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    Peace sister Samia,

    Salaam Eid
    First In Arabic there is nothing called "genderless noun". Some nouns may have either gender, and they are very few and well known. Also, in Arabic there is no equivalent to "it". There are only two pronouns "literally" he and she.
    Secondly is remembrance not reminder;and it is a feminine noun. Reminder is and it is a masculine noun; as in ( ).
    Accordingly, ( /it is but ) refers to a feminine noun. Quraan is not a feminine noun, but masculine.Therefore, this (it's but) cannot refer to it.

    Before I respond to previous posts chronologically, let me add a small comment to your thoughtful reply. I think what confused Eid is that he assumed that there must be gender agreement between "zikra" and what it describes. There is no such gender agreement in Arabic. Same structure here

    Literal The man (masculine) he (masculine) a role model (feminine) for his (masculine) son.

    This is not an advice just for Eid but for everyone, we should all be careful and avoid knee-jerk kind responses against things that are unfamiliar to us and instead try to reason and learn patiently.

    Peace,

    Ayman

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      Peace theNabster,

      and thank you for the distinction between ramad and ramadh. my "arabic" has become very rusty as i rarely use it for apart from reading the Quran, my two main other languages being french and english. It is sad because as I said I was brought up among people who spoke pristine sahraoui arabic (also known as sharif arabic in north africa).
      Indeed I followed the development of your ideas since I joined free-minds since 2003.
      In fact joining free-mind was as a result of a prayer to The God from me.
      I have been very lucky though because I never felt an urge to study or get near the hadith.
      To summarise, I think in my opinion you are very close to the correct answer regarding the positioning of Ramadan,
      and the way the months fall into place when The Prophet realigned them onto a luni-solar calendar which
      they were not following, however, since they (the Arab conspirators) pushed the birth of The Prophet a few decades
      forward (2 or more), they argued the opposite and said that The Prophet actually re-instated a pure lunar calendar.

      I don't think that the prophet did anything with any calendar. All calendars are manmade. On the other hand, the god provided us with clear cosmic indicators for timing. For the hunting restriction, much like they do today (by assigning Rajab 6 months later), the rejecters alternatively postponed the hunting restriction and didn't have it as continuous. In fact, the rejecters today are even worse than the rejecters of the past. Not only they postpone part of the hunting restriction for 6 months every year (instead of every other year), they also make it float within the year. So they have essentially abrogated the hunting restriction.

      The pushing of the date of birth of the prophet was not the result of a conspiracy. It was a result of the natural law of supply and demand. When people abandoned the great reading the demand for traditions and Hadiths that supposedly went back to the prophet greatly increased. This is why many of the Hadith narrators supposedly lived well over a hundred years. They had to be given an incredibly long life by subsequent generations so that the chains of hearsay would reach the prophet. Those same supply and demand forces would also naturally result in the date of birth of the prophet and the entire history of revelation being pushed forward. We actually have physical evidence that the traditional dates are false. Traditionalists contend that the prophet was born in 570CE and his birth year coincided with the year of Abraha?s expedition into Arabia. Fortunately, we have the famous Abraha inscription commemorating his expedition into Arabia. See

      http//www.mnh.si.edu/epigraphy/e_pre-islamic/fig04_sabaean.htm

      The date on the inscription translates into 552CE. This is 18 years prior to the traditional dating. So your intuitive assessment of 2 decades is very close. In all likelihood, Umar and all the so-called Sahaba never met the prophet.

      I do believe that the lunar calendar was instated after the death of the prophet as an act of reversal into idolatry (Moon God connection), akin to the other pagan customs such as the Cube and black stone and pagan rituals in Makkah...

      I think that the institution of the lunar calendar was a result of integrating Jewish traditions with pagan traditions of moon reverence. In the Jewish calendar when to do the intercalation was decided by the Rabbinical religious authorities. The Jewish leadership was not going to give up this power and so the best compromise that ensured there was no competition on when to intercalate was for the empire to adopt a lunar calendar without intercalation. This way the Jewish authorities can keep intercalating whenever they felt like it while the Jewish and Islamic months would start and end simultaneously and only the mapping of their names would float.

      It is interesting that, as Herbman noted, the start of the new Umar calendar precisely coincides with when the first new moon crescent after the summer solstice was visible. So this pinpoints the point of initial corruption and further confirms the fact that before the corruption the summer solstice marked the start of the year.

      Makkah existed, but it certainly was not the Makkah of today, it was Petra (Petra is a roman name, it is a nabatean/arabic town, so what was its arabic name?), and it is referred to in the Quran.

      Mekkah didn?t exist. The word ?mekkah? is clearly a common noun that means ?destruction? and not the name of any town

      YUSUFALI
      4824. And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Mekkah after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

      Should be translated as

      1. And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of destruction after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

      Jerusalem contains the Ka'aba.

      The word ?al-ka?ba? is another common noun that should be translated. The term is commonly used in Arabia in expressions like ?ka?b al-wadi? (the base of the valley) so it simply means ?the base?.

      The location of the house is clearly specified in 2226 and it is not so-called Makkah or Jerusalem.

      It all fits as part of the conspiracy, so for those who are worried about Lunar Ramadan being destroyed, we have no foundation to start with, apart from the Quran that is, so what are you on about?

      The arbitrary sectarian calendar is already destroyed

      1. Even its staunchest defenders on this thread do not use it for any practical purpose in their daily lives. So it is empirically proven to be the calendar of the hypocrites.

      2. Moreover, its existence is 100% dependent on people as even they admit. If the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco and a few other so-called Islamic countries decided that now Shaaban would be called Ramadhan and the majority agrees then this is what will happen. So it is 100% dependent on humans and their arbitrary decisions. On the other hand, with or without humans the summer solstice will take place. Similarly, with or without humans the scorching full-moon after the solstice will follow a low path across the horizon and thus will appear reddish in color and hint to the coming of the hottest time of the year will take place.

