The Muslims' disagreement regarding the beginning and end of Ramadan
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Regarding the Muslims' disagreement on the entry and exit of the month of Ramadan, how do we establish the principle for this in Islamic law?
Answer:
The disagreement among Muslims regarding the beginning and end of the month stems from the difference in moonrise points, because the moonrise points vary from country to country. This is by the consensus of the Muslims, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says. Every group fasts based on their own sighting and breaks their fast based on their own sighting. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it,"Sunan an-Nasa'i 2122Sahih (Darussalam) in one narration: "Complete the count of Sha'ban as thirty days," and...
So every group, or every people of a region, whose moonrise point differs from that of another region, fast based on their own sighting, not based on the sighting of the region that differs from them in moonrise points. This is due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 697Hasan (Darussalam) A man from Sham came to Madinah in the time of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Mu'awiyah and the people of Sham fasted on such-and-such a day." 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas said: "But we do not fast until we see the crescent moon." Yes.
May Allah reward you. Regarding the Muslims' disagreement on the entry and exit of the month of Ramadan, how do we establish the principle for this in Islamic law?
Answer:
The disagreement among Muslims regarding the beginning and end of the month stems from the difference in moonrise points, because the moonrise points vary from country to country. This is by the consensus of the Muslims, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says. Every group fasts based on their own sighting and breaks their fast based on their own sighting. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it,"
and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then work it out.
فإن غم عليكم فاقدروا لهSo every group, or every people of a region, whose moonrise point differs from that of another region, fast based on their own sighting, not based on the sighting of the region that differs from them in moonrise points. This is due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
The fast is the day the people fast, the breaking of the fast is the day the people break their fast, and the sacrifice is the day the people sacrifice.
الصوم يوم تصومون، والفطر يوم تفطرون، والأضحى يوم تضحون،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1 من 28|من أحكام الصيام|كلمة توجيهية في كيفية استقبال شهر رمضان|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (6:09)
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