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Answers: 13Subcategories: 2Seeing the New Moon
Is the du‘aa’ “Allahumma sallimni li Ramadan wa sallim Ramadan li (O Allah, keep me safe until Ramadan and keep Ramadan safe for me…)” proven to be sound?
The hadith “Allahumma sallimni li ramadan wa sallim ramadan li wa tasallamhu minni mutaqabbalan (O Allah, keep me safe until Ramadan, keep Ramadan safe for me, and accept it from me)” does not have any saheeh (sound) isnad going back to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him. But it was narrated from a number of the early generations that they used to recite a supplication similar to this.12,518If she finds out during the day that the new moon has been sighted in another country and she fasts, does she have to make up that day?
8,431Can we rely on Ramadan timetables?
17,713If there is an error in the moon sighting, and it is proven that we did not fast on one day of Ramadan, do we have to make it up?
20,404Does seeing the new moon during the day count with regard to verifying the beginning or end of the month?
To sum up the above: the sighting of the new moon that counts according to sharee‘ah, on which rulings on beginning or ending the fast are based, is sighting of the new moon after sunset. As for sighting it during the day, no rulings result from that. And Allah knows best.32,005The criterion of deciding the beginning of a Hijri month
What counts with regard to confirming the beginning of a Hijri month is sighting the new moon, or the completion of 30 days of the previous month if the moon is not sighted.35,057Should he fast with his own country or with any country that sights the new moon?
50,715If they did not find out that the month of Ramadan had begun until partway through the day, what should they do?
11,392He did not fast for two years, and now he is unable to fast to make up for it. What should he do?
13,155Can the testimony of a woman be accepted with regard to sighting the new moon of Ramadan?
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