{"id":826,"date":"2009-08-07T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T06:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2009-08-07T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T06:51:03","slug":"a-clarification-of-moonsighting-sheikh-haitham-al-haddad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"A Clarification of Moonsighting &#8211; Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad (MP3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ramadan1.thumbnail.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Symbolizing the faith of Islam, the crescent moon is seen at sunset on top of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lecture delivered by the Sheikh clarifying a confusing subject for many Muslims, which inevitably causes conflict between various Muslim groups every <em>Ramadan<\/em> and <em>\u2018Eid<\/em>. Based on the Qur\u2019an and Sunnah, the Sheikh clarifies the difference between the astronomical month of <em>Ramadan<\/em> and the <em>shari\u2019i<\/em> month, and its implication upon the <em>fiqhi<\/em> rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1<br \/>\nPart 2<br \/>\nPart 3<br \/>\nPart 4<br \/>\nPart 5<br \/>\nPart 6<br \/>\nPart 7 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ramadan1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Symbolizing the faith of Islam, the crescent moon is seen at sunset on top of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lecture delivered by the Sheikh clarifying a confusing subject for many Muslims, which inevitably causes conflict between various Muslim groups every Ramadan and \u2018Eid. 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