Discussion regarding the sighting of the Ramadan crescent and how its occurrence is established.
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The Shaykh : ... whether in his own country or in another country, the sighting of the crescent is established for the Muslims, so all Muslims in all parts of the earth fast on the same day.
As for today; today the situation is as it was in the past, where they could not establish the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in all parts of the earth. This is because the means of bringing the distant near did not exist at that time. So what did they do? Each region fasted according to the fast of the city from which news of the crescent sighting could reach them. Likewise today; today it is not possible to implement this legal ruling, because there is no Muslim ruler who compels them all to fast. So we return to what we were doing in the past entirely, and each region fasts on its own. But because it is not reasonable for you to hear the broadcast from Makkah... saying: The Ramadan crescent was established on the thirtieth - for example - December fifteenth, for example, and it was not established here, so you fast alone because they established the crescent there, while everyone around you is not fasting; no, you want to align with this group and fast with their fast and break your fast with their breaking, this is wrong, this is contrary to, yes, but this error cannot be rectified except when the ruler is a Muslim who rules over all these lands.
As for today; today the situation is as it was in the past, where they could not establish the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in all parts of the earth. This is because the means of bringing the distant near did not exist at that time. So what did they do? Each region fasted according to the fast of the city from which news of the crescent sighting could reach them. Likewise today; today it is not possible to implement this legal ruling, because there is no Muslim ruler who compels them all to fast. So we return to what we were doing in the past entirely, and each region fasts on its own. But because it is not reasonable for you to hear the broadcast from Makkah... saying: The Ramadan crescent was established on the thirtieth - for example - December fifteenth, for example, and it was not established here, so you fast alone because they established the crescent there, while everyone around you is not fasting; no, you want to align with this group and fast with their fast and break your fast with their breaking, this is wrong, this is contrary to
Fast when you see it
صوموا لرؤيته
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