Hot/"ramadan" Answer

truthseeker11

Peace everyone,

Peace,

I never claimed that if someone's eyes burned they turned any color. Most times they do turn red (sometimes they don't turn any color). But how do we know this is pink eye?

I did a great injustice to this discusion by not looking up these quotes of yours before

(Translation She did not apply anitmony (to her eyes) until her eyes started to burn.)

(if the feminine taktahil refers to the eyes then the translation is They (the eyes) were bothered until her eyes started to burn.)

In lisan al-arab iktahala is likened to kuhhala (passive of kahhala) and it says 'jufoonu 3uyoonin bil-qadhaa lam tukahhal' (The eyelids of the eyes with a foreign particle in them are not unbothered/at rest/at ease/refershed) it says that takahhala and iktahhala can be used the same way.

(Her eyes were pricked until they started to burn)

(shakka is to prick or jab with a lance an arrow or anything sharp, taskhakkaa would be a constant state of being pricked.)

So again, no mention of pink eye here. Ayman you are acting like pink eye is the only disease of the eye. And these contexts are talking about a disease of the eye that is cured most likely with antimony and that make the eyes BURN. That is the meaning of tarmidaan and tarmid here; TO BURN (To be or feel extremely hot (not to carbonize))

Now I am not being arugmentative but you are injected red into the meaning of ramada when burning is the only meaning there. Even iktahala is when the eyes are refreshed from sleep or from being healed and when they DON'T BURN. iktahala is the relief of the eyes from burning or the application of antimony to heal the eyes.

Please stop this interjection of meaning. There is nothing here that says that this is talking about pink eye or red eyes. It is talking about burning eyes in particular. The redness is optional, and not in the meaning here.

Thank you for the quotes. It is a shame most people cannot read Arabic well enough to see that you are injecting the color red into these quotes (you are injected pink eye as well) without red being there.

Godbless,
Anwar

When I read this, 1736 came to my mind

1736 And do not uphold what you have no knowledge of. For the hearing, eyesight, and mind, all these you are responsible for.

I consulted a doctor friend of mine and also did some research about the eye. What I found is that whenever the eye burns because of any reason, be it an infection or foreign object etc., it is because of what is called "acute inflammation", and is ALWAYS accompanied by redness in the eye. The eye could belong to a white or a black guy, but it will ALWAYS be red in addition to burning. The redness is not "optional". This is because whenever there is acute inflammation, there is increased blood flow to the organ, causing swelling, heat, pain, and REDNESS.

Definition of "inflammation"

Inflammation (Latin, inflammatio, to set on fire) is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. It is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue.

Definition of "acute inflammation"

Acute inflammation is a short-term process which is characterized by the classic signs of inflammation - swelling, redness, pain, heat, and loss of function - due to the infiltration of the tissues by plasma and leukocytes. It occurs as long as the injurious stimulus is present and ceases once the stimulus has been removed, broken down, or walled off by scarring (fibrosis)

The burning eye as meant by "tarmad" would ALWAYS imply redness too; it is not "optional". Once the stimulus is removed, the pain, heat, redness, and swelling all go away. So "iktahala" is the relief of the eye from burning, which implies relief from redness too.

This has strengthened my faith in The Quran and has solidified the meaning of "shahru ramadhan" to be nothing else but "red hot full-moon". May God guide us all to the truth.

truthseeker11

Peace farida,

Therefore I don't need to remind that for all answers here (unless one's personal opinion) we need to give evidence from the Quran and on the subject of witnessing Ramadan, please correct me if I am wrong, the verses below confirm that it?s not only eyes and ears that bear witness, but even one?s skin bears witness.

4120 At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their SKINs will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds.

4121 They will say to their SKINs "Why bear ye witness against us?" They will say "(Allah) hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.

4122 "Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and your SKINs should bear witness against you! But ye did think that Allah knew not many of the things that ye used to do!

I will let ayman answer this but I have a question.

