\n A number of our companions...

\n A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Mansour Bin Al Abbas, from Ibrahim Al Ahowl, from Imran Al Za\u2019afrany who said, \n \u2018I said to Abu Abdullah -asws (6 th Imam -asws ) \u2018We remain in the winter for the day, and the two days, without seeing the sun, or stars. So which day should we be Fasting?\u2019 He -asws said; \u2018Look at the day (i.e., Monday-Friday) in which you had Fasted from the past year, and count five days, and Fast on the fifth day\u2019. [1] .

\n There are other similar Ahadith which provide calculations in the absence of Moon sighting along with how to identify if the moon is of the 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd of the new month (for example see Appendix I). \n With this background, we return to our main topic, whether the month of Ramazan is going to be of 29 or 30 Days?

It can\u2019t be other than these two figures \u2013 hence the issues of crescent sighting for the Month of Ramazan as well as for Shawwal (to complete 30 Fasts)!\u00a0 Since all Ahadith instruct us that the fasting on the 1 st of Shawwal (Eid day) is \u2018Harram\u2019 (forbidden), so one has to ensure that the Fast of the last day of Shaban ( Yom-e-Shak ) is observed – Fasting in the last days of Shaban to combine with the Fasting of the Month of Ramazan is also highly recommended.\u00a0 By taking this approach one will always meet the Divine obligation of 30 Fasts of the Month of Ramazan.

\n On the Fasting of the Month of Ramazan, there are so many Ahadith, compiled during the Minor occultation (Ghaibah e Sughra) which overwhelmingly stress that the month of Ramazan will never be deficient (as per Holy Verse 2:185) but complete (30 days), as we will read later in the article.