      May The God make us Peace Makers and Reasonable in our endeavours and not shirk from the Truth even if we think it is painful.

      May the god have mercy on us.

      Peace,

      Ayman

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        Peace Guest,

        First I thank you for providing the tip on pasting image on this post. Thanks!

        You are most welcome.

        Let?s analyze the contradictions in this one simple sentence of Ayman.
        The full moon around summer solstice is not special...

        There is no need to waste my time or your time or the reader time on this. I would suggest that you and anyone else who has doubts to do a Google search on full-moon illusion that happens around the summer solstice and the reason why it is more reddish in color than the other full-moons.

        Ayman, it is your job to defend your theory. You shouldn?t be asking us any questions rather telling us how 2189 justifies your theory. This is bad logic.

        You are free not to question anything and blindly accept manmade falsehood. The reason for this theory is that I questioned the dumb and arbitrary traditional calendar and tried to find the answer by studying the great reading. In fact, everyone who studied this subject did so because of questioning the traditional calendar. If the traditional calendar was unquestionable then no one would bother to study this subject.

        Clearly the verse 2189 says that the moon is the timing device and NOT THE SUN. Thus, we have lunar timing for Hajj and counting years.
        I don't agree with your translation but will use it to disprove your theory.
        Commonsense would dictate that start of the moon (new moon crescent) trigger the Hajj event and ends in crescent moon. Begin Hajj with beginning moon. Can it get any simpler than that?

        Unlike some others on this thread, thank you for honestly admitting that the start of the sectarian timing for Hajj according to their calendar on 8th of Dhu Al-Hijjah (not with the new moon crescent as you say) and its end on the 13th of Dhu-Alhijjah (not with the crescent moon) is 100% false and arbitrary.

        You are beating around the bush when you go from full moon (not a crescent moon) to another stage of the moon. Full moon is not considered crescent moon thus you are violating your own definition. Your concept is equivalent to entering a house from back door because the full moon is going back to its new moon stage again. Please stop disobeying the God?s commandments.

        It is you who is beating around the bush. Your theory of starting the ?hajj? with the new moon crescent and ending it with the waning crescent results in ?hajj? lasting for 25 days. When you think of the front door do you think of something clear and apparent or of something hidden and dim? Which is the one that is hidden and dim, the front door or the back door? The full moon or the new moon?

        Here is a tip for you the moon is a closed loop system and the sun is a closed loop system. It is impossible to bring them together which you are attempting to do, foolishly. It is not like an electronic circuit in which you can couple energy from one loop to create another loop that is in synch with the other. You don?t have that flexibility here. An analogy that fit well is you have one foot on moon another feet on sun and forcing them to synch. And this is unwise and dangerous.

        Tell this to the god who designed this system. You choose to ignore it and instead follow an arbitrary and completely useless manmade timing system that you hypocritically don?t follow for any practical purposes. Thus, for any practical purpose such as the timing for when you plant crops or when you go to the beach or when you put on your heavy clothes or when the harvest takes place you follow the god?s natural timing. Willingly or unwillingly everyone will obey the god. The difference is that I do it willingly while you do it unwillingly.

        Peace,

        Ayman

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          Salam Farida,
          if you happen to take too much caffeine, you need to ease up on it, lol...
          the arabs have a big responsibility because the Quran was revealed in their mother tongue, they like it or not,
          so they will be doubly accountable, so it is not an enviable position to be in, and for those of them who are rich,
          do not think Allah has made them rich because of their origin, but to test them and give them a chance to come back
          or finish in ignominy.
          Yes the Quran did single out the Arabs, read here

          997 The pagan Arabs are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be in ignorance of the
          limits (All?h's Commandments and His Legal Laws, etc.) which All?h has revealed to His
          Messenger. And All?h is All-Knower, All-Wise.

          now are you envious of this lot?
          but the realm between Yathrib/Medinah and Petra/Jerusalem contain remnants, relics, forensic evidence that could shed
          a lot of light into what we are looking for.
          There are universities who get funding to do these things, but they do focus on what they want to find out, just check out e.g.
          http//www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/Petra/

          now please kindly stop being a drama queen, let us be impartial adults and let not our emotions overtake our spirit, and be truthful
          why are you so enraged at Ayman? is it because you perceive he put you down, or for defending the current status quo?
          I have my deep disagreements with Ayman and other people, but that does not mean that I completely close the possibility that I might be wrong somewhere.
          Here is an example, I do not understand or relate to his interpretation of Jinns, I read his explanations, and I find them fully unsatisfactory, so that is that, nothing more and nothing less.
          There is no point in allowing rampant emotions in, matter of fact this is why among other things "muslims" are in such a mighty mess, they are far too emotional, and when it comes with some areas they are entrenched in, one cannot reason with many of them.
          If I were Ayman I will lay it to rest too, he made his point, he should leave it to Allah to make the final judgment. Decisions, Prayers, Wishes, Actions, take time to bring things to fruition and we have beautiful examples in the Quran (my favourite one is Joseph, imagine spending years away from his family, then big tribulations when he reaches his twenties (maybe) then 12 years or more in jail, and then more years pass before he is finally re-united with his family and his treacherous brothers (who by the way are all prophets!).
          I think a story like this make our little fights much in perspective.
          God bless.
          and our last prayer is Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds!

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            Peace Rami,

            I don't understand a logical absurdity in this thread. That is if Aymans theory is false, the traditional theory becomes true.
            The question remains, why is Ramadan the ninth month of the count and when does your count begin? When is the beginning of the year?

