Re: Valentines day? - History and Islamic Perspective
Because sun's shadow was a way to tell the time back then? Just as moon sighting maybe a way to mark different times of the year...
The night travelers used stars to know where they came from and where they were going as well....as a sort of a map for nighttravel...
First prayer before the sunrise, 2nd just before sun reached peak, 3rd when it started to set, 4th when it set, and 5th before going to sleep.
How about the people of places where the sun doesn't even come out for 6 months out of the year?