Determining the Day of 'Ashura by Sighting the Crescent or by the Calendar
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, when is the Day of 'Ashura? Is it determined by sighting the crescent of Muharram or by the annual calendar?
Answer:
If the sighting occurs, then act upon it. If the sighting does not occur, then act according to the calendar. Act according to the calendar. This is not an obligatory fast; it is a voluntary fast. One fasts the day before it or the day after it. One fasts the ninth and the tenth, or one fasts the tenth and the eleventh. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, when is the Day of 'Ashura? Is it determined by sighting the crescent of Muharram or by the annual calendar?
Answer:
If the sighting occurs, then act upon it. If the sighting does not occur, then act according to the calendar. Act according to the calendar. This is not an obligatory fast; it is a voluntary fast. One fasts the day before it or the day after it. One fasts the ninth and the tenth, or one fasts the tenth and the eleventh. Yes.
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