Is fasting the white days based on the Umm al-Qura calendar or on the sighting of the crescent moon?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The one who fasts the voluntary fasts of Monday and Thursday, or the days that... The one who fasts the voluntary fasts, and he says: the three white days of every month. Does he fast based on the Umm al-Qura calendar, or on the sighting of the crescent moon?
Answer:
The matter is easy. He fasts three days of the month, from the beginning, from the middle, or from the end. The important thing is three days of the month. It is not obligatory that they be the white days. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The one who fasts the voluntary fasts of Monday and Thursday, or the days that... The one who fasts the voluntary fasts, and he says: the three white days of every month. Does he fast based on the Umm al-Qura calendar, or on the sighting of the crescent moon?
Answer:
The matter is easy. He fasts three days of the month, from the beginning, from the middle, or from the end. The important thing is three days of the month. It is not obligatory that they be the white days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1102 -3022] هل يكون صيام الأيام البيض بناءً على تقويم أم القرى أو على رؤية الهلال؟ — youtube.com
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