Re: Deciding on the Moon
should we also get rid of our clocks, and schedule things according to Sunrise and Sunset?
Don't we already use clocks and calculated times for the movements of the Sun, no reason why the same could not be done for the moon. Though there is a subtle point here that we must pick up, we have the liberty to be a day on or off when deciding on the Islamic month we do not have that margin when performing daily prayers. You can't say your praying yesterdays Maghrib prayer today because you didn't see the sunset yesterday because of the weather. We have a greater margin of error when deciding the beginning of an Islamic month but we do not have to purposely use that margin of error if we have the means to avoid it.