According to quran 2:189 they ask (o Muhammad saw) about the new moon. say:these are the signs to mark fixed period of time of man kind and for the pilgrimage. That is those in pilgrimage are to slaughter ran the following day of Arafat and those of out of Arafat can count the moon of their place or if the know the time Arafat they can slaughter ran the following day either of the two is right with the information of prophet Muhammad(saw). Moon also have some thing to do with hid Le kabir and during the time of Muhammad they used to differed in hid Le akabir due to the lack of information and they will count the moon and do hild on the 10th and even Nigeria today there some poeple that do not know the time of arafat due to the lack of communication. Besides, 10th,11st and 12th are the three day of festival, so will can slaughter ram in that three days. meanwhy sunday is the 0n the 10 of sul e hija in Nigeria while Monday is the 10th of sul e hija in saudi Arabia due to different in goegraphical time. allahu alam

You can read the note below. Really apart from the need for uniformity there is nothing wrong observing Eld Adha on Arafat day in area outside the vicinity of Mecca provided moon was actually sighted and 10th Dhul Hijjah falls on Arafat day. Allahu aalam.

It is dangerous to abandon traditional Islamic mode of timing for technological advancement because of confusion that may arise when such innovations is lost or modified.


This issue was discussed at our Usrah yesterday.The following point need to be noted

1. Eid Adha and hajj are separate institutions in Islam. Their origin and significance originate separately. Coincidentally the days follow each other While Arafat day is 9th Dhul Hijja Eid Adha is 10th Dhul Hijjja.

Therefore if you phisically site the moon You will not be committing any sin if you do not depend on the day Saudi authority fix for Arafat Though to promote unity among the Ummah, it is good. Saudi authority have been known to change dates of Arafat before different from earlier announced dates

2 It is not impossible that Before Communication turns the world into Global village and when people travel for several months to perform hajj Eid day might have being celebrated on different days in different part of the world

3 The ram killed on the second day of Arafat at Muna has a different purpose from the ones people not performing hajj killed for eid adha. While Eid adha ram is in reference to the one which Prophet Ibrahim sacrefice in place of his son and his compulsory for all Muslim who can afford it. The ram killed in Muna is for those who are performing Hajj Thamatu ( those had had break between Umrah and hajj) to expatiate for the shortcoming. For people who cannot afford it they are enjoined to fast for ten days. It is not all Hujjaj that are required to sacrifice the ram.

But for unity of the Ummah which we must do every thing to promote, we cannot condemn people who sited the moon ten days earlier form having their eid. Allahu aalam
Can somebody please clarify the significance of Arafat Day and the celebration of Eid Kabir.
Eid was celebrated in some part of Nigeria on the day of Arafat. The excuse was that the moon had been sighted for 10 days, thereby making the Saudi's Arafat day to have been 10th Dhul Hijjah.

I was also critical of the Sultan's action when it happened, but an article I read in an Islamic magazine, referencing reliable sources-Qur'an and hadith, convinced me that he may not wrong after all.