Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Different Ramadan patterns in Saudi and India

“While a short stay in Saudi Arabia, I noticed that Arabs in the month of Ramadan, while they fast, sleep during the day and stay up night. However, Muslims in India follow a different pattern. They keep the fast and work during the day and sleep at night. Why do the Muslims of India and Saudi Arabia follow two different patterns?”Asked by Hadesh Dhameja, Maldives

He answers at 17:44 in Concept of Death in Islam 26th Aug 12 SLOW · 2 min 54 sec

His answer, in his own words
17:44
Maulana, agla sawal Maldives se hai Mr. Hitesh Dhamija sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "While a short stay in Saudi Arabia, I noticed that Arabs in the month of Ramadan, while they fast, sleep during the day and stay up night. However, Muslims in India follow a different pattern. They keep the fast and work during the day and sleep at night. Why do the Muslims of India and Saudi Arabia follow two different patterns? " kya kya matlab hai? Maulana, woh yeh poochna chah rahe hain ke jab woh Saudi Arabia mein kuch time ke liye rahe the to unhon ne dekha ke Ramadan ke dauran woh din bhar sote hain aur raat ko jaagte hain, aur India mein is ka bilkul totally ulta hai jo musalman karte hain. to aisa kyun hai ke dono mein itna different pattern hai Ramadan ke dauran? dekhein, yeh is ka taluq Islam se nahi hai, is ka to riwaj se hai. yahan bhi woh riwaj galat hai, wahan bhi riwaj galat hai.
18:49
arab logon ka to koi galat riwaj nahi, din raat bhar khate rehte hain, woh bohat khate hain Ramzan mein. mein khud aisa hua ke Ramzan mein raha hoon to khate hi rehte hain, khate hi rehte hain. to kya karte hain? ke din bhar sote hain, woh bhi galat, yeh bhi galat, jo India mein hai woh bhi galat.
19:09
normal tareeqe se khana chahiye, hargiz hargiz overeating nahi karna chahiye, normal tareeqe se sona chahiye, normal tareeqe se jaagna chahiye. aur bohat se log is liye sote hain ke roza kat jaye ga. to roza rakha hi nahi unhon ne.
19:29
mein ne dekha hai ke log so jate hain, chalo phir roza kat jaye ga. to roza katne ke liye thori hai, roza experience karne ke liye. yeh tasawwur galat hai ke roza kat jaye ga. nahi, roza experience ke liye hai.
19:48
aap ko bhook ka experience ho, aap ko hunger ka experience ho, us ke liye roza hai. to overeating kar ke, so kar ke, ya koi khaas tarah ki cheezein banti hain Ramzan ke zamane mein, jo bhook na aaye, koi kha kar ke, aisi cheezein banai jati hain. yeh sab mahaz galat hai, yeh sab riwaj hai, is ka islam se koi talluq nahi hai.
20:08
islam mein yahi hai ke normal tareeqe se rahein, aap roze mein bhi normal tareeqe se khayein, raat bhar tareeqe se roze mein bhi, taake aap ko pata chale aap ko ke bhook kya cheez hai, pyaas kya cheez hai. to yeh yeh yeh dono jagah galat riwaj pad gaye hain, aur arab mein bhi galat hai, india
20:28
mein bhi galat hai. is ka islam se koi talluq nahi hai. Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne aap se yeh bhi poocha hai ke "Why is Eid celebrated at different places on different days? Please explain its relation to the moon."
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