To fast on the day of ‘Arafah - you should follow the country where you are living in. [Shaykh Uthyameen rahimahullah said: (...In the Sunnah, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “When you see it (the new moon) then fast, and when you see it, break your fast.” What is implied by this hadeeth is that if we did not see it we are not obliged to fast or to break the fast. With regard to analogy, the times for starting and ending the fast each day should be worked out in each country on its own, according to the local times of sunrise and sunset. This is a point on which there is scholarly consensus. So you see the people in east Asia starting their fast before the people of west Asia, and breaking their fast before them, because dawn breaks for the former before the latter, and the sun sets for the former before the latter. Once this is established with regard to the times for starting and ending the daily fast, it also applies to the start and end of the monthly fast. There is no difference between them.)]
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 05:24:54 +0000
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