Moon Sighting to End the Lunacy of Moon Fighting
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For centuries, Muslims followed the prophetic practice (sunnah) of moon sighting to determine the beginning of lunar months. However, in recent times, there is a call to abandon this important sunnah in favor of calculation and a pre-determined calendar. This has lead to the lunacy of “moon fighting”-back-and-forth quarreling that is renewed every Ramadan. In this video, Dr. Youssef Ismail, who has a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and is a professor of astronomy, math, and jurisprudence at Zaytuna College, takes us on an extraordinary journey through the science and practice of moon sighting and explains why this timeless sunnah is a critical part of our worship and connection to our Creator.
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - How I Got Started
02:38 - Why Do Muslims Follow a Lunar Calendar?
07:03 - The Story of Moon Sighting
09:10 - Why Does the Moon’s Shape Change Over the Course of the Month?
12:56 - The Practice of Moon Sighting
14:22 - The Limits of Science
22:31 - Reviving a Prophetic Practice - บันเทิง
Thank you for this excellent presentation. It reminds me of my beautiful childhood experiences of waiting for my father and our elder male family members to go out sighting the moon to determine the end of Ramadan and let us know later, Masha Allah.
That's the beauty of following the sunnah. It's more than just sighting the moon but connecting with the nature and creations that Allah has created. You won't get that same feeling if you do calculation.
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This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in regards to this subject
I too absolutely concur with you. Allah Blesses him
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In Cape Town we have an organization called the Moonsighters that is their designated job
This is a very admirable system
Masha Allah may Allah Almighty reward you for your efforts to make this (layman) understandable and open for all to benifit.
I would like to thank you and the channel broadcasting team and everyone who participated in this very informative and enjoyable talk indeed.
JazakumulLahu khairan for this timely effort.
With love,
Al-Amin Muhammad - Nigeria
JazakAllah khayr Respected Dr. Ismail. This was beautiful and highly beneficial.
Subanallah This has really cleared up my confusion on this Topic, Jazakhm Khair ❤🤲🏼
JazakAllah khair for this masterpiece
بارك الله فيكم I appreciate the calming tone in this video
I found this description of the lunar moon sighting fascinating....thank u for the patient and clear explanation.
I find myself now connected to the sighting process as an ibadah....not just a static act that had little meaning for most. In Syaa Allah the sighting of the moon to mark end of Ramadan this year will hv so much more meaning for me.. .and the people that i shared this with....
Just fixed the day of the Eid at the beginning of the year. Saves a lot of economic problems.
@TruthSeeker Ultimate its ok to have a day difference. I dont see any major issues.
@TruthSeeker Ultimate you can apply the leave as usual. In Islam it does not matter. You can apply for 2 days leave. It's not necessary to go on leave as prayers on Eid is not compulsory.
Mashallah, outstanding explanation 👏🏾 Thank you. 🙏🏽
Amazing Presentation, I have got so many answer for Lunar calender and Lunar sighting.
Asalaamu Alaykum! This is without a doubt the most thorough explanation I’ve ever heard on this subject.
Thank you, Zaytuna, for such an enlightening presentation! May Allah always make you a beacon of light and knowledge. 🙏
I am now hoping to take an astronomy course with professor Youssef! :)
Subhanallah. Alhamdulillah.
Finally , an explanation in detail but in a very simple way.
Shukran, Jazakallah khairan. Wassalaam
Very beautiful presentation. May Allah (swt) bless everyone in the making of this video. Ameen 🤲🏽
This is absolutely brilliant. What a shame that many will likely continue to hold to a point of view that contradicts explicit Prophetic guidance, even after this extremely clear exposition has been given.
@truthseekerultimate8331You make a good point, and people forget that the Prophet gave his ruling at a time when modern scientific calculation technologies had not yet been invented.
Now that we do have those technologies available to us today, it's absurd to shun them in favor of an unscientific method under the misguided belief that the Prophet wanted us to remain stuck to old obsolete ways because that is somehow the true reflection of true faith.
Excellent and a comprehensive presentation and explanation, Masha’Allah.
Jazak Allaho Khyer
This is by far the best presentation I have seen on this topic.
This video is incredibly informative and insightful 👌🏽 Jazakhallah Khairan. May Allah reward you
Jazaka Allah Khair. I learned more from your video about moon sighting than I ever did before. Reviving the sunnah of our beloved prophet peace and blessings on him.
MashaAllah. Baarakallah Fykum. Allah Blesses you. You have indeed presented it very professionally and passionately.
This was brilliant presentation, very detailed and informative
Beautifully explained concept with supporting animation. Hope to see more such videos
So beautiful! Thank you so much!