As is apparent from the above referenced verses, the skin will bear witness on the Last Day and not this life. The issue of fasting is in the here and now, and not in the hereafter. My question is that how can ears and skin witness a "shahr" ? Does an angel blow a trumpet during "shahr" or does the temperature suddenly jump many degrees ? hmm

truthseeker11

Peace bilal,

Peace;
Put yourself in the Prophet postion, would you prepare for a war four weeks before the 4 restricted month?
Verse 9-81 is after the 4 restricted Months, when the prophet had 8 month to go for a very important and hard war.
9-81 is the verse that collapsed the foundation of Ayman's theory, as you said in regard of Progod.

But how come that you have a very deep knowledge of Ayman theory and your profile says that you just registered Today at 042510 AM.

Just a Question? confused

Anyway welcome to the Fourm ;D

Thank you for the welcome

I was commenting about progod and not ayman; perhaps you meant that I have "deep knowledge" of progod's theories?

If reading someone's posts on a thread gives me a "deep knowledge" of their theories, then BEWARE I have "deep knowledge" of your theories too

FOR YOUR INFORMATION One can read the posts on a forum for years without registering. !

As far as your argument is concerned

Please prove that ALL wars ALWAYS last more than a month and back it up with undisputable evidence. Some wars in history have been decisively fought and won within a few days. Conversely, ALL wars do not ALWAYS end in 8 months; some can last years. So according to your logic, the believers should never start a war thinking "what if it lasts long enough to encroach on the following restricted shahoor".

The following gives a list of important short wars

http//listverse.com/politics/top-10-shortest-wars/

Any of those could have been started in May and would have ended before July

Please prove from The Quran that the war mentioned in 981 lasted more than a month.
Please prove from The Quran that the war mentioned in 981 was immediately after the restricted shahoor.

The above are enough to collapse your argument

truthseeker11

Peace nun,

To bear witness is to have knowledge of a thing which is not always physical.

"To bear witness" is "to provide..........", not "to have...........".
In 2185, as explained by samia already in one of the earlier posts, "shahida" does not mean "to bear witness" but "to witness". We can only witness something using our own senses, and to witness something is to witness it firsthand. To witness is not to rely on a secondhand information or a calendar. That is called "belief" or "trust". How can you witness an arbitrarily assigned man-made period of time known as a "month" using your senses ?

farida

Peace farida,

I will let ayman answer this but I have a question.

As is apparent from the above referenced verses, the skin will bear witness on the Last Day and not this life. The issue of fasting is in the here and now, and not in the hereafter.

My question is that how can ears and skin witness a "shahr" ? Does an angel blow a trumpet during "shahr" or does the temperature suddenly jump many degrees ? hmm

Finger prints, DNA sample from your skin can bear witness and are used in this life Now!
This is what I said before

Salaam Anthony and everyone,

Indeed!! As I understand from the verse above, there is no undue expectations on the physically impaired and, performing within their capacity will earn them a reward on par with that of the able.

However the argument was how can one witness a month? so it must, here, imply the scorching moon, "shahr ramadan".
As we learn from verses 4120, 21, 22, it is confirmed that the skin is capable of witnessing and will testify.
One can witness a month simply by being present in that month, as the skin is in touch with the atoms/molecules , water vapor mixture of gases, temperature etc., present at such a time. In this world ones finger prints and DNA can also testify against a person, but just imagine a blind one saying to God, on the Day of Judgement, I did not witness the month of Ramadan. His skin will then speak out against him.

b. those amongst you who witnessed exclude only those who are mentally incapacitated.

These verses also made me realise that the deaf, the dumb and the blind are not excluded from testifying.
How does a deaf or dumb person bear witness?
By the use of eyes and skin, which would include using sign language, as well as employing writing tools. In both cases the skin is used to bear witness. Similarly a deaf person, capable of speaking, may use his sight and his lips/skin .
A blind person can use the skin (to feel with), along with the ears to witness and, regarding the month of Ramadan, a blind person has witnessed it simply by being present in his body, in that month .

This, in my opinion, is conclusive evidence, but I would welcome any input from others.

