What is the evidence of Shaykh Al-Albani that the Islamic countries must have a unified fast? Is it deduction or explicit evidence?
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The Shaykh: Is there anything else, or are we not proceeding?
The questioner: Regarding fasting, fasting with the country, the issue of fasting with the country, you stated in your book *Tammam al-Mannah* that the state of Muslims under these current conditions is deplorable, that they should each fast with their own country to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and due to the disagreement among Muslims!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So is your evidence for this deduction or is it?
The Shaykh: It is deduction.
The questioner: Or is it his saying - peace and blessings be upon him -?
The Shaykh: The principle is that all Muslims fast together.
The questioner: So the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 697Hasan (Darussalam), is not evidence?
The Shaykh: This is evidence for all Muslims fasting together.
The questioner: Some of our brothers use this hadith as evidence for what you have adopted!
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner: But Shaykh.
The Shaykh: We are only doing this to avert the greater harm by the lesser, otherwise the principle is that all Muslims, the people of the West fast by the sighting of the people of the East, and vice versa if valid, so all Muslims fast one single fast.
The questioner: But what happens.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you!! But what happens is that Muslims are divided in their fasting just as they are divided in everything, so if the people of a country or region fast before another region, and the other region wants to adhere to the original ruling:Sahih Muslim 1081b, then one country will be divided into two parts, and it is enough for us that the countries are divided against each other, and we do not want to add to the division another division, and the people of the country, indeed the people of the same house, will have some fasting and some breaking the fast, this is something the Shari'ah rejects, and therefore the rule: "averting the greater harm by the lesser" is what inspired us to say what you heard, and there is no specific evidence, the specific evidence is that all Muslims fast one single fast.
The questioner: But the.
The Shaykh: Even if a region is delayed by one, two, three, or four hours compared to another region, the greater the difference in distance and the more it intensifies, the more the delay distance intensifies, but they fast according to the sighting of any country.
The questioner: Regarding fasting, fasting with the country, the issue of fasting with the country, you stated in your book *Tammam al-Mannah* that the state of Muslims under these current conditions is deplorable, that they should each fast with their own country to avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and due to the disagreement among Muslims!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: So is your evidence for this deduction or is it?
The Shaykh: It is deduction.
The questioner: Or is it his saying - peace and blessings be upon him -?
The Shaykh: The principle is that all Muslims fast together.
The questioner: So the hadith:
The fast is the day the people fast, the breaking of the fast is the day the people break their fast, and the sacrifice is the day the people sacrifice.
الصوم يوم تصومون ، والفطر يوم تفطرون ، والأضحى يوم تضحونThe Shaykh: This is evidence for all Muslims fasting together.
The questioner: Some of our brothers use this hadith as evidence for what you have adopted!
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner: But Shaykh.
The Shaykh: We are only doing this to avert the greater harm by the lesser, otherwise the principle is that all Muslims, the people of the West fast by the sighting of the people of the East, and vice versa if valid, so all Muslims fast one single fast.
The questioner: But what happens.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you!! But what happens is that Muslims are divided in their fasting just as they are divided in everything, so if the people of a country or region fast before another region, and the other region wants to adhere to the original ruling:
Observe fast on sighting it (the new moon) and break (fast) on sighting it (the new moon)
صوموا لرؤيته ، وأفطروا لرؤيتهThe questioner: But the.
The Shaykh: Even if a region is delayed by one, two, three, or four hours compared to another region, the greater the difference in distance and the more it intensifies, the more the delay distance intensifies, but they fast according to the sighting of any country.
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