Fasting for thirty-one days if the crescent moon is not seen
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If people fasted based on the testimony of one person, and then the crescent moon was not seen on the night of the thirtieth day, do they fast for thirty-one days?
Answer:
No, they do not fast for thirty-one days. Their guidance, their guidance, was not the correct one, because if it had been correct, the crescent moon would have been seen. If it had been correct, the crescent moon would have been seen after the thirty days were completed. This indicates that if they complete thirty days and the crescent moon is not seen, this is proof that its beginning was not correct; it cannot be correct.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If people fasted based on the testimony of one person, and then the crescent moon was not seen on the night of the thirtieth day, do they fast for thirty-one days?
Answer:
No, they do not fast for thirty-one days. Their guidance, their guidance, was not the correct one, because if it had been correct, the crescent moon would have been seen. If it had been correct, the crescent moon would have been seen after the thirty days were completed. This indicates that if they complete thirty days and the crescent moon is not seen, this is proof that its beginning was not correct; it cannot be correct.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [34] — alfawzan.live (32:05)
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