The ruling on adhering to the sighting of the Saudi crescent
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The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Usually, Saudi Arabia precedes us in sighting the crescent of the eastern horizon. What is the ruling on adhering to the sighting of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or do we adhere to the sighting of our own crescent?
The Shaykh:
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fast when you see it.
The presenter:
And estimate itMusannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3:154. So every Islamic country refers to the scholars who live among them. And there is.
The Shaykh:
A legal committee. The crescent. And. This committee is formed, and then one is trusted for his knowledge. And his piety and his capability. And the horizons differ. As is well known. And it is not obligatory.
The presenter:
It is not obligatory. For different horizons. To take the sighting of a horizon other than their own.
The Shaykh:
This is the methodology followed by the Muslims. Since the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Usually, Saudi Arabia precedes us in sighting the crescent of the eastern horizon. What is the ruling on adhering to the sighting of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or do we adhere to the sighting of our own crescent?
The Shaykh:
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fast when you see it.
The presenter:
And estimate it
When you see it, and if it is obscured for you, then estimate it.
لرؤيته فإن غم عليكم فاقدروا لهThe Shaykh:
A legal committee. The crescent. And. This committee is formed, and then one is trusted for his knowledge. And his piety and his capability. And the horizons differ. As is well known. And it is not obligatory.
The presenter:
It is not obligatory. For different horizons. To take the sighting of a horizon other than their own.
The Shaykh:
This is the methodology followed by the Muslims. Since the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كلمة توجيهية للدعاة في أفريقيا - السيت \ 16 \ رمضان \ 1441 هـ - الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com (29:35)
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