arabia, it appears in Bangladesh and India one day after that. This is the reason why the people of India start their fast one day later than those of Saudi Arabia. FR Sarkar, Vice President of Bangladesh Astronomical Society, also says that the moon is not visible all over the world at the same time due to distance. This is the reason why people start fasting only after seeing the moon with their naked eyes.
There was also an attempt to solve it at the international level.
It was the month of May and the year 2016 in the calendar… An international conference was organized in Istanbul on the initiative of Islamic country Turkey. Scholars from 50 Islamic countries around the world including Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, UAE gathered in this conference. This entire conference is still known as the International Hijri Calendar Union Congress. Islamic scholars from all these 50 countries had discussed about the Hijri calendar in this conference. In this conference, it was also decided that the differences between the Muslims of different countries around the world regarding the Hijri calendar would be ended, so that the Muslims of the whole world would follow one calendar and start Eid and fasting together. Are. However, despite the international conference, there is still a difference of opinion between the Muslims of different countries regarding Eid and fasting.
First understand what is the real meaning of Ramadan
For people who believe in Islam, Ramadan is the holiest month of the whole year. According to Prophet Mohammad of Islam, ‘When the month of Ramadan begins, the doors of hell are closed and the doors of Jannat are opened.’ In clear and simple words, this whole month is the month of doing good deeds. In this whole month, the people of the Muslim community who believe in Islam, along with fasting, recite the Quran with full faith. Tilawat means read.
When did the tradition of fasting start?
According to the opinion of those who believe in Islam and its experts, the tradition of fasting in Islam started in the second Hijri. Knowledgeable people tell that when Mohammad Sahib reached Madina after Hijrat from Mecca, i.e. after migration, people of Muslim community who believe in Islam started fasting after one year. In the second verse of Quran, Surah Al Bakra, the holy book of Islam, it is clearly said that fasting is obligatory on you in the same way… as it was obligatory on the Ummah before you.
