Is it permissible to use telescopes to see the crescent of Ramadan, or must the sighting be with the naked eye?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible to use telescopes to see the crescent of Ramadan, or must the sighting be with the naked eye?
Answer:
This is permissible, and that is permissible. It is permissible to use magnifying telescopes for the sighting, and it is permissible to act on the sighting with the naked eye. Both are permissible to act upon, meaning it is all a sighting. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1081b Whether the sighting is with the naked eye or through telescopes, there is no harm in that. The hadith applies to all of it.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible to use telescopes to see the crescent of Ramadan, or must the sighting be with the naked eye?
Answer:
This is permissible, and that is permissible. It is permissible to use magnifying telescopes for the sighting, and it is permissible to act on the sighting with the naked eye. Both are permissible to act upon, meaning it is all a sighting. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Observe fast on sighting it (the new moon) and break (fast) on sighting it (the new moon)
صوموا لرؤيته وأفطروا لرؤيته
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الاستعانة بالمراصد لرؤية هلال رمضان أم لا بد أن تكون الرؤية بالعين المجردة؟ — youtube.com
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