Document Type : Original Article
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1 Researcher and Instructor of Advanced Levels of Fiqh and Principles, A'immah Athar Fiqhi Center, Qom, Iran;
2 Researcher, Office for Fiqhi Studies of Forensic Medicine and Member of the Principles Group, A'immah Athar Fiqhi Center, Qom, Iran
3 Graduated from the third level of the Fiqh Center of the Holy Imams (AS), Qom, Iran
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The present study yielded the following results:
In certain regions of the Earth, due to their proximity to the International Date Line, the days of the week cannot be definitively determined and require careful consideration.
Considering the numerous narrations that designate specific days of the week as subjects for religious rulings—such as medical narrations, narrations concerning the virtue or inauspiciousness of weekdays, narrations about celestial events occurring on specific days, and narrations explaining the specific effects of deeds performed on particular days—it must be acknowledged that the distinction between the days of the week is not merely conventional. Rather, numerous material and spiritual, existential effects are consequent upon them. In fact, even if we were to accept that the difference between the days of the week is a conventional matter, it must be stated that the criterion and standard in this regard is a specific convention that has received the endorsement (*imḍā'*) of the Sacred Law. Given that the conventional determination of days in some regions of the world, such as the American continent, lacks verification of such endorsement by the Sacred Law, we therefore lack a valid religious proof (*dalīl sharʿī*) for the precise determination of the days of the week in these regions.
The ultimate conclusion is that, in light of these considerations, one cannot simply, through the decision of a single country or through international agreements, determine the days of the week for regions of the Earth and expect that religious rulings (*aḥkām sharʿiyyah*) would consequently apply to them. The result is that the International Date Line, which is the product of international agreements and conventions, holds no religious validity and cannot serve as the basis for determining the days of the week.
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