Re: hijri time!! was: distro project comming soon... Till then...

[Osama ALASSIRY <osama at alassiry dot com>]

this time system is no longer used, my father says that they used this
type of timing in the 50s, resetting 12:00 every day at sunset (maghrib
prayer time)... - 

p.s. we're in Qatar, very close to saudi arabia.

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 08:31, Abu Bakar Al-Idrus wrote:
> : On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 19:25, N. Heer wrote:
> 
> : > 	When I was living in Saudi Arabia in the late fifties Saudis reset
> 
> : > their watches every day at sunset.  That way they knew when the correct
> 
> : > prayer times were.  I don't know whether they still do that or not.
> 
> : Strange! This is the first time I hear this. Let me ask...
> 
> 
> I've heard that in Masjidil Haram, there is still a clock that is set according to this time.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Abu Bakar Al-Idrus
> 
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