criticalerror
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It's only as much Bidah as is the use of loudspeakers for Azan... or using Internet for teaching Qur'an.. or riding a car instead of a camel .... No one is trying to change 'religion' here... 1400 years ago there were no means of knowing if the lunar month had changed except for viewing the crescent with a naked eye. That's why those Ahadith. Have you ever wondered why lunar months were so important for those early Muslims? Allah states in the Holy Qur'an:
"... He made the night still, and He rendered the sun and the moon to serve as calculation devices. Such is the design of the Almighty ..." [6:96]
"They ask you about the phases of the moon! Say, "They provide a timing device for the people.. " [2:189]
"Lo! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months" [9:36]
"He is the One who rendered the sun radiant, and the moon a light, and He designed its phases that you may learn to count the years and to calculate." [10:5]
Using technology to fully benefit from these divine calculation devices is in fact following the Holy Qur'an in letter and spirit. But if you still insist that it's Bid'ah, then I would say that it's Bid'ah Hasanah
Your analogy is incorrect. Now if loudspeakers were not used as a tool and replaced the muazzin with a recorded sound, then it would be Bidah. The use of loudspeakers comes with backing of numerous fatwas.
Even in Saudi Arabia they use telescopes for viewing the moon and not the naked eye. We do the same. This is again permissible use of technology.
Your proofs from Quran are actually proof of day and night being used to time activities during the day and rest during the night and have nothing to do with sighting the moon for Ramzan. I already gave the verse for moon sighting. Also note the phases of the moon were somewhat known to astrologers in those days as well.
Science and Technology should definitely be used, but not to replace a practice established in Sunnah. For aid and as a tool, it is perfectly acceptable.
As per the Hadith:
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told us that: “Every innovation is going astray(Bidah) , and every going astray will be in the Fire.”
Narrated by Muslim (867) and an-Nasaa’i (1578)