            If you go back to the year 01/01/01 of the sectarian era you will see that it began right after the summer solstice.

            Peace,

            Ayman

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              Peace Vivek

              Why is it 10 days? Why not exactly one day?
              Is it because the full-moon appears so for about 10 days to our sight?
              Isn't full-moon only for a single day scientifically?
              Why is it 3-10 days but not from the 1st day of the full-moon?

              Because we are told that the abstinence is for a complete count of a few (3-10) days. The complete count of 3-10 is 10. Also, we are told in 2189 that the crescents are used as timing devices. The time from full-moon to the waning crescent is 10 days. This is the only way that a crescent can be used to time a 10 day period (also for "hajj", which we know it 10 days according to the great reading).

              Not only traditional Islam but also major religions(Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism,etc) followed lunar calendar. The solar calendar system is purely a christian concept which all of humanity follow now. Though the Quran mentions both the sun and moon as pointers to the time, considering that all other religions followed lunar calendar, why can't we conclude that Islam too in the time of Muhammad used purely a lunar calendar having nothing to do with solar cycles? I ask this question because I believe all such religions as the revealed ones like Islam and value them all at par.

              The question is not about calendars. All calendars are manmade. The god and all his creation use universal timing based on clear cosmic phenomena. Even humans who advocate a purely lunar calendar follow the god?s natural timing based on 1712 and 105 etc. whether they like it or not. If we agree that the great reading points to both the sun and the moon for timing then this is what must be, especially since this is confirmed by empirically verifiable reality.

              Got to go catch a plane will reply to others later.

              Peace,

              Ayman

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                Salam Farida,
                if you happen to take too much caffeine, you need to ease up on it, lol...

                Salaam,

                That's what I said earlier, the orginal members always come up to derail the subject lol...

                the arabs have a big responsibility because the Quran was revealed in their mother tongue, they like it or not,
                so they will be doubly accountable, so it is not an enviable position to be in, and for those of them who are rich,
                do not think Allah has made them rich because of their origin, but to test them and give them a chance to come back
                or finish in ignominy

                We all have a responsiblity and you may think they are RICH but, to me they are the poorest of the poor.

                Yes the Quran did single out the Arabs, read here

                997 The pagan Arabs are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be in ignorance of the
                limits (All?h's Commandments and His Legal Laws, etc.) which All?h has revealed to His
                Messenger. And All?h is All-Knower, All-Wise.

                We have quite a few of them on this thread who do nothing but boast about being Arab.

                now are you envious of this lot?
                but the realm between Yathrib/Medinah and Petra/Jerusalem contain remnants, relics, forensic evidence that could shed
                a lot of light into what we are looking for.
                There are universities who get funding to do these things, but they do focus on what they want to find out, just check out e.g.
                http//www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/Petra/

                now please kindly stop being a drama queen, let us be impartial adults and let not our emotions overtake our spirit, and be truthful
                why are you so enraged at Ayman? is it because you perceive he put you down, or for defending the current status quo?
                I have my deep disagreements with Ayman and other people, but that does not mean that I completely close the possibility that I might be wrong somewhere.
                Here is an example, I do not understand or relate to his interpretation of Jinns, I read his explanations, and I find them fully unsatisfactory, so that is that, nothing more and nothing less.
                There is no point in allowing rampant emotions in, matter of fact this is why among other things "muslims" are in such a mighty mess, they are far too emotional, and when it comes with some areas they are entrenched in, one cannot reason with many of them.
                If I were Ayman I will lay it to rest too, he made his point, he should leave it to Allah to make the final judgment. Decisions, Prayers, Wishes, Actions, take time to bring things to fruition and we have beautiful examples in the Quran (my favourite one is Joseph, imagine spending years away from his family, then big tribulations when he reaches his twenties (maybe) then 12 years or more in jail, and then more years pass before he is finally re-united with his family and his treacherous brothers (who by the way are all prophets!).
                I think a story like this make our little fights much in perspective.

                offtopic ignore
                God bless.

                and our last prayer is Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds!

                handshake

                peace

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                  Salaam Samia,

                  No Samia there is a lot of new stuff on this thread. Ayman?s Mantra having put people like you off is another matter. But the thread is turning into a black hole and, as a result, all the hard work by the other contributors is being swallowed up. It has now come to a stage where I have to give page link as a reference for my posts to draw attention to our hard work.

                  Salaam farida
                  As I explained, I was following the thread closely,aka reading, albeit not participating.What new opinions were there? I was not talking about new posts nor new posters. And I was definitely not put off by Ayman's posts.

                  Salaam Samia,
                  .I feel so honoured that you like my rendition, however, if only you had paid attention to the top part of my post, you would have noticed that it cited 936 ?The count of the months with God is twelve months in God's record.?
                  I?m surprised that this part of my post did not interest you, despite the fact that this is the core of our belief, when it comes to count in the eyes of God as you rightly said that God does not care what "our year. Therefore no adding or skipping just count 12 *shahr/moon/month,.
                  *Month Etymology -Reply #1213 on August 27, 2009, 042925 PM page 81 I am sure this too was unnoticed by you

                  The pleasure is mine )
                  However, it seems you did not understand my post. I liked your rendition on "sana" and "3aam" as defined by natural events (harvest and flood) not name nor number of days. Same for day (sun/sunrise-sunset - darkness), again no name or number of hours.Then suddenly a month with a name and anumber of days? Only one month? Why didn't we have the name of the month of hajj.

                  Etymology was of course noticed by me and I think you mentioned it in more than a post.
                  Even the etymology of month starts with the noun "moon" not crescent.The "th" serves as "relative to/ related to" as in "sixth" for example. It did not start with "crescent", so, as in Arabic, it has nothing to do with crescent nor with number of days.

