what does the moon means to muslim?

Question

why it is on top of their mosque?

Answer 1

the cresant moon is their simbol, as the star of david is to jews.

Answer 2

Why was it put on top of the first mosque that it appeared on? Because it is a permissible image in Islam. Pictures of nature are permissible, but pictures of beings that have a soul (people, animals) are forbidden. Eventually, people copied the design.

The symbol itself has absolutely no religious value.

What does the moon mean to muslims? A means of measuring each new month coming in, it is what bring the night time. We look for the new moon to begin our Holy month of Ramadan. That is all.

There are no verses or narrations that recommend using a picture of a moon for anything. In fact, scholars have condemned its use if it is to be introduced as a new tradition, because new traditions are forbidden, because our religion was made complete upon the revelation of The Quran.

Answer 3

The months are counted by Muslims through the moon, which takes around 29 or 30 days to be a complete month, that is why A Muslim year is 11 days less than the years we count, it started from the day of Hijra of Prophet Muhammed,

Answer 4

The moon has no religious importance as such, but the Hijri calender,Muslims calender, is calculated on the appearance of the moon every month, and that will be the first of a month in the Hijri calender, which consists of 12 months. Months varies between 28 days to 30 days as the movement of the moon.

Answer 5

The crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years. Information on the origins of the symbol are difficult to ascertain, but most sources agree that these ancient celestial symbols were in use by the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of sun, moon, and sky gods. There are also reports that the crescent moon and star were used to represent the Carthaginian goddess Tanit or the Greek goddess Diana.

The city of Byzantium (later known as Constantinople and Istanbul) adopted the crescent moon symbol. According to some reports, they chose it in honor of the goddess Diana. Others indicate that it dates back to a battle in which the Romans defeated the Goths on the first day of a lunar month. In any event, the crescent moon was featured on the city's flag even before the birth of Christ.

The early Muslim community did not really have a symbol. During the time of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islamic armies and caravans flew simple solid-colored flags (generally black, green, or white) for identification purposes. In later generations, the Muslim leaders continued to use a simple black, white, or green flag with no markings, writing, or symbolism on it.

It wasn't until the Ottoman Empire that the crescent moon and star became affiliated with the Muslim world. When the Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453, they adopted the city's existing flag and symbol. Legend holds that the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman, had a dream in which the crescent moon stretched from one end of the earth to the other. Taking this as a good omen, he chose to keep the crescent and make it the symbol of his dynasty. There is speculation that the five points on the star represent the five pillars of Islam, but this is pure conjecture. The five points were not standard on the Ottoman flags, and as you will see on the following page, it is still not standard on flags used in the Muslim world today.

For hundreds of years, the Ottoman Empire ruled over the Muslim world. After centuries of battle with Christian Europe, it is understandable how the symbols of this empire became linked in people's minds with the faith of Islam as a whole.

Based on this history, many Muslims reject using the crescent moon as a symbol of Islam. The faith of Islam has historically had no symbol, and many refuse to accept what is essentially an ancient pagan icon. It is certainly not in uniform use among Muslims.

Answer 6

The mosque has a doom and a symbol of a cresent and five pointed star on it. I heard that this design came from Muhammad's (PBUH) cane. Initiallty, mosque is just a simple building. They made the doom so that the voice of the Imam can be heard throughout the mosque (can be heard by all of the jemaah). This can be proven by sceintific reasoning. The crescent and star came from the cane of Muhammad (PBUH) where he has a symbol of crescent and five pointed star on his cane. But if you ask, why it is on top of Muhammad's (PBUH) cane? I have no answer for that because I don't know why.

Answer 7

The Muslim Calender is derived from the sighting of the Moon...So its considered as an Important Symbol...

Answer 8

The moon is useful for calculating the time and the months.

Answer 9

Islamic Calander is based on the Moon.

Answer 10

the month of ramadan is one of the valuable month in islam. the month of ramadan is were muslim start fasting. we can tell the beginning of the starting month by the shape of the moon. so we look at the moon to indicate the beginning of the month.
also the month of ramadan is the month in which Quran came down.

we also look at the sun to know the time of prayers.

but our God is the God of every thing. He creates the sun, moon, stars.....planets and all living.

Answer 11

May be their ambition to reach the moon, but American and Russian beat them by their technology.