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{"id":5004,"date":"2021-03-27T06:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hubeali.com\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:44:08","slug":"moonsighting-for-the-1st-2nd-and-the-3rd-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hubeali.com\/moonsighting-for-the-1st-2nd-and-the-3rd-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonsighting for the 1st 2nd and the 3rd of the month"},"content":{"rendered":" Summary: \n Moon sighting is an important topic; it becomes even more important when the month of Ramazan approaches as well as its ending on the 1 st of Shawwal.\u00a0 Muslims all over the world, particularly in the West, mostly face with, more than one day in its starting, and corresponding number of Eid days.
\n Moon sighting is a local \u2018crescent\u2019 sighting issue but it is heavily influenced by the political and religious bodies, trying to influence their followers from thousands of miles away.
In UK, during the past 20 years, at least twice, the followers of a famous shia mujtahid \u2018residing in Najaf\u2019 have ended up observing 28 Fasts during the (two separate) Months of Ramazan.\u00a0 What are the difficulties?\u00a0 Well, most Ahadith direct us to decide on the sighting of the crescent, which in our time of pollution (road traffic causing photochemical smog) as well as cloudy conditions, make it extremely difficult to observe the crescent apart from a few months of the Islamic year.
\n So what is the solution? We seek the Divine Help and look into the Book and Ahadith for the guidance.\u00a0 The Book Says to complete the Month (Fast), Holy Verse 2:185.\u00a0 However, we need the Ahadith to interpret 2:185. So we when carefully analyse the Ahadith related to the Crescent, most of the Ahadith say to start the month after observing the Crescent!\u00a0 Is it the only criteria?
No, as Ahadith are for all time and for all people, so one has to rely on those Ahadith which are applicable to one\u2019s circumstances!