                  No offence Samia but, unlike you, I have little interest these hadiths, however if you like to get your hand on a hadith driven dossier, introduced to us by a very interesting character, quickduck, who was trying to convince us (failing miserably) that , the order of months, as per his understanding, has never been always the same. Get your hands on this find on page 84 quickduck?s Reply #1246 on August 28, 2009, 075503 PM I am sure you would love this findings.
                  As always it?s great to hear from you.

                  Now it's my turn! You definitely haven't read my post following the one you are quoting almost immediately

                  Of course you find in "Islamic" literature the story and its opposite. So here is another story about the Islamic calender
                  It's said that the Islamic calender was set much earlier, from the first year the prophet immigrated, and so it was logical that he started it with "rabee3 -ul-awal first grazing", but Omar changed it to make it start with "mu7arram the restricted month".
                  In my opinion
                  Both stories are baseless, and they are just there to give credit to the whole fiasco of a lunar "Islamic" year. Otherwise, if the firs khalif could change the beginning of a calender, thus moving the time of fasting, how much manipulation took place in this calender?
                  And should we trust it, or trust God and search in His book?

                  But anyway, I am glad we agree on rejecting hadith and unverified stories. However, my question is How can you prove that a month called Ramadan is what God is talking about? Where did you get it when it was never mentioned in any of the previous scriptures, nor had any other "month" been mentioned before,nor do we have any more information abou its position in the year,its number of days...?
                  Why would a people call a month (scorching) when it's as scorching as well as cold as any other month?

                  I just hope that you honestly try to give it a little thought Why are we in a mess every year because no one is able to see the "crescent"? Also think of the night the quraan was descended.The time we are supposed to fast was mainly chosen for this event why start fasting a couple or triple of weeks earlier,and then just guess, if we even think about it, which night is that one better than a thousand moons? Traditioalists do not know it nor care about it tenth as much as they care about the "month of Ramadan". And most of all, why would God link the hajj with crescents and not fasting, yet traditionalists, and unfortunately you, link fasting to crescents and not hajj? You are a lawyer and I expect from a lawyer to start from uncertainty, and work their way forward, not the other way round.

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                    Salaam Samia,

                    Salaam Eid
                    First In Arabic there is nothing called "genderless noun". Some nouns may have either gender, and they are very few and well known. Also, in Arabic there is no equivalent to "it". There are only two pronouns "literally" he and she.

                    Secondly is remembrance not reminder;and it is a feminine noun. Reminder is and it is a masculine noun; as in ( ).
                    Accordingly, ( /it is but ) refers to a feminine noun. Quraan is not a feminine noun, but masculine.Therefore, this (it's but) cannot refer to it.

                    Then apply it consistently for every word that refers to Qur'an, are these all masculine?

                    1. Kitab Scripture 432/442
                    2. Qur?an 5677
                    3. Kalam Word 96
                    4. Nur Light 4174
                    5. Huda Guidance 1057/3132
                    6. Rahma Mercy 1057/1058
                    7. Furqan The Criterion (of right and wrong) 251
                    8. Shifa? Healing 1782
                    9. Maw?iza Exhortation 1057
                    10. Dhikr Reminder 2150
                    11. Karim Noble 5677
                    12. ?Ali Sublime 4341
                    13. Hikma Wisdom 545
                    14. Hakim Wise 102
                    15. Muhaiman Watcher (i.e., over the previous Scriptures) 548
                    16. Mubarak Blessed 3830
                    17. Habl Cable (i.e., Allah?s) 3103
                    18. as-Sirat al-Mustaqim Straight Path 6153
                    19. al-Qiyyam Straight 182
                    20. Fasl Conclusive 8613
                    21. Naba? Azim The Awful Tidings 782
                    22. Ahsan al-Hadith The Fairest of Statements 3923
                    23. Tanzil Revelation 26192
                    24. Ruh Spirit 4252
                    25. Wahy Inspiration 2145
                    26. al-Mathani The Oft-Repeated (verses) 1587
                    27. ?Arabi Arabic 3928
                    28. Qawl Word 2851
                    29. Basa?ir Clear Indications 4520
                    30. Bayan Declaration 3138
                    31. ?Ilm Knowledge 1337
                    32. Haqq True 362
                    33. al-Hadi Guide 179
                    34. ?Ajab Marvelous 721
                    35. Tadhkira Admonishment 7454
                    36. al-?Urwa al-Wuthqa The Firm Hand-Hold 3122
                    37. Mutashabih Consistent 3923
                    38. Sidq The Truth 3933
                    39. ?Adl Justice 6115
                    40. Iman Faith 3192
                    41. Amr Commandment 655
                    42. Bushra Good Tidings 272
                    43. Majid Glorious 8521
                    44. Zabur Scripture 21105
                    45. Mubin That which maketh plain 121
                    46. Bashir Good Tidings 414
                    47. Nadhir Warning 414
                    48. ?Aziz Unassailable 4141
                    49. Balagh Clear Message 1452
                    50. Qassas Narratives 123
                    51. Suhuf Leaves 8013
                    52. Mukarrama Honored 8013
                    53. Marfu?a Exalted 8014
                    54. Mutahhara Purified 8014
                    55. Qawl Word

                    Peace Ayman,

                    Before I respond to previous posts chronologically, let me add a small comment to your thoughtful reply. I think what confused Eid is that he assumed that there must be gender agreement between "zikra" and what it describes. There is no such gender agreement in Arabic. Same structure here

                    Literal The man (masculine) he (masculine) a role model (feminine) for his (masculine) son.

                    This is not an advice just for Eid but for everyone, we should all be careful and avoid knee-jerk kind responses against things that are unfamiliar to us and instead try to reason and learn patiently.

