This Thread is an Appreciation Post to my Father who has retired after nearly 2 decades on the busses. If you have had an interactions feel free to comment! The next tweets are all from the community on fb. The comments made me emotional knowing my Dad is A legend!
Umrah in ramadhan is equal to Hajj. (Sahih Bukhari & Muslim) I'll be flying out soon. May Allah accept my efforts and grant us all the opportunity to visit his house. Forgive me if I have ever hurt you. Please keep me in your duas as you all will be in mine โค๐คฒ๐คฒ
Salaam guys,
For the past 3 years me and my family provide iftari meals to the less fortunate in pakistan. For just ยฃ3 you can provide an iftar meal ๐คฒ๐ฝ.
We will be distributing these meals everyday in Ramadan!
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Read surah baqarah verse 11-14 and remembered Donald Trump. "We are the Peacemakers" - "when they are alone with their devilish friends they say 'we are with you, we were just joking with them'
May we learn and understand the Qur'an this ramadhan Ameen.
NEW CRESCENT SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENT: MOON NOT SEEN IN THE BRITISH ISLES
SHABAN HAS 30 DAYS
RAMADAN DATES IN THE UK:
LOCAL SIGHTING
First Fast: Sunday 2 March
FOLLOW MOROCCO
First Fast: Sunday 2 March
FOLLOW SAUDI
First Fast: Saturday 1 March
What an incredible evening!! Alhamdulilah today 100s of people attempted to sight the moon across the UK.
Other locations included Jersey, Cornwall, Bristol, Exeter. Cardiff, Pembrokeshire, Whitehaven, Birmingham, Coventry, London (Northala, Leystonstone, Wanstead, Croydon), Cambridge, Oxford, Norwich, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Nelson, Preston, Blackburn, Manchester, Bolton, Sheffield, Huddersfield, York, Leeds, Bradford, Teesside, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
We held a special live stream with the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where our sighters called in. We heard from big gatherings at some locations - Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol and Bradford had hundreds of people at each. It seemed very festive alhamdulillah โ thanks to all for looking!! We were very excited because this has been our most watched livestream ever. THANK YOU so much for watching it and supporting our journey over these years.
STARTING THE MONTH WITH TELESCOPES / OPTICAL AIDS
According to the data the moon would not have been possible to see with our eyes, but maybe possible to see with optical aids. Indeed: a lot of the conversation of our livestream at Greenwich discussed the nature of what a crescent is and telescopic sightings.
Though many of our sighters use all kinds of technology - New Crescent Society does not commence months with anything other than naked eye sightings. This is the the traditional sunnah practice, and indeed the good practice of other countries like Morocco, South Africa and Bangladesh. Whilst some countries do accept telescopes (such as Saudi), we chose this position because it is the least controversial position, and the one most likely to bring about unity for a future calendar. NO ONE disagrees with the use of naked eyes, but certainly some groups and countries reject the use optical aids. Some of the reasons given include the fact that optical aids actually take the calendar a day earlier than itโs actual phase and out of rhythm with the natural order ordained by the Prophet (SAW), and it moves the calendar away from the community into the hands of a few telescope owners. Of course we respect all opinions.
On this note - we are receiving exciting reports that a couple of skilled astronomers in our networks were able to see a crescent using CCD imaging, telescopes, binoculars and other optical aids - we will report on this more as we get the news, but in any case they wonโt be used for Ramadan. Another post on this soon! ๐ญ
For now - another HUGE thank you to Royal Museums Greenwich and our inspiring, dedicated, moonsighters around the country who carry the duty of sacred timekeeping with beautiful smiles and sparkly eyes.
And whenever you are commemmorating, RAMADAN MUBARAK. May Allah allow us to leave the month of Ramadan a better state than we entered it in.
New Crescent Society
28 Februrary 2025
30 Shaban (evening) 1446
A colleague of mine is running for charity, she will be doing a charity 5k run for a charity relating to blood diseases such as sickle cell, Leukaemia etc. Check the link and retweet.
Much appreciated!
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Israeli soldiers rape a Palestinian prisoner after covering up prison cameras with their shields. The footage shows dozens of prisoners being forced to lie down on the prison floor.