Re: How to become a scholar?
Salam, USResident, I read 3 lines of your post, then I stopped. Here is why.
Did you ever read the reasoning behind the moonsighting? Why they view it with the naked eye?
You assumed that Traditionalist scholars just refer to hadiths and then blindly follow it?
Couple of points i’ll mention, and then I’ll refer you to a scholarly work of a traditionalist scholar.
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Prayer times and moon calculations are NOT done similarly. They are different! One is definite without any conditions, the other has a condition placed upon it. Why? (refer below)
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Were the same methods used today (intercalculations and averaging out the lunar cycle) used back in the time of the prophet pbuh and afterwards? Yes. (refer below)
All the proofs, all the evidence, all the scientific benefits are listed below.
Its a 40+ page read, but I hope you can find time to read it.
Part 1:
http://www.zaytuna.org/forms/Cesarean_Moon_Births_Pt_1.pdf
Part 2:
http://www.zaytuna.org/forms/Cesarean_Moon_Births_Pt_2.pdf
I hope it atleast clears your misconception about traditionalist scholars and their view on moonsighting.