I hope we can now look into a timing device, using the sun and the moon, as a next step forward.

peace

My concluding post said, summed up
I have strong proofs from the Quran to believe that;
Amongst those who witnessed the month of Ramadan include all those who are present in this month and can perceive with their ears their eyes and their skins.
More importantly the month of fasting is not confined to the months of extreme heat.
If we say that 181 has no relevance to the earlier verse 91-5 still the fighting must be going on either after the sacred months or before the sacred months, but the fight was not during Ramadan as, according to Ayman, Ramadan is one of the sacred months..
The war in the past did not last for six days or so; it involved a long period of time Now it is for everyone here who wants to find out truth to work it out for themselves. We are all answerable to Allah for our own deeds.

peace

truthseeker11

Peace farida,

Finger prints, DNA sample from your skin can bear witness and are used in this life Now!
This is what I said beforeMy concluding post said, summed up
I have strong proofs from the Qur?an to believe that;
?Amongst those who witnessed? the month of Ramadan include all those who are present in this month and can perceive with their ears their eyes and their skins.
More importantly the month of fasting is not confined to the months of extreme heat.
If we say that 181 has no relevance to the earlier verse 91-5 still the fighting must be going on either after the sacred months or before the sacred months, but the fight was not during Ramadan as, according to Ayman, Ramadan is one of the sacred months..
The war in the past did not last for six days or so; it involved a long period of time Now it is for everyone here who wants to find out truth to work it out for themselves. We are all answerable to Allah for our own deeds.

peace

You still have not answered my question. How can a blind man witness a "shahr" using ears and skin ?

You say that

?Amongst those who witnessed? the month of Ramadan include all those who are present in this month and can perceive with their ears their eyes and their skins.

How can a blind man witness a "shahr" using his ears and skin ?
EVERYONE is present during a "shahr". "Those among you who witness" obviously cannot mean "everyone". If everyone present is meant, the phrase would be "when the shahr is witnessed".

You say that

More importantly the month of fasting is not confined to the months of extreme heat.
If we say that 181 has no relevance to the earlier verse 91-5 still the fighting must be going on either after the sacred months or before the sacred months, but the fight was not during Ramadan as, according to Ayman, Ramadan is one of the sacred months..

The war alluded to in 981 could have still been during heat if it was in June, just before "shahru ramadhan".

You say that

The war in the past did not last for six days or so; it involved a long period of time

Is that a fact ?

I asked bilal something and I will ask you the same. "HAATOO BURHAANAKUM", bring forth your proof if you are truthful!

Please prove that ALL historical wars ALWAYS lasted more than a month and back it up with undisputable evidence. Some wars in history have been decisively fought and won within a few days. Conversely, ALL wars do not ALWAYS end in 8 months; some can last years. So according to your logic, the believers should never start a war thinking "what if it lasts long enough to encroach on the following restricted shahoor".

The following gives a list of important short wars

http//listverse.com/politics/top-10-shortest-wars/

Any of those could have been started in May and would have ended before July, and still be "during the heat" if fought in a desert in the Northern Hemisphere

Please prove from The Quran that the war mentioned in 981 lasted more than a month.

truthseeker11

Peace progod,

Peace,

Truth seeker, feeding people to subsitute for a fast is expiating the fast. Plain and simple. THe reasons for the fast are to either to compensate certain actions or to uphold God's commands. But we expiate daily fasts by feeding people for each fast we do not do. That is not illogical or misleading.

Godbless,
Anwar

Feeding people in 583-4 is not a compensation for fasting, but both are compensation for estranging one's wife, and are thus equivalent, but not compensation for the other.

Similarly in 589, feeding the people and fasting are compensation for breaking oath, and are thus equivalent but not compensation for the other. The ratio here, arrived by the same principle of EQUIVALENCE is 13.33 and not 11

For your theory to be correct, feeding 60 people should have been a DIRECT compensation for fasting 60 days (sitteen ayyaam).

farida

He does not need our fastings, it is for us , it probably does something good to our bodies, so

He wants us to fast from the first light , which is probably the earliest possible marker, to the night(dusk) last possible marker, He could have easily prescribed , From sun rise to sun set, but he doesnt, why? May be he wants our bodies to toil through a longer duration to extract optimum benifit.

