Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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announced that, in future, Hajj would be conducted
in the same way as in that year. Thus he put an end
to the manipulation of the lunar calendar for all
time. “Time has run its full course,” he announced.
“It is now in the same position as it was when God
created the heavens and the earth. And there are
twelve months to a year in the sight of God.”
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There was a profound reason for the Prophet’s delay
in introducing this reform. When people have adhered
to a certain religious practice for a number of years,
they come to think of it as sacred and find extreme
difficulty in changing their thinking. In two years time,
Hajj would fall on the day desired by the Prophet, so
he avoided taking any premature initiatives, which
would have made an issue of the matter. When the
time came for Hajj to fall naturally on its proper day,
then he announced that this was the right day of the
year for Hajj to be performed, and it would in future
continue to be performed on the same day.
From these examples, we can see how the Prophet’s
entire policy was moulded by the wisdom with
which he had been endowed by God. One can say
that he fitted his own cog-wheel in with God’s; his