                    The point to this pointless exercise is you avoiding to answer how to fast a full-moon.

                    2183 Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu
                    O you those who believe, it is dictated on you the fasting.

                    2184 waAAala allatheena yuteeqoonahu
                    ?and on those who endure it -- obviously refers back to the fasting.

                    2185 faman shahida minkumu alshshahra falyasumhu
                    ?so who witnessed from you the month, so he should fast it?

                    While you have it as?
                    ?.so who witnessed from you the full moon, so he should abstain, the abstinence.

                    So yeah a double negative, if your vision is good, you are outdoors in clear weather lucky to see the full moon then avoid the fasting.

                    Likewise apply what was asked in the prior post...

                    583-4
                    And those who declare their wives as forbidden for them as their mothers
                    so freeing a neck from before that they touch each other
                    And he who finds not must do the abstinence two successive full-moons before they both touch each other
                    And he who is unable to do so should feed sixty poor

                    The abstinence two successive full-moons means wait until next 98%, 99%, 100% full moon then fast to next non-identifiable 98%, 99%, 100% full moon which is about a month +/- a few days for error.

                    Therefore, the abstinence of one full-moon is ZERO days!

                    1. Does he commence fasting? YES!
                    2. Can he sleep with his wife until the next full moon? NO!
                    3. Does feeding 60 poor equate to two months fasting? YES!
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                      Peace Ayman,

                      In all likelihood, Umar and all the so-called Sahaba never met the prophet.

                      False! Read history, PERF 558, and inscription in 24 AH

                      http//dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/18/islamic-inscription.html

                      It is interesting that, as Herbman noted, the start of the new Umar calendar precisely coincides with when the first new moon crescent after the summer solstice was visible. So this pinpoints the point of initial corruption and further confirms the fact that before the corruption the summer solstice marked the start of the year.

                      This has ZERO to with it; summer solstice happened in the 12th month Dhu al-Hijjah in that year which was the year of the migration and the 1st month Muharram happened on July 16 that year.

                      It has already been shown you that if you roll back PERF 558 only 10 years after the prophet (pbuh) left using new moon data the precise date of the start of new era which aligns perfectly with historical dates.

                      They knew the months (well known) and could have chosen the 1st month in any year to start the era; e.g. if they picked the year of PERF 558 then our friend would have written year 1 AH instead of year 22 which shows they used a lunar calendar at the time and obliterates the hot moon...