If long duration is the criteria then , fasting in summer solictise makes sense, Rotating through winters, a fast is hardly a fast , infact a winter day fast is like not fasting at all ,

The guys down under can fast during their Red moon for achieving the prescribed benifit, It does not have to be in synch with we living up here,

Moreover the Ayah , saying , who so ever witnesses it shall... is clearly indicating/saying, .... when your time comes do it, and what is that time? summer , longest days , THe toughest time of the year to Cycle our mortal bodies. And indirectly conveying that they should not do it with us , because it will be their winters.

And most likely it is days not a month, cause the command uses the word days , not month, had it been a whole full month , He would not have used the word days.

siki

Salaam Siki
You are talking about the benefits of fasting- the benefits are huge, and thought provoking;
Here we should consider two aspects
a. The benefits of fasting - you can discover this as you pay attention and do research on this.

b. The purpose of fasting - We have been given the purpose of fasting from God 2183 O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.
The purpose of fasting is linked to feeding the poor and empathy. Unless one goes thorough an experience of hunger one cannot feel what it?s like for those who suffer starvation for whatever reason. For further details see
My detailed answer, the last post on Re Ramadan
? Reply #72 on September 12, 2008, 060839 PM ?
this link http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=15421.60

peace

unknownuser

Peace truthseeker11,

"To bear witness" is "to provide..........", not "to have...........".
In 2185, as explained by samia already in one of the earlier posts, "shahida" does not mean "to bear witness" but "to witness". We can only witness something using our own senses, and to witness something is to witness it firsthand. To witness is not to rely on a secondhand information or a calendar. That is called "belief" or "trust". How can you witness an arbitrarily assigned man-made period of time known as a "month" using your senses ?
One cannot provide without having (knowledge, etc???..).
We witness a ?month? by having knowledge of it (i.e. the month of fasting).

Not always using physical senses thus even the blind can witness.

318 God witnessed that He, L? il?ha illa Huwa (there is no God except He), and the angels and those of the knowledge (also give witness)...

353 Our Lord, we believed with what You descended, and we followed the messenger, so write us with the witnessing/testifying (to the truth).

Now your turn -- what are 4 sacred full moons?

farida

Peace farida,

You still have not answered my question. How can a blind man witness a "shahr" using ears and skin ?

You say that

How can a blind man witness a "shahr" using his ears and skin ?
EVERYONE is present during a "shahr". "Those among you who witness" obviously cannot mean "everyone". If everyone present is meant, the phrase would be "when the shahr is witnessed".

Salaam

I am glad that you are asking these questions I was expecting the same from Ayman, but he did not address this.
Just as a blind person is well aware of days months and years and time and are capable of performing most demanding task like Mr Blunket (ex home minister of Uk.) They witness all events by more gifted senses then the seeing posses. Just because Ayman wants to impose his theory he is excluding the blind.. I have given you my reason which I paste again,
This is what you said earlier
As is apparent from the above referenced verses, the skin will bear witness on the Last Day and not this life. The issue of fasting is in the here and now, and not in the hereafter. My question is that how can ears and skin witness a "shahr" ? Does an angel blow a trumpet during "shahr" or does the temperature suddenly jump many degrees ?

What is wrong with my this reply as the blind will be answerable to GOd ? s we learn from verses 4120, 21, 22, it is confirmed that the skin is capable of witnessing and will testify.
One can witness a month simply by being present in that month, as the skin is in touch with the atoms/molecules , water vapor mixture of gases, temperature etc., present at such a time. In this world one?s finger prints and DNA can also testify against a person, but just imagine a blind one saying to God, on the Day of Judgement, ?I did not witness the month of Ramadan?. His skin will then speak out against him

However, if you agree with Aymans theroy of excluding the blind, then please give me one valid reason why a person without sight should be excluded ? ???

You say that

The war alluded to in 981 could have still been during heat if it was in June, just before "shahru ramadhan".

You say that

Is that a fact ?

I asked bilal something and I will ask you the same. "HAATOO BURHAANAKUM", bring forth your proof if you are truthful!

