NEW YORK HILAL COMMITTEE
Announcement
There are no confirmed reports from anywhere in North America regarding the sighting of the Hilal of Ramadan 1431, therefore Insha'Allah we will complete 30 days of Sha'ban and the 1st of Ramadan 1431 H is Thursday, Aug 12 2010, Insha'Allah.
Main purpose of this committee is:
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Organization and unity in the announcement with the help of existing NY committee, among those Muslims who are agreed on the North American Horizon criteria. We firmly believe that physically sighting the crescent moon as the basis for beginning the lunar month is established by the Qur'an, the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and has been the position of the overwhelming majority of Islamic scholarship to this day.
- Appointing some truthful brothers with the proper guidelines of how to sight the moon, in different areas of NY in particular and in the TriStatearea in general. (This will become automatically the denial of false sighting reports which we get normally by some brothers who have the invalid intentions of unity in Ummah).
- As much as we can, try to find the means in the best way possible(in the Shariah jurisdiction), to lessen the chaos in the masses in the New York area.
- Every Masjid (who agrees with us in this criteria), they have to wait for Hilaal committee's announcement. This is going to help in solving or minimizing the problem. We can try as per our ability, Insha Allah.