Muslims who move from one country to another during Ramadan where
the beginning and end of Sawm are different should adhere to the ruling
applied in the country where they are present during the beginning or
the end of Ramadan
Fatwa no.
2665
Q: A citizen called
Khuwaylid Al-Jada`y Al-Matiry
submitted the following question: On the eve of the thirtieth of Sha‘ban this year, he was in
Kuwait
when the radio of
Kuwait
announced their confirmed sighting of the crescent moon of Ramadan on Tuesday night which, according to the calendar of
Um Al-Qura,
would fall on the thirtieth of Sha‘ban. Shortly after he heard on the radio the announcement broadcasted on the radio of
Riyadh
on the authority of the Higher Judiciary Council that the
crescent moon of Ramadan was not sighted by them on the Tuesday night
corresponding to the thirtieth of Sha‘ban according to the calendar of
Um Al-Qura.
Accordingly, he, as well as the people of the country where he
was present during the sighting of the crescent observed Sawm. After a
couple of days, he came back to
Saudi Arabia
where Ramadan had begun one day later and the people had been
fasting for two days, whereas he had been fasting for three. This may
cause a problem for him at the end of the month if Ramadan completes
thirty days.
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Is he obliged to fast with the people in Saudi Arabia or to stop fasting when
Kuwait
announces on the thirtieth of Ramadan that sighting the crescent
of Shawwal is confirmed? The questioner thinks that the moon sighting
announced on the radio of
Riyadh
is more correct and says that he fasted with the people of
Kuwait
only out of appreciating the sanctity of time. Please clarify this matter.
A:
If a person finds himself in a country where people have already
started fasting, he must fast with them, because under such a situation
the person present in another country will come under the same ruling
as its own citizens. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
Sawm
(Fasting, i.e. beginning of Ramadan) is the day when you fast; Fitr
(Breaking the Fast, i.e. end of Ramadan) is the day when you end the
fast, and Al-Adha (the Festival of the Sacrifice) is the day when you
sacrifice.
(Reported by
Abu Dawud
with an authentic Sanad [chain of narrators]; there are supporting reports for it narrated by Abu Dawud and others)
Supposing
that he
moved from a country where he has begun fasting with the people
there, and went to another country, he should break or continue his
Sawm according to the ruling of the people in the country to which he
traveled, even if they end their Sawm earlier than the country where he
has started fasting. But if he ends up fasting less than twenty-nine
days, he must make up for one day (of fasting) later on, because the
Hijri (lunar) month cannot be less than twenty-nine days.
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May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions!
Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’
Source: Fatwas of the Permanent Committee
http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/FatawaChapters.aspx?languagename=en&View=Page&PageID=60&PageNo=1&BookID=10
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