Fasting by those who saw the crescent of Ramadan but whose testimony was not accepted
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a group of people sees the crescent of Ramadan, but the ruler does not order fasting, and instead orders it the next day, do they fast before the people?
Answer:
They fast, but they conceal their fasting as long as they saw the crescent with their own eyes and their testimony was not acted upon. They fast, but they do not display their fasting. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a group of people sees the crescent of Ramadan, but the ruler does not order fasting, and instead orders it the next day, do they fast before the people?
Answer:
They fast, but they conceal their fasting as long as they saw the crescent with their own eyes and their testimony was not acted upon. They fast, but they do not display their fasting. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (58:05)
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