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[Noura_Shi'a]

First of all, im celebrating my first Eid as a Shia muslim, as i converted appoximently 1 year ago.

So one question about the Eid day.
As i know, Eid is on Monday and this is what my parents and some friends told me, which are all Sunni. The Shia community here were i live, are celebrating the day after the day Sunnis have clarified. So they will celebrate the first day of Eid on Tuesday. They also started fasting one day after everyone.

Could anyone verify this?
I prefer replies with sources from hadiths and the Quran, but also from what u and ur family does.


Thanks!

[Follower]

Walaikum Salam sister

Congratulations to you.

It depends on which part of the world you live in, and also which marja you take your rulings from. Most probably, for most of the world it will be Monday insha'Allah.

Kindly refer to post number 7 in this thread, and feel free to post any questions you may have.

Edited by Follower, 16 August 2012 - 01:12 PM.

[Noura_Shi'a]

Follower, on 16 August 2012 - 01:12 PM, said:

Walaikum Salam sister

Congratulations to you.

It depends on which part of the world you live in, and also which marja you take your rulings from. Most probably, for most of the world it will be Monday insha'Allah.

Kindly refer to post number 7 in this thread, and feel free to post any questions you may have.

Thank u, brother!

I also assume it is on Monday. But i really wondered why the community here does this every day, even if the moon have shown up completly. As u say, it may be the marja who give rulings according to this.

[Noura_Shi'a]

Mushu, on 16 August 2012 - 01:32 PM, said:

Salaams,

Which marji3 do you follow, and in which country do you reside?

Sorry brother, I havent made enough research to answer u on which marja' i follow.
But i live in Norway, and mainly all my Shia friends does like i told in this topic.

[Allahuakbar]

s.Nour, on 16 August 2012 - 01:07 PM, said:

First of all, im celebrating my first Eid as a Shia muslim, as i converted appoximently 1 year ago.

So one question about the Eid day.
As i know, Eid is on Monday and this is what my parents and some friends told me, which are all Sunni. The Shia community here were i live, are celebrating the day after the day Sunnis have clarified. So they will celebrate the first day of Eid on Tuesday. They also started fasting one day after everyone.

Could anyone verify this?
I prefer replies with sources from hadiths and the Quran, but also from what u and ur family does.


Thanks!

Eid day for Shias is not chosen how you have described (a day after the Sunni sect). There have been several times in which Eid has been on the same day for both Shias and Sunnis.

[Hot hot]

As of my experience I live in a Muslim area where Shias and sunis both has a great population
I have not seen any eid celebrated by both the sects on a different day.
I mean both the sect celebrate it on the same day only it all depends on moon brother anyways cpngrats

[Noura_Shi'a]

Allahuakbar, on 16 August 2012 - 08:06 PM, said:

Eid day for Shias is not chosen how you have described (a day after the Sunni sect). There have been several times in which Eid has been on the same day for both Shias and Sunnis.

Hot hot, on 16 August 2012 - 08:11 PM, said:

As of my experience I live in a Muslim area where Shias and sunis both has a great population
I have not seen any eid celebrated by both the sects on a different day.
I mean both the sect celebrate it on the same day only it all depends on moon brother anyways cpngrats

Thanks alot for the answers, brothers!
I will then be able to celebrate with my family, which is much better just to not hurt them
And i will for sure ask my friend on why they r celebrating on different day, just to clarify it.

Mushu, on 16 August 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

That's okay
But I suggest you start looking into it!

I would suggest that since you haven't yet chosen a marji3, to celebrate Eid with the followers of Syed Ali al-Sistani. The majority of people follow him, so you're safe celebrating Eid with them

But it really is crucial that you start Taqleed. Why don't you start on Syed Ali al-Sistani for now, and then change to whoever you find to be the most knowledgable after your research. That's what most people do!

Of course, inshallah i will start as soon as possible!
Thanks for the suggestion, i will follow ur recommendation. It will then be much easier for me than asking other Shias everytime  

[labaikYaZahra]

Mushu, on 16 August 2012 - 01:32 PM, said:

Salaams,

Which marji3 do you follow, and in which country do you reside?

.   Salam alaikum,   Why does it matter which marja3 a person follows, ur supposed to fast when u sight the moon, and break it when u sight ut, so why do people follow what a marja3 on the other side of the world says??  Isnt it enough if 4 trustworthy men sight the moon?

Edited by labaikYaZahra, 18 August 2012 - 06:42 AM.

[Follower]

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Salam alaikum,   Why does it matter which marja3 a person follows, ur supposed to fast when u sight the moon, and break it when u sight ut, so why do people follow what a marja3 across the world says??

Because there are different views among the fuqaha, such as night-sharing (a sighting is valid for all regions that share a part of the night with the area where the crescent was sighted), local-sighting (requirement of sighting the moon in your own region, or in a nearby region), methods of sighting (naked eye vs optical aid), validity of calculations etc...

Wallahu A'lam

[labaikYaZahra]

Follower, on 18 August 2012 - 06:44 AM, said:

Because there are different views among the fuqaha, such as night-sharing (a sighting is valid for all regions that share a part of the night with the area where the crescent was sighted), local-sighting (requirement of sighting the moon in your own region, or in a nearby region), methods of sighting (naked eye vs optical aid), validity of calculations etc...

Wallahu A'lam

.    well maybe ur right, but it has gotten to the point where people follow a marja3 even after they see the moon with their own eyes, like last year when some followers of sistani fasted on eid despite the fact that theyv sighted the moon. And back then did they even have optical aid?

[Follower]

It's going to be on Monday for all of Europe

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In The Name of Allah The Compassionate, Most Merciful
His Eminence Ayatullah Seestani has declared Monday to be Eid day in the United Kingdom and all European and Scandinavian countries.

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