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Seeing the New Moon
1 There is nothing wrong with using modern equipment to sight the moon. 111873
2 Was our breaking the fast wrong and do we have to make up the 30th day of Ramadan?. 110757
3 What counts with regard to the beginning and end of the month is sighting of the moon. 110350
4 If he starts fasting with a country that uses calculations, should he break the fast with them?. 107943
5 A questioner is commenting on the previous answer about fasting and the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas about moon sighting with one witness. 107482
6 He travelled during Ramadaan to a country where the people started Ramadaan on a different day. 106482
7 Should he fast with his own country or with any country that sights the new moon?. 106487
8 There is nothing wrong with sighting the moon by means of modern instruments. 106489
9 Every person who is resident in a country is obliged to start and end the fast with its people. 106491
10 The Muslims should cooperate in sighting the moon and informing the authorities. 106492
11 Ruling on fasting and breaking the fast of one whose testimony was rejected or who was not able to inform the authorities. 106493
12 The Muslims are required by sharee’ah to be united in starting and ending the fast – and how that may be achieved. 106498
13 The Meaning of the Verse "And the Moon, We have measured for it mansions ...". 1084
14 Can the testimony of a woman be accepted with regard to sighting the new moon of Ramadaan?. 98154
15 It is not permissible to differ from the people of the city with regard to fasting and Eid . 12660
16 Shaykh al-Islam’s comment that the word hilaal refers to that which began and people saw it. 93528
17 They fasted then they went back to their homeland where Ramadaan had not yet begun. 93432
18 They found out during the day that Ramadan had begun, so they fasted . 26813
19 Who is the person of good character whose statement about sighting the moon may be accepted?. 26824
20 Prayer and fasting of a prisoner who does not know anything about time. 81421
 
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