I return to say, finally, in answer to your question, or the second part of your question
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The Shaykh : I return to say, finally, in answer to your question, or the second part of your question. Fasting, in reality, is a matter we often discuss. Recently, someone asked me... So we say that the scholars have differed, in reality, on whether the Muslim community, no matter how vast its lands, is obligated to fast all together, or whether the matter depends on the difference in moon sightings? There are two well-known schools of thought. But if we look at his (peace be upon him) absolute statement Sunan an-Nasa'i 2118Sahih (Darussalam), this absolute text commands the Muslims: "Fast all together," that they should fast all together based on the sighting in one country. But this is within the limits of possibility, especially in that era. Today, however, the moon is seen here in an instant, and the news can be spread throughout the Islamic world in very few minutes. In this case, it is obligatory for all Muslims to commence fasting, even if in succession, because of what? The distance of countries from one another and the difference in moon sightings. But this sighting must be adopted Islamically by all Islamic countries. But what is to be done today? Islamic governments do not care about implementing Islam as understood in a single, undivided way, such as establishing the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments), for example, and the like. So it is even more likely that they will not care about realizing a legal ruling in which there is disagreement, as we mentioned above. Since the matter is thus, and we, as individual Muslims, do not have the power to oblige the entire Islamic world to fast on one day as they announce on one day, since this is not in our possession or our capability, then in that case, it is upon us to apply an authentic hadith, which is his (peace and blessings be upon him) statement: . So if you live in these lands, you must fast with their fasting and celebrate with their celebration, and do not tie your fate to Saudi Arabia or another country that preceded these lands in fasting or lagged behind.
Likewise, we say to the Muslims there: fast with the fasting of the Muslims there, because it is not possible now to gather the Muslims on one opinion and one festival. So in that case, we say "O my soul, some evil is less than some". It is true that it would have been better for them to fast one fast and celebrate one festival, but this is not possible, as we mentioned. But we can have each person fast with his country... Let us not create a new faction, as I noticed in my mind. I traveled in the first Ramadan for 'Umrah to the House of Allah the Sacred. In one of the stops we made, in a place called al-Ashash, two hundred kilometers before Medina, the car broke down. I went to the shops looking for a guard for it, and I stopped at a shop owner who had the appearance of Muslims, with a beard, and a man of middle age. During the conversation, he said, "I am breaking my fast." Why? He said, "Because Kuwait... or excuse me, he said, 'I am fasting,' and this was the first day they fasted there in Kuwait." I said, "How do you fast when you live in Saudi Arabia?" He said, "The fasting was established among the Kuwaitis, and they are Muslims, and the Messenger..." and he brought the same hadith. Yes, this is valid reasoning, but scientifically it is not possible to apply it. So I said, "You are fasting now, and the people? They are breaking their fast here. Then you will be surprised by another contradiction: the people are fasting here and you are breaking your fast; they are celebrating and you are not celebrating." Therefore, it is better to follow the Muslims among whom you live, and we hope that Allah the Exalted will inspire the rulers of the Muslims to gather them on fasting on one day and on celebrating on one day.
But do not be discouraged; the problem does not start here. This is a manifestation of the fundamental ailment, so we must treat problems at their root, as I spoke about recently in some detail. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The questioner : ... and on this basis, we hope that another opportunity will be granted to us... The Shaykh is broader and more spacious than this lesson we experienced with him, and may Allah reward him with good and thank him.
Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days).
صوموا لرؤيته وأفطروا لرؤيته فإن غُمّ عليكم فأتموا الشهر ثلاثين يومًاYour fasting is the day the people fast, and your breaking of the fast is the day the people break their fast.
صومكم يوم يصوم الناس وفطركم يوم يُفطر الناسLikewise, we say to the Muslims there: fast with the fasting of the Muslims there, because it is not possible now to gather the Muslims on one opinion and one festival. So in that case, we say "O my soul, some evil is less than some". It is true that it would have been better for them to fast one fast and celebrate one festival, but this is not possible, as we mentioned. But we can have each person fast with his country... Let us not create a new faction, as I noticed in my mind. I traveled in the first Ramadan for 'Umrah to the House of Allah the Sacred. In one of the stops we made, in a place called al-Ashash, two hundred kilometers before Medina, the car broke down. I went to the shops looking for a guard for it, and I stopped at a shop owner who had the appearance of Muslims, with a beard, and a man of middle age. During the conversation, he said, "I am breaking my fast." Why? He said, "Because Kuwait... or excuse me, he said, 'I am fasting,' and this was the first day they fasted there in Kuwait." I said, "How do you fast when you live in Saudi Arabia?" He said, "The fasting was established among the Kuwaitis, and they are Muslims, and the Messenger..." and he brought the same hadith
Fast when you see it
صوموا لرؤيتهBut do not be discouraged; the problem does not start here. This is a manifestation of the fundamental ailment, so we must treat problems at their root, as I spoke about recently in some detail. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The questioner : ... and on this basis, we hope that another opportunity will be granted to us... The Shaykh is broader and more spacious than this lesson we experienced with him, and may Allah reward him with good and thank him.