Since long time, I have been reading lots of Shiite and Sunni sources about a subject which is that there is…
Since long time, I have been reading lots of Shiite and Sunni sources about a subject which is that there is a mistake in the Hijri calendar- Muqawwam Hijri and non-Muqawwam Hijri-. I contacted many people interested in this subject in Canada, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and many of the Shiite scholars and everyone is convinced that there is a big mistake in this calendar. This results in going astray from the right path of religion as it causes mistakes in the dates of Hajj and fasting, festivals and months, especially the subject of the periods of the lunar months along the seasons without stability. It is in contrary to what existed in the time of the Prophet (PBUH&HF). After the martyrdom of the Commander of the believers (PBUH), it was replaced by the Umayyad calendar which starts from the birthday of Mu’awiya and is falsely decorated with the prophethood anniversary. I read a lot of texts in Al-Saheefa Al-Sajjadyia that confirm breaching the calendar. Also, I read in the biographies of the imams (PBUH) that they go to Hajj very less and people do not go to Haj unless they see one of Ahlulbait (PBUH) does that. So, there is a mistake. I have read many books and research papers which all confirm this mistake. Using verses from the holy Quran, they also prove that the months are stable in terms of their names except that there is a minor change in the balancing month, which was wrongly understood that the prophet (PBUH&HF) had forbidden. Frankly speaking, I do not believe that our scholars and the Hawza fast with the normal people only; in addition, they also fast the right fasting which is in autumn/ September. However, who bears the responsibility of misleading people and who will display this misleading? If the reason behind covering it is the Islamic unity, we do not want such unity as it destroys our religion. For that reason, our community want the truth and not better than you to tell the truth because we have complete trust and faith in you, despite my opposition to the saying “Let the leader think and you stay aside”, as this is the logic of the ignorant.
Answer
In the name of Allah, since the dawn of history, it has been approved by tawatur (consecutive chain of narrations and reports) that the lunar months are as they are known now. Doubting this fact is not right. Whoever leaves fasting the month of Ramadhan because of this date has sinned and whoever fasts in another month intending Ramadhan has sinned as well as it is considered heresy (bid’a). The same thing is for Hajj and other obligatory or recommended deeds. Allah knows best.
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