Discussion regarding the sighting of the Ramadan crescent and how its confirmation is established.

The Shaykh : Whether in his own country or in another country, and ... for the Muslims, the confirmation of [the month] is such that all Muslims fast on the same day in all parts of the earth. As for today, the situation is as it was in the past: they could not confirm the sighting of the Ramadan crescent in all parts of the earth, because the means of communication were not available ... at that time. So what did they do? They fasted ... according to the fasting of the city from which news of the crescent sighting could reach them. ... Today, this legal ruling cannot be implemented because there is no Muslim ruler who compels them all to fast, so ... completely, each region fasts separately ... because it is not reasonable that you hear ... in Makkah ... that Ramadan was confirmed on, for example, the fifteenth of December, for instance, and here it was not confirmed, so you fast alone because they confirmed the crescent there, while everyone around you is not fasting. No, I told you, you should harmonize with this group and fast their fast and break their fast, yes, this is wrong, this contradicts Yes, but this error cannot be rectified except when the ruler is a Muslim who rules over all these lands.