                      New Moon Date (start new month 2 days later)
                      1/17/622 7. Rajab
                      16-Feb 8. Sha'aban
                      18-Mar 9. Ramadan
                      16-Apr 10. Shawwal
                      16-May 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      14-Jun 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      14-Jul 1. Muharram begins 7/16
                      12-Aug 2. Safar Sept 9 (26 Safar AH 1) Hijra
                      11-Sep 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      10-Oct 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      8-Nov 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      8-Dec 6. Jumada al-thani
                      1/6/623 7. Rajab
                      5-Feb 8. Sha'aban
                      7-Mar 9. Ramadan
                      5-Apr 10. Shawwal
                      5-May 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      4-Jun 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      3-Jul 1. Muharram 2 AH
                      2-Aug 2. Safar
                      31-Aug 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      30-Sep 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      29-Oct 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      28-Nov 6. Jumada al-thani
                      27-Dec 7. Rajab
                      1/25/624 8. Sha'aban
                      24-Feb 9. Ramadan March 17, 624 (17 Ramadan 2 AH) Badr Battle
                      24-Mar 10. Shawwal
                      23-Apr 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      23-May 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      21-Jun 1. Muharram 3 AH
                      21-Jul 2. Safar
                      20-Aug 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      18-Sep 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      18-Oct 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      16-Nov 6. Jumada al-thani
                      16-Dec 7. Rajab
                      1/14/625 8. Sha'aban
                      13-Feb 9. Ramadan
                      14-Mar 10. Shawwal March 19, 625 (3 Shawwal 3 AH) Battle of Uhud
                      12-Apr 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      12-May 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      10-Jun 1. Muharram 4 AH
                      10-Jul 2. Safar
                      9-Aug 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      7-Sep 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      7-Oct 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      6-Nov 6. Jumada al-thani
                      5-Dec 7. Rajab
                      1/4/626 8. Sha'aban
                      2-Feb 9. Ramadan
                      4-Mar 10. Shawwal
                      2-Apr 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      1-May 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      31-May 1. Muharram 5 AH
                      29-Jun 2. Safar
                      29-Jul 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      27-Aug 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      26-Sep 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      26-Oct 6. Jumada al-thani
                      25-Nov 7. Rajab
                      24-Dec 8. Sha'aban
                      1/23/627 9. Ramadan
                      21-Feb 10. Shawwal
                      23-Mar 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      21-Apr 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      20-May 1. Muharram 6 AH
                      19-Jun 2. Safar
                      18-Jul 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      16-Aug 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      15-Sep 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      15-Oct 6. Jumada al-thani
                      14-Nov 7. Rajab
                      13-Dec 8. Sha'aban
                      1/12/628 9. Ramadan
                      11-Feb 10. Shawwal
                      11-Mar 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      10-Apr 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      9-May 1. Muharram 7 AH
                      7-Jun 2. Safar
                      7-Jul 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      5-Aug 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      3-Sep 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      3-Oct 6. Jumada al-thani
                      2-Nov 7. Rajab
                      1-Dec 8. Sha'aban
                      31-Dec 9. Ramadan
                      1/30/629 10. Shawwal
                      1-Mar 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      30-Mar 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      29-Apr 1. Muharram 8 AH
                      28-May 2. Safar
                      26-Jun 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      26-Jul 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      24-Aug 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      22-Sep 6. Jumada al-thani
                      22-Oct 7. Rajab
                      20-Nov 8. Sha'aban
                      20-Dec 9. Ramadan
                      1/19/630 10. Shawwal
                      18-Feb 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      19-Mar 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      18-Apr 1. Muharram 9 AH
                      17-May 2. Safar
                      16-Jun 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      15-Jul 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      14-Aug 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      12-Sep 6. Jumada al-thani
                      11-Oct 7. Rajab
                      10-Nov 8. Sha'aban
                      9-Dec 9. Ramadan
                      1/8/631 10. Shawwal
                      7-Feb 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      8-Mar 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      7-Apr 1. Muharram 10 AH
                      7-May 2. Safar
                      5-Jun 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      5-Jul 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      3-Aug 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      2-Sep 6. Jumada al-thani
                      1-Oct 7. Rajab
                      30-Oct 8. Sha'aban
                      29-Nov 9. Ramadan
                      28-Dec 10. Shawwal
                      1/27/632 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      25-Feb 12. Dhu al-Hijjah Prophet's final sermon 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, 10 AH
                      26-Mar 1. Muharram 11 AH
                      25-Apr 2. Safar
                      24-May 3. Rabi' al-awwal 8 June (12 of Rabi? al-Awwal, 11 AH) prophet left (pbuh)
                      23-Jun 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      23-Jul 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      21-Aug 6. Jumada al-thani
                      20-Sep 7. Rajab
                      19-Oct 8. Sha'aban
                      17-Nov 9. Ramadan
                      17-Dec 10. Shawwal
                      1/15/633 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      14-Feb 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      15-Mar 1. Muharram 12 AH
                      14-Apr 2. Safar
                      13-May 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      12-Jun 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      12-Jul 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      10-Aug 6. Jumada al-thani
                      9-Sep 7. Rajab
                      9-Oct 8. Sha'aban
                      7-Nov 9. Ramadan
                      7-Dec 10. Shawwal
                      1/5/634 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      4-Feb 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      5-Mar 1. Muharram 13 AH
                      3-Apr 2. Safar
                      3-May 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      1-Jun 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      1-Jul 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      30-Jul 6. Jumada al-thani
                      29-Aug 7. Rajab
                      28-Sep 8. Sha'aban
                      27-Oct 9. Ramadan
                      26-Nov 10. Shawwal
                      26-Dec 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      1/24/635 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      23-Feb 1. Muharram 14 AH
                      24-Mar 2. Safar
                      22-Apr 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      22-May 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      20-Jun 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      19-Jul 6. Jumada al-thani
                      18-Aug 7. Rajab
                      17-Sep 8. Sha'aban
                      17-Oct 9. Ramadan
                      15-Nov 10. Shawwal
                      15-Dec 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      1/14/636 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      12-Feb 1. Muharram 15 AH
                      13-Mar 2. Safar
                      11-Apr 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      10-May 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      9-Jun 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      8-Jul 6. Jumada al-thani
                      6-Aug 7. Rajab
                      5-Sep 8. Sha'aban
                      5-Oct 9. Ramadan
                      3-Nov 10. Shawwal
                      3-Dec 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      1/2/637 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      1-Feb 1. Muharram 16 AH
                      2-Mar 2. Safar
                      1-Apr 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      30-Apr 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      29-May 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      28-Jun 6. Jumada al-thani
                      27-Jul 7. Rajab
                      25-Aug 8. Sha'aban
                      24-Sep 9. Ramadan
                      23-Oct 10. Shawwal
                      22-Nov 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      22-Dec 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      1/21/638 1. Muharram 17 AH
                      19-Feb 2. Safar
                      21-Mar 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      20-Apr 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      19-May 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      17-Jun 6. Jumada al-thani
                      17-Jul 7. Rajab
                      15-Aug 8. Sha'aban
                      13-Sep 9. Ramadan
                      13-Oct 10. Shawwal
                      11-Nov 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      11-Dec 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      1/10/639 1. Muharram 18 AH
                      8-Feb 2. Safar
                      10-Mar 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      9-Apr 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      8-May 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      7-Jun 6. Jumada al-thani
                      6-Jul 7. Rajab
                      5-Aug 8. Sha'aban
                      3-Sep 9. Ramadan
                      2-Oct 10. Shawwal
                      1-Nov 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      30-Nov 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      30-Dec 1. Muharram 19 AH
                      1/28/640 2. Safar
                      27-Feb 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      28-Mar 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      27-Apr 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      26-May 6. Jumada al-thani
                      25-Jun 7. Rajab
                      24-Jul 8. Sha'aban
                      23-Aug 9. Ramadan
                      21-Sep 10. Shawwal
                      20-Oct 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      19-Nov 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      18-Dec 1. Muharram 20 AH
                      1/17/641 2. Safar
                      15-Feb 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      17-Mar 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      16-Apr 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      15-May 6. Jumada al-thani
                      14-Jun 7. Rajab
                      13-Jul 8. Sha'aban
                      12-Aug 9. Ramadan
                      11-Sep 10. Shawwal
                      10-Oct 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      8-Nov 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      8-Dec 1. Muharram 21 AH
                      1/6/642 2. Safar
                      5-Feb 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      6-Mar 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      5-Apr 5. Jumada al-awwal
                      4-May 6. Jumada al-thani
                      3-Jun 7. Rajab
                      3-Jul 8. Sha'aban
                      1-Aug 9. Ramadan
                      31-Aug 10. Shawwal
                      29-Sep 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      29-Oct 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      28-Nov 1. Muharram 22 AH
                      27-Dec 2. Safar
                      1/25/643 3. Rabi' al-awwal
                      24-Feb 4. Rabi' al-thani
                      25-Mar 5. Jumada al-awwal PERF 558 last day of Jumada al-awwal 4/25
                      24-Apr 6. Jumada al-thani begins 4/26
                      23-May 7. Rajab
                      22-Jun 8. Sha'aban
                      21-Jul 9. Ramadan
                      20-Aug 10. Shawwal
                      19-Sep 11. Dhu al-Qi'dah
                      18-Oct 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
                      17-Nov 1. Muharram
                      17-Dec 2. Safar

                      The above data cannot be denied and no need to lie about receiving sheep at the end of the month.

