SURABAYA - PP Muhammadiyah will hold a National Consultative Assembly Legal Affairs Committee and Tajdid in Malang. The event is scheduled for April 1 to 4 at the Muhammadiyah University of Malang.
In the event one of the agenda to be discussed is the dawn prayer time in Indonesia that are considered most seduni morning. This agenda is included in the reckoning and rukyat guidelines.
Besides the theme, the National Consultative Assembly and the Legal Affairs Committee will also discuss Tajdid other themes such as issues of governance jurisprudence, alma'un, women, art and culture as well as some problems in worship and muamalah, such as economic systems and practices of sharia law in Indonesia mafia.
Especially for the discussion of the morning prayer, the Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee and Tajdid PP Muhammadiyah, Syamsul Anwar says "So far, the dawn prayer in Indonesia's terpagi than in other countries," he said after meeting the Governor of East Java, Soekarwo, Tuesday (23/03/2010). "Therefore we will discuss re shubuh prayer time," he added.
As a comparison, Morocco, for example. This country, he said, has at dawn when the sun is at 18 degrees below horizon. Also in Egypt, where time begins at dawn when the sun is at 19.5 degrees below horizon. While in Indonesia azan Subuh began when dawn or the sun is 20 degrees below horizon.
Arifin said the prayer time this morning too, feared to be one factor Muslims lazy to run the morning prayer. However Syamsul asserted if Indonesia adopted the dawn of time that is 20 degrees below the horizon is not really against the rule. Because, according to Islamic law, when Dawn was between 20 degrees before the horizon up to 0 degrees horizon.
Meanwhile, National Conference participants will be numbered 150 people, consisting of one person advisory PP Muhammadiyah, PP Muhammadiyah 13 people, the Legal Affairs Committee and Tajdid PP 36 people, members of the Legal Affairs Committee of representatives from 66 regions, experts reckoning and Falaq five people, observers, 29 people , representatives of Islamic organizations five people, PP Muhammdiyah eight people in East Java, East Java Tasjid the Legal Affairs Committee and five people. (Fit)
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