Masha'Allah! I'm in awe of the production quality of this video apart from the knowledge! Super work by the team behind this..and explanation is top notch as usual
Great video...mashallah. Very informative. Jzkallah khair...may Allah swa reward all who made efforts on this presentation.
Very nice video. Didn't realize how intricate the process is
Marvelous! Alhamdulilah 🌙
MashAllah Muslim Bill Nye the science guy breaks down moon sighting. A great reference for years to come. JazakAllah to production team and our teacher.
Bilal Naeem the Muslim Science Brother 😅
Excellent presentation!! Thank you.
Thank you for this enlightening lecture.
Barakah Allah Fiy kum this is beautiful may Allah bless you.
Alhamdullillah for this beautiful knowledge. JazakAllah Dr. Youssef Ismail and the entire team of Zaytuna for making this possible. May Allah SubhanaWaTa'aala bless your efforts.
Ameen
I had seen multiple videos on this topic before i could find this masterpiece
Excellent work sir thank you very much
(you must be an excellent professor)
may Allah be pleased with you and give you more knowledge and wisdom
Thank you for sharing your ideas.As we are confused about it.
Alhamdulilah. Allah Almighty bless you dear brother for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for the clear explanation.
MashaAllah so beautiful presentation
Great video.
In short - connect to creation and the sunnah, look at the moon. Alhumdulilah.
MASHALLAH. Explained so deeply and beautifully.
May Allah bless you for this important presentation.
Powerful. It's emotional too. You can hear it in the voice of the presenter and see it in his eyes
Wonderful,beautifully explained
May Allah Almighty bless you and keep us in peace and safely
Ameen
Amazing, thanks for bringing such knowledgeable facts.
“To Fast or not to Fast”. Sheikh Peer
An incredibly informative video about the Moon-Wars that we see around us at the time of beginning or the end of Ramadan. This has definitely clarified a lot of misconceptions that I had all these years.
Thank you so much for such an informative video. May Allah reward you.
Thank you. This is the first time I learn why we have 10 days difference between Lunar and Gregorian calendars.
Lunar calendar allows Ramadan around the world to move across the world by 10 days each year. This means no Southern nation fasts during the long summer days forever and no Northern nations fast the short cold days forever. Same for the Eastern and Western Muslim nations. Allah the Merciful and Just.
An amazing research, explanation and scientific teaching. Jazakumullah brother for this. Allah(swt) will reward you immensely for your efforts to keep Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (saw) alive. Bravo 👏
Alhamdulillah.
Finally , an explanation , for me , in a detailed and simplistic fashion.
Shukran, Shukran, Shukran !!!
Salam alaykum & thank you very much for your beneficial teachings.
As salam u alekum brother ALLAH swt. give you paradise for your work explanation and the beautiful voice you have. Thank you
MaashaaAllah
May Allah bless you with best.
Amazing ♥️♥️
Very well explained thanks to you
MashaAllah what a wonderful presentation
Fascinating observations and articulation. Masya Allah.
Alhamdulillah. If he is my professor I am pretty sure I will attain all his classes. ❤
Thank you for this video, I will inshallah follow the moonsighting anymore.
Brilliant! Thank you 🌻
Masha’Allah excellent and comprehensive presentation. May Allah swt keep us all on the sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
Excellent presentation 👏
Thank alot...i need this
Subhan Allah - simply brilliant 🌙
Thank You. superbly wonderful, enlightening, inspiring, and increasing faith.
MashaAllah JazakAllahu khayraa 💯
Assalamualaikum Teacher
Alhamdulillah
It is purely Allah SWT blessing that we have this video
Thanks to my brother Abdul Jabbar for sharing
It is simply marvelous that you linked your experience with the Quran and our Prophet
May Allah SWT guide you to teach humanity at a trying time like this
Mashallah
More videos like this please. Shaikh Hamza, we need to learn the algorithm
Amazing. May Allah reward handsomely those that were involved on its production.
By addressing the moon in the dua also dispels the false notion by those who erroneously assume that muslims worship the moon.
Allah Allah!
What a beautiful video.
Much appreciated... A very clear presentation alhamdulillah. Is it possible to add the guidelines for sighting to those who are in the Southern Hemisphere. It will be much appreciated. God Almighty continue to bless you with benefitial knowledge aameen
Jazaka Allah kheir.
Wa Alikum Assalaam, Masha Allah thank you so much!
Thank you for this excellent video. Very comprehensively explained with top notch graphics and visuals. May Allah reward the team behind this video.
