The Ruling on Fasting with a Government That Determines Ramadan by Calculation
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Question:
This questioner says: We are Muslims living in a land of Islam, and the government there establishes the fasting of Ramadan by sighting the crescent moon and by calculation. That is, if twenty-nine days have passed of the month, they send a group of Muslims to look for the crescent moon. Some of them see the crescent moon, and some do not. The one that agrees with the calculation is the one the government establishes. This is what they do every Ramadan. So, do we fast with them, or do we fast with the Muslims?
Answer:
Fast with the Muslims in your land. Fast with the Muslims in your land, and do not ask by what means they fasted? By calculation or by the crescent moon? That is not your responsibility. That is their responsibility. You fast when the Muslims in your land fast. This is what is obligatory upon you. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: We are Muslims living in a land of Islam, and the government there establishes the fasting of Ramadan by sighting the crescent moon and by calculation. That is, if twenty-nine days have passed of the month, they send a group of Muslims to look for the crescent moon. Some of them see the crescent moon, and some do not. The one that agrees with the calculation is the one the government establishes. This is what they do every Ramadan. So, do we fast with them, or do we fast with the Muslims?
Answer:
Fast with the Muslims in your land. Fast with the Muslims in your land, and do not ask by what means they fasted? By calculation or by the crescent moon? That is not your responsibility. That is their responsibility. You fast when the Muslims in your land fast. This is what is obligatory upon you. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
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