Working with electronic clocks that do not conform to the Umm al-Qura calendar
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The new electronic clocks that are placed in some mosques, some of them differ from the Umm al-Qura calendar, meaning they are ahead of it by approximately three minutes.
Answer:
Do not work by them; work by the King’s calendar, which is the one relied upon. As for these, do not work by them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The new electronic clocks that are placed in some mosques, some of them differ from the Umm al-Qura calendar, meaning they are ahead of it by approximately three minutes.
Answer:
Do not work by them; work by the King’s calendar, which is the one relied upon. As for these, do not work by them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب الأذان — islamhouse.com (54:23)
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