tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196286702817351141.post5685087361551722922..comments2009-11-17T06:50:38.247ZChaudhry Javed Iqbalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287944927050094761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196286702817351141.post-25177587845601378582009-11-17T06:50:38.247Z2009-11-17T06:50:38.247ZAssalamu alaikum,<br /><br />Nice blog, the content in this blog is very useful to the people who are looking out for <a href="http://www.al-sunna.net/" rel="nofollow">islamic knowledge</a>.Al Sunnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05829621200315361005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196286702817351141.post-50316952811521151732009-09-24T15:21:46.303+01:002009-09-24T15:21:46.303+01:00JazakAllah khair for your sincere effort. However what you suggest has to be considered by scholars through the due process of Ijma with Ijtihad (of course without contradicting the Qur’an and Sunnah which are quite clear on the subject). Blogging on this subject to the common audience devoid of adequate knowledge would only create confusion and fitna (turmoil).<br /><br />Regarding the hadith that says “we are an illiterate nation”, the word used “Ummi” has multiple connotations in the Qur’an itself. The word ummi (unlettered or illiterate) comes from the same root as the word ummah (nation or common brotherhood). It refers to one who is not distinguished from the rest (by having ability to read or write). In other words ordinary or common or simple. Hence as Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahima-Allah-alaihee) has correctly alluded it should be understood as - we are a nation of simple methods devoid of complexity (where possible).<br /><br />Time and space are creations of Allah, in any case there is a gap of 12 hours, effectively half a day between time of people in opposite hemispheres, so you cannot wish Eid to a people across western longitudes, who might still be fasting while your country declares Eid at Sunset. It would help to check if it is Eid for people in another country while we phone call to wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com