A lot of non-Muslims were made to believe that Muslims worship a moon god called Allah. A clear proof from the Qur'an, Muslims' number one source of guidance disregards any of that act.

"And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Do NOT bow down (prostrate) to the sun nor to the moon, but only bow down (prostrate) to "Allah" Who created them, if you (really) worship Him." [Noble Quran 41:37]

The above verse clearly prohibits any acts of worship or prostration to anything other than to Allah.

Therefore, any non-Muslim who still believes and holds on that belief that Muslims worship a moon god is doing so only in disguise to deny the truth which is made clear to him.

^Ok.

Should I comment or should I not. Will it be hidden or will it not...

I have a question.

Is their no strong man in gilead?

Op, are you scared of your proof been debunked?

^^^ 4 posts, one after another. in all, you have said nothing.
debunk if you can. you will have to provide proofs of your 'debunking".


is Allah the moongod? He said no in a clear and direct verse above: you dont worship the moon.


You worship Allah, the God all, including man, angels, etc an yes the moon and sun and stars.

Sweetnecta: ^^^ 4 posts, one after another. in all, you have said nothing.
debunk if you can. you will have to provide proofs of your 'debunking".


is Allah the moongod? He said no in a clear and direct verse above: you dont worship the moon.


You worship Allah, the God all, including man, angels, etc an yes the moon and sun and stars.

Aha! Finally a brave man has risen to the challenge.
Btw, am not here to attack nor debunk, but to pose a straight-forward question,and if necessary attack. My question is, what's the significance of the moon in the observance of sallah?

Reyginus: Aha! Finally a brave man has risen to the challenge.
Btw, am not here to attack nor debunk, but to pose a straight-forward question,and if necessary attack. My question is, what's the significance of the moon in the observance of sallah?

Kai. Google the question now. You can't be that slow.

maclatunji:


Kai. Google the question now. You can't be that slow.

Fail. That means this section is irrelevant, since everything can be googled?

@Reyginus:

by Reyginus(m): 9:06pm On Sep 16

Sweetnecta: ^^^ 4 posts, one after another. in all, you have said nothing.
debunk if you can. you will have to provide proofs of your 'debunking".


is Allah the moongod? He said no in a clear and direct verse above: you dont worship the moon.


You worship Allah, the God all, including man, angels, etc an yes the moon and sun and stars.

Aha! Finally a brave man has risen to the challenge.
Btw, am not here to attack nor debunk, but to pose a straight-forward question,and if necessary attack. My question is, what's the significance of the moon in the observance of sallah?

Salah are two:
1]. The type the 5 daily salat fit in: This includes the obligatory and recommended and the night and day voluntary and the two festivals and even the celestral types. You make ablution, you enter salah and you observe all that are required of it; recitation of Surah Fatiha, part of Quran after it, bowing and prostration, etc then teslim out to end the salah.

2]. Allah says in Surah Azhab of the second type of salah which is different from the above. There is none of its parts that truly necessary in this 2nd salah. This salah is for Muhammad [sa]. Below is the explanation of this salah, really as salaatul Alla Nabiy Muhammad [sa]


Quran 33 verse 43; It is He who confers blessing upon you, and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful.

verse 56: Indeed, Allah confers (1)blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [ Allah to confer] (2)blessing upon him and ask [ Allah to grant him] (3)peace.[/quote]In the first verse above, Sally was used. In the second verse, sally was used in (1), salah was used in (2) and taslim was used in (3).

Now notice that in verse 43, Allah says He conferred Sally upon the Messenger [sa], and His Angels supplicates Him to confer Blessing from Him on the Messenger [sa] being a desire of the Angels for the Messenger [as], who Allah has make darkness of faith forbidden but will remain in Light of Guidance.

And in verse 56, Allah tells believers that if they want a way of success for themselves, they can achieve it by wishing Blessing of Allah and Peace from Him on the Messenger [sa] because the believers will be doing what Allah has already guaranteed. Obedience to Allah is worship. In each of the two verses no type of the first salah can be drawn. It is very clear to us and Allah knows Best.


Now, to your question of the moon and salah, you can see clearly that the 2nd type of salah does not relate to the moon. In the first type of salah, the daily salat made night and day will not depend on the moon, exclusively or the sun exclusively, but daylight and darkness of night exclusively because each is in a specific time. In view of all of these, moon is an indicator of the length of the month: new moon or birth of the moon signifies the beginning of the new month. Examples, the fasting month which is the 9th month and the month of hajj which is the 12th month in a 12 months of the year. Hajj is the 1st to the 10th day of this 12th month.

Other value of moon concerning the phase are the 3 days of full moon, being 13th to 15t nights, wherein night ushers in the start of a new day. The dying moon is telling us that in few days there will be a new moon born a new moon shall begin by it. We do not need the Gregorian calendar to know when there is ramadhan or hajj. The birth of the moon is a guide by the Mercy of Allah. I know my Islamic date of birth, approximately.

Moon for all people lite the night sky and you can at least do some city strolling by it.

Sweetnecta: @Reyginus: Salah are two:
1]. The type the 5 daily salat fit in: This includes the obligatory and recommended and the night and day voluntary and the two festivals and even the celestral types. You make ablution, you enter salah and you observe all that are required of it; recitation of Surah Fatiha, part of Quran after it, bowing and prostration, etc then teslim out to end the salah.

2]. Allah says in Surah Azhab of the second type of salah which is different from the above. There is none of its parts that truly necessary in this 2nd salah. This salah is for Muhammad [sa]. Below is the explanation of this salah, really as salaatul Alla Nabiy Muhammad [sa]


Quran 33 verse 43; It is He who confers blessing upon you, and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful.

verse 56: Indeed, Allah confers (1)blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [ Allah to confer] (2)blessing upon him and ask [ Allah to grant him] [b](3)peace.[/b]In the first verse above, Sally was used. In the second verse, sally was used in (1), salah was used in (2) and taslim was used in (3).

Now notice that in verse 43, Allah says He conferred Sally upon the Messenger [sa], and His Angels supplicates Him to confer Blessing from Him on the Messenger [sa] being a desire of the Angels for the Messenger [as], who Allah has make darkness of faith forbidden but will remain in Light of Guidance.

And in verse 56, Allah tells believers that if they want a way of success for themselves, they can achieve it by wishing Blessing of Allah and Peace from Him on the Messenger [sa] because the believers will be doing what Allah has already guaranteed. Obedience to Allah is worship. In each of the two verses no type of the first salah can be drawn. It is very clear to us and Allah knows Best.


Now, to your question of the moon and salah, you can see clearly that the 2nd type of salah does not relate to the moon. In the first type of salah, the daily salat made night and day will not depend on the moon, exclusively or the sun exclusively, but daylight and darkness of night exclusively because each is in a specific time. In view of all of these, moon is an indicator of the length of the month: new moon or birth of the moon signifies the beginning of the new month. Examples, the fasting month which is the 9th month and the month of hajj which is the 12th month in a 12 months of the year. Hajj is the 1st to the 10th day of this 12th month.

Other value of moon concerning the phase are the 3 days of full moon, being 13th to 15t nights, wherein night ushers in the start of a new day. The dying moon is telling us that in few days there will be a new moon born a new moon shall begin by it. We do not need the Gregorian calendar to know when there is ramadhan or hajj. The birth of the moon is a guide by the Mercy of Allah. I know my Islamic date of birth, approximately.

Moon for all people lite the night sky and you can at least do some city strolling by it.

Honestly speaking, I now understand, though it has spurred another question. Why the variation in moon-sighting among the Islamic folk?

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Where is auwal?