Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Eid Dates and Moon Sighting

“Why is Eid celebrated at different places on different days? Please explain its relation to the moon.”

He answers at 1:13:09 in Concept of Death in Islam · 2 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:09
maulana, in 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. dekhen, yeh to do calendar hain, solar calendar aur lunar calendar. to aam taur par sabhi mazhabon mein ghaliban yahi hai ke lunar calendar par mazhabon ki tareekhen hoti hain. wohi islam mein bhi hai. to jab aap lunar calendar par rakhen ge aur chand ko dekhne par is ka woh yeh depend kare gi, to yeh sab farq hoga.
1:13:52
It is but natural yeh koi yani koi yani taqaddus ki baat nahin hai. yani solar calendar par hota hai, tab bhi wahi baat thi, is par tab bhi hoti. solar calendar par ho, tab bhi ek sawal kar sakta tha koi aadmi ke bhai lunar calendar par kyun nahin? to yeh koi sawal nahin hai, na koi masla hai, na koi religious cheez hai. aam taur par mazhabon mein yahi hai, jahan tak main janta hoon ke solar calendar par mazahib mein tareekhen nahin hua karti, lunar calendar par hoti hain. wohi islam mein bhi hai. to is mein koi purasrar cheez nahin hai, koi is mein mystery nahin hai.
1:14:39
ji Maulana, in ka sawal ka ek hissa yeh bhi tha ke Eid jo hai, woh alag alag jagahon pe, alag alag din pe kyun manai jati hai? woh to zahir hai ke jab yani woh woh waqt badalta hai, to woh waqt badlega, to din hi badlega. is waqt yahan hum log hain, yahan din hai, is waqt america mein raat hai. to dono jagah chand ikattha dikhai de ga, wahan dekhne ke waqt ka ya mukhtalif hoga. to zameen chuki ghoom rahi hai, zameen jo stationary nahin hai, agar zameen stationary hoti to yeh farq na hota. zameen ghoom rahi hai, is liye yeh to farq rahe ga.
1:15:24
yeh to yani yeh to nizam hai nature ka, is mein hum kya kar sakte hain? Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Mr Kaif ka. unhon ne likha hai what if the thought of death does not come to us spontaneously?
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