I can’t blame Saudi Arabia for ALL the moon-sighting problems… sometimes the problem arises from bizarre moon-watchers claiming they saw some “moon-like” object. Having Eid prayers on different days may not seem “united”, but it inevitably always happens every year. Why is this? Because sometimes people think they see the moon but it’s not really a moon.
I will attempt to dissect this Moon Mystery by analyzing the “What ifs”
WHAT IF… IT WAS A BIRD?
Probably the most common of moon-sighting problems… these winged creatures often get mistaken as a “moon” because of the “moon-like” pattern the birds fly in. To some Hilal watchers, “flying-in-moon-like-pattern” is basically just as good as “moon”.
WHAT IF… IT WAS A PLANE?
The mechanical version of the bird, planes are often mistaken because of the flashy lights that appear on the side of it. The moon has blinking flashing lights and moves across the horizon in three minutes as well which is why I’m sure the mistake occurs all the time.
Moons tend to have wings and say “American Airlines” or “British Airways” written at the side of it as well. How can Eid NOT be tomorrow when the moon has flown across the horizon several times during the evening?
WHAT IF… IT WAS SUPERMAN?
Oh that would be so cool if Superman was Muslim. If only Superman can go fly over the world in the opposite direction of the earth really fast and cause it to spin backwards thus going back in time and telling the world what the REAL moon decision is because then we won’t be having any problems. If it worked in Superman1 then it should work all the time.
Mosque politics are as corrupted as Lex Luthor so SuperMuslim can handle that stuff too. Hush-hush elections? Same mysterious people in power for 20 years? SuperMuslim can put a stop to all that!
WHAT IF… IT WAS A PTERODACTYL?
Less likely than Superman but I’d believe that over Saudi any day.
WHAT IF… IT WAS THE SUN?
It’s a lunar calendar. Staring at the sun and scorching your eyeballs will not bring about Eid. Though I’m sure some people are willing to do it to get a three-day weekend.
You ever wonder how they make the announcement for Eid several hours before the moon even comes out? This is why. Sun is just as good as the moon for some people.
WHAT IF… IT WAS AN ELEPHANT?
This actually only raises more questions.
WHAT IF… IT WAS A JET STREAM?
It’s quite rare for a jet to fly with such curvature to form a moon-like pattern but people still make the mistake with jet streams and the moon. Unless of course you come from the camp that believes that the kufaar are against us and want to divide us by any means necessary so the kafir pilot flies curvedly to form a “jet-stream-moon” to disunite the Muslim community on Eid. Diabolical kafirs and their diabolical methods.
WHAT IF… -
Eh… I guess that settles it.
January 19th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
“Moons tend to have wings and say “American Airlines” or “British Airways” written at the side of it as well. How can Eid NOT be tomorrow when the moon has flown across the horizon several times during the evening?”>>>>
Priceless!!!!
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 am
LOL I LOVE THE HOOKAH AT THE END!!!!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
LOL I LOVE THE HOOKAH AT THE END!!!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
dudeeee….dat wuzz hilarious…my dad seemzz lyk da last dude…wen i ask him how he knowzz izz Eid the next day he goes izz becuz he jus does….this article raises a lott of questions…..hmmm
May 29th, 2008 at 9:07 am
2 years ago, Eid and Diwali fell on the same day in the UAE. We recognise Eid with the sighting of the moon. Hindus recognise Diwali as a no moon day (amavas) that’s why they light up candles. I had a handful of Hindus asking me how can both festivals fall on the same day? I myself was puzzled - the Sheikhs should have looked into it, it felt wrong to celebrate alongside idol-worshippers.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Ur a good writer alhumdullilah all of them are funny lol!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
how mean! OK, so maybe many muslim countries celebrate eid seperately for all the wrong reasons, but at the same time, you can’t expect the moon to show up all over the world at the same time!
December 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
*cough* *cough*
thats sort of what happens here.. creepy now that u mention it.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
FUNNY!!! btw, saudi’s send observers in aeroplanes to spot the moon.
@ m.s.:
lol what kind of stupid comment is “it felt wrong to celebrate alongside idol worshippers”. how lame are you? until the reunification of saudi arabia by ibn saud, many saudi’s had gone back to worshipping sticks and stones too, you know…
Wikipedia:
The Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr (Arabic: ??? ??????) marks the end of the fasting period of Ramadan and the first day of the following month (1st of Shawwal; 11 days earlier each yr in case of Gregorian), after another NEW MOON has been sighted.
BBC:
The festival begins when the first sight of the NEW MOON is seen in the sky.
Diwali is a New Year festival in the Vikrama calendar, where it falls on the night of the NEW MOON in the month of Kartika.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/holydays/eidulfitr.shtml
The five day festival of Divali occurs on the NEW MOON between October 13 and November 14.
New Moon = New PHASE of the moon; the time at the which the moon appears as NARROW WAXING CRESCENT.
the lamps, during diwali, are NOT lit because of a new moon, it’s to guide goddess Laxmi to the houses. it also celebrates ram’s return with sita to ayodhya after 14 yrs of exile. ram defeats ravana (demon king of lanka.. present day Sri Lanka) and returns to ayodhya for his coronation.. THAT’s why diwali is celebrated… its celebrate to recognise the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and so on…
sheesh… if u don’t know anything about other people’s religion, then don’t go around saying non-sense…
that’s why eid comes with so much confusion… it doesn’t come on a full moon, it comes on a NEW MOON. thats why people look at lights and think: “oh look moon.”
amavasya = new moon
October 12th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
what if.. it was the sun!
ahahahah
October 31st, 2009 at 2:36 am
This is freakin amazing. Loved it! So funny, mashAllah keep it up. I know it was probablyposted a while ago but I just discovered this website now, so pardon my slowness!
October 31st, 2009 at 2:36 am
Oh wow. 2005. Yep Im slow. >_< Ma3esalama.
November 27th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Saudi superimposing their cultural stupidity over what could have been an excellent opportunity to not favor their dumb laws instead of Islamic command from ALLAH? Yeah, that’s business as usual. The ladies will be driving and moving out of the Stone Age before they get the moon sighting correct and forget the arrogance; hah!!!