Subhanallah what an amazing experience watching this video. Allahu Akbar Allah is the Greatest. May Allah bless you Professor and grant you ghair health and strength to be with us for many many more years in guidance Subhanallah. Ameen
May Allah protect you and increase you ameen
May Allah increase your knowledge 🤲
Brilliant explanation
Jajakallah, Barak Allah -fi Hayati ❤️🌹
MashAllah what a amazing presentation. May Allah reward you for your hard work.
This is the type of standards all Muslims should aspire to.
May the Almighty Allah jalla-jalla-lahoo bless you for your wonderful explanation and confirmation of the Sunnah of our master and beloved of Allah subhana wa ta'aala Maulana Muhammad-e-Mustafa sallalaho aleihi wa sallam. May He guide all those that deny the Hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad aleihi sallam, so that we can all celebrate and commemorate on the same day, United as One Ummah.
SubhanAllah it made my believe in moon sighting more firmer than ever.
MashaAllah finally Dr. Yussef Ismail has clearly explained scientifically and theologically the rationale of moon sighting.
Thanks and JKkK.for your efforts in presenting the facts.
The most important problem that the wrong dates cause, is they jeopardize our calculations for laylatul Qadr because not everyone can stay up all 10 nights for ebadah and if we want to chose odd nights to stay up they cause massive discombobulation, and difficulty.
If naked eye moon sighting is simpler and revives the sunnah then why make things difficult for everyone.
Thanks for brilliantly explaining.
Asma.
Jazzak Allâhu Khayran..
Amazing ,wonderful
Alhamdullilah. The best ever. Tqvm
Hopefully this beautiful explanation for practicing the Sunnah in its virtue of finding the moon Visibly will put an end to all the lunatic debates
Very well done. Moon sighting as a part of our relationship with Allah and the cosmos. " The Sunnah the Better" . The reality of from the Man who split the moon(Peace and Blessing be upon Him)
Excellent explanation. جزاكم الله خيرا.
I have a question. The simulation from around 20min is taken from a northern hemisphere view. Will it be different for the Southern Hemisphere?
Mashallah ! A great effort and lovely to hear of your experiences moonsighting and reviving this amazing tradition.
Just to point out , the word “hilal” translates to “new crescent” and NOT “new moon”, as you have translated in the hadith at 1:24
The word hilal refers to the first visible phase of the moon. However “new moon” by definition is invisible.
The month in this Islamic calendar begins with the new crescent 🌙 (hilal), and it does NOT begin with the new moon 🌑
Jazakallah khair
May this presentation help Muslims determine the beginning of the month of Ramadan and Shawal forever and ever.
Ameen.
Incredible video. It's simply amazing. The only issue I felt was incorrect is to disregard any moon sightings when the moon is less than 24 hours old. There were lots of eye witnesses in North America for this year's Eid-ul-Fitr, when the moon was just 19 hours old.
Thank you!
This video is fascinating, masha'Allah.
I believe Dr. Youssef Ismail gave a workshop in the past to the general community on the lunar months and sighting the moon. Any plans for this to happen again in the future?
This really does settle it, if anyone doesn’t get convinced by this then I think it’s their ego talking
Barak allaku feek and thank you for such a wonderful and insightful presentation.
Notes for southern hemisphere:
* Minimum trajectory still in Autumn, set in west.
* Maximum trajectory still in Spring, set in west.
* Summer will set SOUTH of due west (as opposed to the NORTH in northern hemisphere)
* Winter will set NORTH of due west (as opposed to the SOUTH in northern hemisphere)
* Tips of crescent will be facing to the RIGHT (as opposed to the LEFT in the northern hemisphere)
* Lit side will be mainly to the LEFT/bottom (as opposed to the RIGHT/bottom in the northern hemisphere)
Hope this helps.
How interesting! Would you know how it works for an equatorial country? Thank you!
@@inashamsia Near the equator (using Nairobi as an example) the moon should be lit from the bottom with the tips facing directly upwards. In January it'll set SOUTH of due West whereas in June it'll set NORTH of due West. Thanks for the question :)
Jazaakallah khair. It does help
This was a great presentation.
I do wonder, though, what is the thought/tradition of the moon being sighted in different areas? Let's say Malaysia or Australia see it but Europe or America don't - do they all follow their own calendar, or follow the first sighting and try to confirm it as much as possible?
Thank you again!
God bless you.
The sun during the day moon at night - what you do during the day should align with what you think and do. At night when you give yourself over to your higher self.
Greetings from the Philippines! Alhamdulillah I am now challenged to see if I can do moon sighting in our place. But I wonder if the moon patterns (azimuth etc) will be different when sighting from an equatorial country?
My brain blew a fuse halfway through this.