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Question 343

1) Must the two witnesses who sight the new moon for others be two men, or are one man and two women, two women only, or four women permissible? 2) When does observation and sighting for the month of Ramadan begin: during the day, at dawn, after midday, before it, when twilight appears, after it, before it, or at some other time? 3) Are the following among the conditions for a believing observer of the new moon: puberty, sound eyesight ([96]), uprightness, the witnesses being in the same place and time, direct observation ([97]), certainty and assurance regarding the sighting, and expertise in identification ([98])? 4) What is meant by ‘nor by the moon’s setting after twilight’? Is what is meant the western twilight? Is twilight the same as what is called the western redness at sunset that appears on the western horizon, or is there a difference? 5) What is meant by ‘nor by its being seen on the thirtieth day before midday’? Sender: Sheikh Jihad al-Asadi

Ahmed al-Hasan Response:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis. Answer 1: I mentioned in The Laws that women’s testimony is accepted, so one man and two women is valid. Answer 2: Observation and sighting begin after midday on the twenty-ninth day of the preceding month (for Ramadan, this is the month of Shaban), and observation continues until midnight. The crescent is ordinarily seen after sunset and before twilight disappears. Answer 3: The conditions include puberty, reason, and uprightness. Answer 4: It means the western redness. What is meant is that the crescent is not counted for a previous day merely because it remained in the sky until after the western redness disappeared. Answer 5: It means that if the crescent is seen on the thirtieth day before midday, that day is not counted as the first day of the following month. Ahmed Alhasan

Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 4; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 343; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V4-Q343. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗

Source footnotes

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↑ [96] That is, his eyesight must not be weak. The ruling does not include one who uses glasses and whose eyesight is sound while wearing them.

↑ [97] That is, the crescent must be identified through direct sight, not with a telescope, cameras, or a mirror.

↑ [98] He must possess knowledge and visual discernment-that is, he must be learned in identification and crescent observation.

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References

  1. ↑ Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 4. Question 343; Page Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V4-Q343. View Arabic source
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Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 4. Question: 343. Page: Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V4-Q343. https://ahmedalhasan.org/ar/Library/BookContent/54

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