Fasting When Islamic Organizations Differ in Non-Muslim Countries
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Question:
The questioner, a student sent abroad to Australia, says: We have two Islamic organizations; one has approved fasting on Wednesday, and the other on Thursday. We are confused about whom to follow, and some of us have decided to fast with Indonesia because it is the closest Muslim country to Australia. What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is obligatory for a Muslim to fast with the Muslims in the country where he is, and he must not fast before them or delay after them. So as long as the Muslims in Australia are fasting, you fast with them and do not delay after them. Because fasting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained,Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 3:154, if the Muslims in a country where there is no Islamic state have exercised independent legal reasoning and the Muslims present there have fasted, then the Muslim does not delay after them; he fasts with them. Yes.
The questioner, a student sent abroad to Australia, says: We have two Islamic organizations; one has approved fasting on Wednesday, and the other on Thursday. We are confused about whom to follow, and some of us have decided to fast with Indonesia because it is the closest Muslim country to Australia. What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is obligatory for a Muslim to fast with the Muslims in the country where he is, and he must not fast before them or delay after them. So as long as the Muslims in Australia are fasting, you fast with them and do not delay after them. Because fasting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained,
Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it. If it is cloudy for you, estimate it for it.
صوموا لرؤيته، وأفطروا لرؤيته، فإن غم عليكم فاقدروا له
Source
مجالس رمضان 1431هـ - 01 — alfawzan.live (29:58)
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