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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Presentation of the evidence that the People of the Book calculated their time based on lunar months, and then they altered that.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The Shaykh : And this is what appears to be the case: that the People of the Book calculated their time based on lunar months, as evidenced by the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah while they were fasting on Ashura, that is, the tenth day of Muharram. Then, His saying, the Exalted:
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ
[Al-Baqarah 2:189]
To whom is this addressed? To people in general. And He said:
Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِنْدَ اللهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا
[At-Tawbah 9:36]
after that.
The student: In the Book of Allah.

The Shaykh :
in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them في كِتَابِ اللهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ فَلَا تَظْلِمُوا فِيهِنَّ أَنْفُسَكُمْ
[At-Tawbah 9:36]
But nations, over the long span of time, changed and altered things. A person told me and promised me that he would come to me tomorrow with what he told me, namely that the names of the European months were the names of gods; some were names of gods, some were names of kings, and some were occasions for them. That is to say, they are not based on tangible science, nor on reason, nor on transmitted reports.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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