Ummul Qurrah calendar …….. till 1420 H:

Original Ummul Qurrah calendar followed by Saudi Arabia till 1420 H:

Dr. Fadhl Ahmed formulated for Saudi Arabia  Ummul Qurrah calendar for 130 years – from 1300 to 1429 H,  based on the criteria of “Universal Day in which Conjunction takes place as the last day of the month and the new month to start at Fajr on the following Universal Day” – the very same criteria followed by Hijri Committee of India.

Saudi Arabia  were following this original Ummul Qurrah till 1420 and the dates were exactly tallying with moon-phases, as directed in Noble Qur’aan (2:189).  In 1420 some conditions like, ” conjunction to occur before Magrib, in order to start the new month on the following day” was introduced. This impractical, unscientific condition is contrary to Sharia.  Hence, from 1420 certain months were started on wrong days of the week.

 Dr. Fadhl Ahmed passed away during 2013. But, before his demise he had formulated a 2000 year universal Hijri Calendar based on the same original criteria which can be purchased from amazon from the following link.  http://www.amazon.com/Years-Civil-Hijri-Comparative-Calendar/dp/1477443606

May Almighty Allaah reward him immensely for his efforts.  Aameen!