Please prove that ALL historical wars ALWAYS lasted more than a month and back it up with undisputable evidence. Some wars in history have been decisively fought and won within a few days. Conversely, ALL wars do not ALWAYS end in 8 months; some can last years.
The following gives a list of important short wars

http//listverse.com/politics/top-10-shortest-wars/

Any of those could have been started in May and would have ended before July, and still be "during the heat" if fought in a desert in the Northern Hemisphere

Please prove from The Quran that the war mentioned in 981 lasted more than a month
.

I paste here 981 for you again Those who have remained are happy with their position of lagging behind God's messenger, and they disliked striving with their wealth and lives in the cause of God; and they say "Do not mobilize in the heat." Say "The fire of Hell is far hotter," if they could only understand.
What do you understand from "Do not mobilize in the heat."
Does that mean war is ending or due to start? Seeing that there were no tanks or aeroplanes and other advanced equipment; would the prophet mobilize for a quick war before the sacred months; if so well we are doomed then.
But if you think that it could be possible that the prophet would prepare and start a war in May and end in July and start fasting by August with an exhusted army then, by all means, its your understanding but you have no proof of this from the Qur'an.

So according to your logic, the believers should never start a war thinking "what if it lasts long enough to encroach on the following restricted shahoor".

Absolutely! This is called pre-planning and, even in this day and age when wars are quick, its planned way before take for example Desert Storm and the ongoing war in Iraq, although it was criticised for lack of foresight.

I hope I have answered your questions. if I left any, please do ask again as I sometime tend to overlook.

peace
PS I hope you are aware that the Americans carefully planned two gulf wars so that the month of Hajj would have passed, as that is when they receive their revenues from the Saudi tourist business. -X

progod

Truthseeker,

In the case of the eyes that just may be so, whether the eyes turn red when they burn is a very, very, very minor point. Nothing in this world is 100 percent (atleast rarely), but again THAT IS NOT THE POINT. Rubbing of the thighs is another example, and the MAIN meaning is the sensation of significant heat. That is the root meaning of the word, ask Ayman to give you the root definition of the word so you are not confused. And for the root of the word to be 'to be signficantly hot/to feel signficant heat' and then to imply ath redness is apart of the meaning because there are two references to the burning sensation of bodily parts that when irritated, rubbed or inflamed MAY have redness acompanying that burning sensation is conjecture and falsehood beyond measure. Again look up the definition that those dictionaries give and then YOU be honet with yourself and ask if the word means to turn reddish or just has to do with being or feeling significantly hot.

As it concerns the shahr being 30 days in the context of the Quran, how about I put it to you like this

IN EVERY CONTEXT OF THE QURAN WHERE A FAST CANNOT BE DONE IT IS SUBSTITUTED WITH FEEDING A PERSON PER DAILY FAST MISSED. THE QURANIC EQUATION IS IF FASTING IS TOO DIFICULT FOR YOU, YOU FEED A PERSON PER DAY OF FASTING MISSED.

So if the Quran is saying that I can substitue 2 months of fasting by feeding 60 people, the conclusion is crystal clear and there is no amount of clouding that you can do that will make this unclear. It is a very simple and clear deduction. I'm sorry you are missing it.

Godbless,
Anwar

progod

Ayman,

The dictionary doesn't say that "strawberries with the logical and normal connotation that these strawberries, and everything else that has strawberries involved, is red". Yet somehow, English-speaking people know that when people mention "strawberry moon" they talk about the moon around the summer solstice because that is when strawberries are harvested and because it is RED. Similarly, ancient Arabs undoubtedly knew that when people mention "scorching full-moon" they talk about the full-moon after the summer solstice because that is when the weather is hot and it is RED.

Now I am not too familiar with strawberry harvesting so I didn't know about the strawberry moon, and I'm a native, American English speaker. But you are speaking of a tradition that has been recorded. I'm sure you looked it up and it is easy to reference in some farmer's almanac. We can all get a source for this. But where is your source that the ancient Arabs referred to the solstice moon in this way? Or is this your conjecture that you are trying to impose on the Arabs of the past without any proof besides trying to imaginatively attatch redness to the meaning of ramada because redness usually accompanies the burning in somene's eyes (reffered to using ramada) or the burning after rubbing one's thighs together (also referred to using the verb ramada) when burning is the real meaning?