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                        Salaam Samia,

                        Then apply it consistently for every word that refers to Qur'an, are these all masculine?

                        Salaam Eid

                        You have a funny logic!
                        Words "attributed to quraan" are not the word "quraan" which you mentioned in your post and which I am talking about. Words referring to the quraan are attributes and have their own masculine and feminine description. They do not affect the gender of the word they are describing.
                        The example brought by Ayman best explains this.

                        And you cannot be critical to my post and to Ayman's at the same time if you know what you are talking bout (or maybe that was why Ayman gave an example of a "feminine" attribute to a "masculine" word . Just as saying . In both sentences, quraan (m.s) and man (m.s) are the subject and the attributes (f.s.) are attributes to the subject. Any verb conjugation, pronoun, demonstrative pronoun...etc will follow the (m.s) subject not the feminine (f.s) attribute. In other words, you will still have to treat the phrase as a masculine singular (m.s) and use the masculine singular pronoun in these two cases.

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                          In response to the dudes who say that the Torah calendar is a lunar one.

                          Well, yes it partly is.

                          But the FIRST month is marked by the abib barley in Israel. A system a BIT similar to Ayman's theory where there is a marker to begin the count to keep things in sync.

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                            But the FIRST month is marked by the abib barley in Israel. A system a BIT similar to Ayman's theory where there is a marker to begin the count to keep things in sync.

                            Exactly! By adding of 13th month to keep things in sync.

                            Many thanks and regards

                            peace

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                              Hey but those "plagued people" think o' us as infidels and apostates...threatening us with death... brickwall

                              Salaam young man

                              The following examples will show that Hitler at the time of the Goebbels article (published on 16 November 1941) was voicing very similar views concerning the Jews to those expressed by Goebbels(the minister of propaganda)

                              At his table talk on 21 October 1941, Hitler exclaimed about the Jews 'If we exterminate this plague, we will accomplish for humankind a deed the importance of which our men out there can still have no idea. http//www.holocaustdenialontrial.org/en/trial/defense/evans/430diiiC

                              Yes! because the country is plagued with 180 million (minus a few) sunni sectarians,... siki on August 25, 2009, 070605 AM page 80 http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9188.msg218114#msg218114

                              Let me tell you son I am from Pakistan too and it makes my blood boil when I see the majority there engaged in pagan rituals at all levels from dancing at the tombs of saints to Mullahs chanting like donkeys in the Mosque. Yet I would never use such a term (plague) for them all. I say to myself; God this is your creation and despite all the guidance sent to them they still chose the path of those who went astray. Allahu Aalum WHY?

                              Now do you want to understand what is meant by "the Roman Salute" then please don?t ask your father; he would be hurt; just google; Adolf Hitler, fascist or Nazi.

                              May the god have mercy on us.

                              peace

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                                Exactly! By adding of 13th month to keep things in sync.

                                Many thanks and regards

                                peace

                                You mixed the traditional Babylonian Jewish calendar with the Torah calendar. The idea of adding an intercalary months and the metonic cycle is Babylonian. The Torah based calendar calls the first crescent after the Abib in Israel the first month. So its auto-adjusting.

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                                  Salaam young man

                                  The following examples will show that Hitler at the time of the Goebbels article (published on 16 November 1941) was voicing very similar views concerning the Jews to those expressed by Goebbels(the minister of propaganda)

                                  At his table talk on 21 October 1941, Hitler exclaimed about the Jews 'If we exterminate this plague, we will accomplish for humankind a deed the importance of which our men out there can still have no idea. http//www.holocaustdenialontrial.org/en/trial/defense/evans/430diiiC

                                  Yes! because the country is plagued with 180 million (minus a few) sunni sectarians,... siki on August 25, 2009, 070605 AM page 80 http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9188.msg218114#msg218114

                                  Let me tell you son I am from Pakistan too and it makes my blood boil when I see the majority there engaged in pagan rituals at all levels from dancing at the tombs of saints to Mullahs chanting like donkeys in the Mosque. Yet I would never use such a term (plague) for them all. I say to myself; God this is your creation and despite all the guidance sent to them they still chose the path of those who went astray. Allahu Aalum WHY?

                                  Now do you want to understand what is meant by "the Roman Salute" then please dont ask your father; he would be hurt; just google; Adolf Hitler, fascist or Nazi.

                                  May the god have mercy on us.

                                  peace

                                  Have you ever wondered why Hitler started to hate the Jews though he had many Jewish friends?

                                  What did the Jews do?

                                  Do you know the difference between the American Jew and the German Jew?

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                                    Peace Samia

                                    Salaam Eid

                                    You have a funny logic!
                                    Words "attributed to quraan" are not the word "quraan" which you mentioned in your post and which I am talking about. Words referring to the quraan are attributes and have their own masculine and feminine description. They do not affect the gender of the word they are describing.
                                    The example brought by Ayman best explains this.

