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If He Starts Fasting With A Country That Uses Calculations, Should He Break The Fast With Them?
EsinIslam
Ramadan
The Awqaf -
Living Shariah
I am a student studying in the state of
Karnataka in India. The Muslims here differ concerning
the beginning and end of Ramadan. The state here set
the beginning of Ramadan at the beginning of the year,
which means that they do not rely on moonsighting.
This prompted some of the Muslims, most of whom are
Arabs, to ignore them and start Ramadan with Saudi. Is
this correct? What should the one who fasts with them
do now?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If a Muslim is living in a country which relies on
proper shar段 sighting of the moon to establish the
beginning and end of the month, then he is enjoined to
follow them with regard to starting and ending the
fast. This has been explained in the answer to
question number 12660. But if the Muslim is living in
a kaafir country or in a country where they tamper
with the beginning and end of the month according to
their whims and desires, and do not pay any attention
to proper shar段 sighting of the moon, then he should
follow the closest country to him where they pay
attention to sighting of the moon. If he fasts with a
country whose moon sighting is reliable, like the land
of the Two Holy Sanctuaries, there is nothing wrong
with that.
Based on that, if India started to fast one day, for
example, after the countries that pay attention to
sighting the moon, then it may be said to the one who
fasted with them: Do not break the fast with India;
rather break the fast with the country which pays
attention to moon sighting and make up one day to
replace the first day of Ramadan.
And Allaah knows best.
He travelled during Ramadaan to a country where the
people started Ramadaan on a different day
If I started fasting in my country then travelled to
another country where they started fasting one day
after us. Shall I continue with the Muslims there and
fast the 31st day?.
Praise be to Allaah.
What matters when a person started fasting in one
country and finished fasting in a country to which he
travelled, is that if the total number of days that he
fasted was twenty-eight, then he must make up one day,
because the lunar month cannot be less than 29 days.
If he has already fasted thirty days but the people in
the country to which he has travelled still have one
more day to fast, for example, then he must fast with
them so that he may break the fast with them on the
day of Eid, and offer the Eid prayer with them.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa段mah li値-Buhooth
al-選lmiyyah wa値-Ifta (10/129).
Was our breaking the fast wrong and do we have to make
up the 30th day of Ramadan?
Do we have to make up the 30th day of last Ramadan or
offer expiation? I heard that our breaking the fast
was wrong and that Ramadan in 1428 AH was 30 days and
not 29 days.
Praise be to Allaah.
You do not have to make up the 30th day, because
Ramadan was 29 days, based on the fact that the shar段
moon sighting was confirmed and nearly 10 people
testified to that, as was mentioned by Shaykh Saalih
ibn Muhammad al-Lahaydaan, the head of the Higher
Judiciary Council (may Allah preserve him).
If anyone was outside the Kingdom and relied on its
moon sighting, then his breaking of the fast is valid
and he does not have to do anything further.
And Allah knows best.
Ramadan Team
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