Seeing the Crescent Moon and the Entry of the Lunar Month
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, Salih, one of the questions that came in says: Is the crescent moon the determinant for the entry of the lunar month, as the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 1970?
Answer:
Yes, this is an authentic hadith regarding fasting in Ramadan: meaning the crescent moon. So Allah tied breaking the fast and fasting to the sighting of the crescent moon. If the crescent moon is not seen due to clouds or haze, then this is the Day of Doubt. They fast at the end of the month until they complete it, but at the beginning of the month, the Day of Doubt is not fasted.
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, Salih, one of the questions that came in says: Is the crescent moon the determinant for the entry of the lunar month, as the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
God’s messenger as saying, “Fast when you see it and break your fast when you see it
صلى الله عليه وسلم صوموا لرؤيته وأفطروا لرؤيتهAnswer:
Yes, this is an authentic hadith regarding fasting in Ramadan:
"Fast when you see it [the crescent moon], and break your fast when you see it."
صوموا لرؤيته عن الهلال وافطروا لرؤيته
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7571 — youtube.com (14:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.