Godbless,
Anwar

Ahmad_Bilal

One cannot provide without having (knowledge, etc???..).
We witness a ?month? by having knowledge of it (i.e. the month of fasting).

Not always using physical senses thus even the blind can witness.

318 God witnessed that He, L? il?ha illa Huwa (there is no God except He), and the angels and those of the knowledge (also give witness)...

Peace,

This is not the same concept at all. In this declaration, The God is BEARING WITNESS to a concept or idea. That's why the this testimony would read

I bear witness THAT there is no god but the god.

We obviously can't visually see The God, so we can't witness Him, but we can witness His creation and His glory and supremacy, and this is what be acknowledge. Similarly, we can't physically "witness"/see a month. In most cases, you can't even "bear witness" to a month without the use of a man-made calendar... That's why the ancient Arabs "witnessed" their months based on the sighting of the moon... If this scripture simply meant those who are "present" during the month, you have to ask "PRESENT WHERE?" It wouldn't make sense to view it as all living people, since this would clearly apply to everyone, and that would make the concept of witnessing "shahru ramadhan" completely redundant...

Peace,

Ahmad

farida

Peace,

This is not the same concept at all. In this declaration, The God is BEARING WITNESS to a concept or idea. That's why the this testimony would read

I bear witness THAT there is no god but the god.

We obviously can't visually see The God, so we can't witness Him, but we can witness His creation and His glory and supremacy, and this is what be acknowledge. Similarly, we can't physically "witness"/see a month. In most cases, you can't even "bear witness" to a month without the use of a man-made calendar... If this scripture simply meant those who are "present" during the month, you have to ask "PRESENT WHERE?" It wouldn't make sense to view it as all living people, since this would clearly apply to everyone, and that would make the concept of witnessing "shahru ramadhan" completely redundant...

Peace,

Ahmad

Salaam.

Really!! I do remember ex UK Home Minister David Blunket using his finger to do the reading which must have included finding out day and date of the documents and that is how he was running UK home affairs beside using his ears and his mouth of course. By the way he is only one example of many talented high profile blind persons.

That's why the ancient Arabs "witnessed" their months based on the sighting of the moon...

Proof? And those who did not sight the moon were excluded from giving witness involving the month/date ???
peace

Ahmad_Bilal

Finger prints, DNA sample from your skin can bear witness and are used in this life Now!
This is what I said beforeMy concluding post said, summed up
I have strong proofs from the Qur?an to believe that;
?Amongst those who witnessed? the month of Ramadan include all those who are present in this month and can perceive with their ears their eyes and their skins.

Peace,

This is a completely improper view and misinterpretation of this scripture. The scripture says

"They will say to their skins 'Why did you bear witness against us?' They will reply, 'The God made us speak up. He is the one who causes everything to speak. He is the One who created you the first time, and now you have been returned to Him.'" (4121)

This scripture is clearly speaking of our "skins" testifying to wrongdoing, and this speech is caused by The God. Our skins don't speak to us and tell us when "shahru ramadhan" occurs... How can your "skin" witness a month?

Peace,

Ahmad

Ahmad_Bilal

Salaam.

Really!! I do remember ex UK Home Minister David Blunket using his finger to do the reading which must have included finding out day and date of the documents and that is how he was running UK home affairs beside using his ears and his mouth of course. By the way he is only one example do many talented high profile blind persons.
peace

Peace,

Okay... D The ancient Arabs identified the start of their months by the sighting of the moon, mostly the new crescent. So, can this blind man see the new crescent moon when it appears in the sky? If so, he's very talented...

Peace,

Ahmad

farida

Peace,

Okay... D The ancient Arabs identified the start of their months by the sighting of the moon, mostly the new crescent. So, can this blind man see the new crescent moon when it appears in the sky? If so, he's very talented...

Peace,

Ahmad

There is no requirement for a blind person or anyone else, to physically witness the new crescent, as long as we know its been sighted even via satellite.