                                    And you cannot be critical to my post and to Ayman's at the same time if you know what you are talking bout (or maybe that was why ) Ayman gave an example of a "feminine" attribute to a "masculine" word . Just as saying . In both sentences, quraan (m.s) and man (m.s) are the subject and the attributes (f.s.) are attributes to the subject. Any verb conjugation, pronoun, demonstrative pronoun...etc will follow the (m.s) subject not the feminine (f.s) attribute. In other words, you will still have to treat the phrase as a masculine singular (m.s) and use the masculine singular pronoun in these two cases.

                                    I am afraid we are pooring water in the sand, and whatever we say or whatever we try to explain to him , i bet he (Nun, Holiday, Pseudo, Eid, Rex...) still cannot understand. It's like that, you cannot do anything...it's a hopeless case .

                                    @ Farida i never said that i am an arab, neither that i was proud of being arab. (i hate most of them, by the way)

                                    the fact that you speak english very well does'nt imply that you are (proud of being ) an english woman.

                                    But your arrogance has hit again, and you are turning yourself into ridiculous, trying to hunt any inconsistency in my posts. So please grow up...

                                    Well, i'll say it again I am PROUD of being an ARABIC, FRENCH, SPANICH, and "not bad" ENGLISH Speaker...but arabic and french are my best ..... )

                                    And because we are discussing a quranic understanding and quoting from the quran, and since the quran was originally revealed in arabic ( correct me if i am mistaking) ; so it make me very very very angry when someone quotes the quran with pathetic understanding due to the lack of arabic knowledge, and also the lack of the will to learn arabic.

                                    So that's why i am proud (not of being arab but ) of being a good arabic speaker...

                                    Salaaaaaam

                                    Salaam

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                                      Have you ever wondered why Hitler started to hate the Jews though he had many Jewish friends?

                                      What did the Jews do?

                                      Do you know the difference between the American Jew and the German Jew?

                                      Yes I do, a lot of information now a days is available on the net about the conspiracy behind the hate campaign and who were actually killed and the difference you mentioned above. But I don?t want to derail this thread so let's not go off topic pls.

                                      Regards

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                                        And because we are discussing a quranic understanding and quoting from the quran, and since the quran was originally revealed in arabic ( correct me if i am mistaking) ; so it make me very very very angry when someone quotes the quran with pathetic understanding due to the lack of arabic knowledge, and also the lack of the will to learn arabic.

                                        So that's why i am proud (not of being arab but ) of being a good arabic speaker...

                                        Salaaaaaam

                                        Salaam

                                        Salaaaaaam

                                        I am in the middle of writing exactly that so look forward to "my forth coming post" ;D

                                        peace

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                                          Peace Ayman,
                                          As you can see, your points are in blue, and mine are in red.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM

                                          I never said such thing. I said it was descended in a scorching full-moon. This is the same as saying it descended in a blazing sun or a cloudy day, etc. Just like all the phases of the moon, the scorching moon is an entirely optical phenomenon.

                                          Day = Period of time
                                          Moon = Object

                                          Who are you trying to fool? You are just trying to save your 'scorching moon' theory at any cost.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          The great reading is about consistency. The great reading was descended in a scorching full-moon is more logical because it is consistent with the rest of the passage and other passages. For example, it is consistent with the following facts

                                          Maybe that is why the moon was split by Muhammad... the Quran was stuck in it (according to your wording).

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM

                                          1. The great reading was revealed in the night of measure (1 night not a whole month).

                                          Are you telling me that this proves your point?

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          3. The false understanding of ?month? creates an insurmountable logical absurdity since ?shahid? (witnessed) is in the perfect past tense so this implies that you have to witness the month and then go back in time and fast. Thus even the staunchest Sunnis admit that this passage is talking about witnessing an event (they claim to be the new moon crescent) and not a month. Rex and you can try to change the words of the passage to make it say ?witness the first day of the month? or whatever but this is not what the passage is saying.

                                          I have already explained the reason for the usage of the past tense... If you want, I'll post it again for you.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          This is just some ignorant crap as typical from Submission.org.

                                          Ignorant statement.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          The fast in the Bible is prescribed as one day and not a whole month.

                                          There are many fasts described in the Bible - either-or fallacy.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          If you believe in the Bible then you might as well go ahead and idolize Jesus.

                                          That's some screwed up logic you have...the above is fallacious as well, of course...
                                          Besides, we're talking about the OT part of the Bible... Jesus didnt exist in the time when the OT was published hint hint.

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          An example of a Jewish fast is that of Taanit Bkhorot which happens on the day before the full-moon. Also, the 9th month of the Hebrew Calendar is Kislev which occurs in the November-December timeframe.

                                          Why are you switching the topic? Did the fact that the people back then - real Submitters - not your Jewish calendar people with the Mishnah and Gemerrah - used a pure lunar calendar freak you out?

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          There is no evidence of a month called Ramadan

                                          LMAO. Is this the way you prove your points and refute others' ones?

                                          Jeremiah 369 "And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem."

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          let alone a 10 day period called Ramadan

                                          Why are you telling me this? Arent you the one promoting your lousy 10 days of fasting?

                                          Quote from ayman on September 01, 2009, 105448 PM
                                          I never said that it is a name so you are, as usual, building a strawman. I said that it is a common noun. The burden of proof is on you to show that there was a pre-Islamic month called Ramadan. I know you can?t prove it.

                                          The only one posting logically fallacious stuff is you. I presented my proofs to you - now it's your turn. As I can see from the above quote, you have none.

                                          So, where is your proof of people having fasted after having witnessed 'the full moon of schorching heat'?

                                          Have a nice Ramadan peace

                                          I am no longer a Sunna-rejecter. See 4:59-65, 62:2-4, 3:31, 4:156, 7:157 Messenger teaches and is to be followed and obeyed. Examples of revelation received which is not in the Qur'an: 3:123-126, 33:37, 2:187, 66:3, 62:9.

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