It’s not dead, go to the miiyi.View attachment 360797
Somali Astrology/Astronomy was very alive back then but now it's basically dead
Its really not. If you type the word xiddigs into YouTube you'll find dozens and dozens of videos of somali news channels inviting people who know stuff about somali astrology/astronomy to do segments on it. There's even several books on this topic that have come outView attachment 360797
Somali Astrology/Astronomy was very alive back then but now it's basically dead
Astronomy is so important to a nomadic populace especially in a place as vast as the Somali peninsula. It’s a pity how we’re forgetting our rootsView attachment 360797
Somali Astrology/Astronomy was very alive back then but now it's basically dead
This has nothing to do with Ottomans. The lunar mansions in Somali culture are pre Islamic. It was synchronised with Islamic culture later. I posted a study on it here:The guy was a Sufi Qadiriyya who followed some Persian saint Abdul Qadir Gilani why you surprised he was into this weird Astrology deviant stuff.
My parents used to mention how Backhome there regions and even clans where the sufis call upon Gilani and even ask him to aid them and heal them - May Allah destroy this Ottoman-persian imported disease. I blame the early sultanates opening the horn and trading with certain islamic empires not only do goods come in but preachers and their poison.
he was not qaadiriya he literally fought them you jahil. dont pollute a thread about the sheikh with a certain sect's ignorance and lies.The guy was a Sufi Qadiriyya who followed some Persian saint Abdul Qadir Gilani why you surprised he was into this weird Astrology deviant stuff.
My parents used to mention how Backhome there regions and even clans where the sufis call upon Gilani and even ask him to aid them and heal them - May Allah destroy this Ottoman-persian imported disease. I blame the early sultanates opening the horn and trading with certain islamic empires not only do goods come in but preachers and their poison.
I think the fact that an Islamic grave inscription from the 1200s mentions a somali calendar date alongside the Islamic one is incredibly overlookedThis has nothing to do with Ottomans. The lunar mansions in Somali culture are pre Islamic. It was synchronised with Islamic culture later. I posted a study on it here:
28 lunar mansions and Somali astrology
https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/737/1/Stars_%20seasons%20and%20weather%20in%20somali%20pastoral%20traditions.pdf The 28 Somali lunar stations of the moon are explained from page 47 of Galaals study linked above. He disagrees with Cerulli who claimed the somali and Afar system...www.somalispot.com
Am talking about astrology and mysticism not using the stars as guidance for travelling since Allah put that in place for people to do.This has nothing to do with Ottomans. The lunar mansions in Somali culture are pre Islamic. It was synchronised with Islamic culture later. I posted a study on it here:
28 lunar mansions and Somali astrology
https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/737/1/Stars_%20seasons%20and%20weather%20in%20somali%20pastoral%20traditions.pdf The 28 Somali lunar stations of the moon are explained from page 47 of Galaals study linked above. He disagrees with Cerulli who claimed the somali and Afar system...www.somalispot.com
That's trueIts really not. If you type the word xiddigs into YouTube you'll find dozens and dozens of videos of somali news channels inviting people who know stuff about somali astrology/astronomy to do segments on it. There's even several books on this topic that have come out