This scripture is clearly speaking of our "skins" testifying to wrongdoing, and this speech is caused by The God. Our skins don't speak to us and tell us when "shahru ramadhan" occurs... How can your "skin" witness a month?

Where did I suggest that our skin speak in this world, you have missed out on my post ,please read it again, a blind person will be answerable to God for not fasting, not to me or you and this it what I wrote
but just imagine a blind one saying to God, on the Day of Judgement, ?I did not witness the month of Ramadan?. His skin will then speak out against him
peace

siki

Salaam Siki
You are talking about the benefits of fasting- the benefits are huge, and thought provoking;
Here we should consider two aspects
a. The benefits of fasting - you can discover this as you pay attention and do research on this.

b. The purpose of fasting - We have been given the purpose of fasting from God 2183 O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.
The purpose of fasting is linked to feeding the poor and empathy. Unless one goes thorough an experience of hunger one cannot feel what it?s like for those who suffer starvation for whatever reason. For further details see
My detailed answer, the last post on Re Ramadan
? Reply #72 on September 12, 2008, 060839 PM ?
this link http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=15421.60

peace

Farida,

Offcourse , the fasting was decreed for believers due to multiple reasons, and only His infinite wisdom encompasses the true benifits for humans, the reason you mention, could be definnitely a part of it, but even that can not be expeirenced in its true spirit , in a comfortable winter day environment.

Ayman's point regarding the blind being exempted from fasting is definitely a wrong argument.

peace

siki

unknownuser

This is not the same concept at all. In this declaration, The God is BEARING WITNESS to a concept or idea. That's why the this testimony would read

I bear witness THAT there is no god but the god.

We obviously can't visually see The God, so we can't witness Him, but we can witness His creation and His glory and supremacy, and this is what be acknowledge. Similarly, we can't physically "witness"/see a month. In most cases, you can't even "bear witness" to a month without the use of a man-made calendar... That's why the ancient Arabs "witnessed" their months based on the sighting of the moon... If this scripture simply meant those who are "present" during the month, you have to ask "PRESENT WHERE?" It wouldn't make sense to view it as all living people, since this would clearly apply to everyone, and that would make the concept of witnessing "shahru ramadhan" completely redundant...

Peace,

Ahmad

Peace,

The concept/idea of a month
n.

A unit of time corresponding approximately to one cycle of the moon's phases,

I am here and bear witness it?s the month of Ramadan based on the concept/idea of month beginning at waxing crescent of the moon.

Not all living; only those who ?witness? or acknowledge it is the month to fast same as L? il?ha illa Huwa (there is no God except He). It?s customary to answer questions posted as well...

2217 They ask you concerning fighting in the Sacred full moons

What are sacred full moons?

2226 Those who take an oath not to have sexual relation with their wives must wait four full moons

Wait implies time ? what is waiting 4 full moons?

92 So travel in the earth, four full moons?

What if he is traveling north to south hemisphere, which full moons to use?

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Please prove from The Quran that the war mentioned in 981 was immediately after the restricted shahoor.

The above are enough to collapse your argument

Peace all;
Sorry I'm posting this without reading your replies (I was too busy today)

Hello Mr. TruthSeeker

As we all know, the prophet was ordered to fight when being attacked, and was ordered to not start a war. But when Chapter 9 was revealed, things changed for a period of time. In Chapter 9, from verse 1 to 5, the prophet understood that he has to prepare for a war in which he would be in the offensive side. He was ordered to free the Secret Mosque from the disbelievers. We know that the war had to start after the 4 restricted month (per 9-1 to 5), and we know that it took place in summer time (per 9-81).
In 9-81, it was clear that the hypocrites were advising the prophet to not start the war in Summer time; hence, the prophet was on the offensive side and was in control of when the war should start; hence, the only war that the prophet was on the offensive side was the war of Chapter 9. !
If you happened to know another war where the prophet was in control of when it should start (offensive side), please let me know.

Also, please let me know why you are so stressed about Ayman Theory?
Are you Ayman himself? confused