Fasting by the People of a Single State When the Moon Sightings Differ
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The questioner:
And the verse of the house. If it is a lecture that differs in this.
The Shaykh:
If it is.
The questioner:
As for the various hadiths regarding the first return, the one standing before the people judges them, and the people are delayed in all the hadiths regarding fasting. So, is it done in such a way that they know among themselves?
The Shaykh:
The people of a single state all fast, yes. Even if the moon sightings differ within that single state under one Imam, they all fast, even if the moon sightings differ, because Islam came to unite the word and prevent division. As for when there are different, distant regions where the moon sightings differ and the states are also different, that is the place of scholarly disagreement. Yes.
And the verse of the house. If it is a lecture that differs in this.
The Shaykh:
If it is.
The questioner:
As for the various hadiths regarding the first return, the one standing before the people judges them, and the people are delayed in all the hadiths regarding fasting. So, is it done in such a way that they know among themselves?
The Shaykh:
The people of a single state all fast, yes. Even if the moon sightings differ within that single state under one Imam, they all fast, even if the moon sightings differ, because Islam came to unite the word and prevent division. As for when there are different, distant regions where the moon sightings differ and the states are also different, that is the place of scholarly disagreement. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الصيام — islamhouse.com (56:22)
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