Can any one answer this?

[Sarinha]

Can any one please tell me , i need to tell the answer to a friend who is a christian learning about Isalm

what is the method of fasting in Norway where days are six months long

[astrosfan]

http://www.understanding-islam.com/rb/mb-013.htm

Again, The Learner comes out with an answer to this question.

If there is a Muslim community residing in such areas, it can collectively decide on such timings, as well as timings for prayers etc.

As a matter of fact, people who live in places like these, do have a way of managing their hours. I am sure, they wake up in the “morning”, take breakfast, go to work, take lunch, may be even take an “afternoon” nap, take their “evening” tea, and retire to their bedrooms, in the “night” time.

Just like all these activities are managed even in these areas, and managed quite effectively, in the same way, prayers and fasting can also be managed independent of the movements of the sun, if such movements are not easily visible in any areas.

[X_Communist]

side note: living/residing in countries that are not legally ISLAMIC, is wrong, unless you are spreading the 'deen'...

hopefully, someone else will fill you on ur original question.

[astrosfan]

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Originally posted by Degas:
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The question was, ostensibly, "If the time between sunrise and sunset is 180 days, how is one expected to fast during Ramadan from sunrise to sunset?"

[Mr_Partypooper]

Originally posted by X_Communist:
**side note: living/residing in countries that are not legally ISLAMIC, is wrong, unless you are spreading the ‘deen’…
**

May I ask about the basis of your opinion from the Qur’an and the Sunnah?
http://www.understanding-islam.com/rs/s-004.htm

Under normal circumstances, residing in a Muslim or a non-Muslim country is again not a matter of permissibility or otherwise (Halaal or Haraam). In other words it is not mandatory for a Muslim, under ALL circumstances, to leave his home land, if it is ruled by non-Muslims. It is again a matter of preference. A Muslim, while making a choice regarding his homeland, must consider the socio-cultural environment and the ease with which he can live according to the commandments of his Lord. In any case, if someone thinks that he CAN live according to the commandments of Allah in the land of his preference, which is a non-Muslim country, Islam does not stop him from carrying out his option.

However, there are certain special set of circumstances, where Islam makes it binding for a Muslim to leave his non-Muslim homeland. These circumstances particularly relate to conditions where a person is persecuted for being a Muslim and is stopped or hindered from carrying out the commands of his Lord, as was the case in Mekkah after the establishment of an Islamic state in Medinah. Thus, only under such circumstances it becomes binding for a Muslim to migrate to a Muslim country. Besides this situation, under normal circumstances all that can and should be said is that it is preferable (if it really is) to live under a Muslim rule and in a society with Muslim values.

The Learner

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They shoot partypoopers, don’t they?

[Girl_from_Quraysh]

X commi et al, if you are so keen on discussing that side topic please open up another thread.

[X_Communist]

ok, and i dont even get a smilie to go along with that instruction??

theek hai.
i'll think about a new thread and that side note.

oh and sorry to interrupt, but their was a post by musalman in here, agreeing with me....wonder what happened to it....

[This message has been edited by X_Communist (edited January 18, 2001).]

[Girl_from_Quraysh]

X commi

http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/smile.gif

I deleted them 'cause they weren’t relevant to the original topic and they were cluttering up the thread unecessarily.

[aMiGo]

You follow a place nearby with "normal" sunset, sunrise.

[Sarinha]

I have read your replies

Thanks for that

Actually the question asked by one of my friends
who is learning about Islam
I want to answer her in an effective way
in the light of Quran and Sunnah

Who is decisive in these kinds of areas
Is there any Hdith for that
I am sure this..that there is

Any way please if any one can help?
Thanks