Sighting of the Moon — Fasting

• The cause of fasting: sighting the crescent or the presence of Ramadan
• Ten causes of disagreement in establishing the moon sighting
• At what distance does the lunar horizon (matla') change?
• The ruling on fasting when there is a 24-hour difference in the matla'
• The difference of lunar horizons (ikhtilaf al-matali')
• How is the sighting established where the horizon is always overcast?
• Details of the letter of one qadi to another in sighting the new moon
• The Procedure of a Qadi’s Letter to Another Qadi (kitab al-qadi ila al-qadi)
• What Is to Be Done If the Moon-Sighting Committee Acts Contrary to the Fatwa?
• Adopting an Opinion That Is Not the One Relied Upon for Fatwa
• If an Upright Person’s Report Conflicts with the Rules of Astronomy, Which Is Considered?
• The Meaning of “Ummi” and the View of the Timekeepers on Sighting the New Moon
• The sighting of the people of the East for the people of the West
• Breaking the fast on a verbal message about the sighting
• Cases in which testimony on the new moon is accepted
• Establishing the new moon of Fitr
• Breaking the fast and praying the Eid prayer on testimony of the Eid crescent
• Announcing Eid on false testimony, and the radio announcement
• Is the mufti obliged to go searching for witnesses of the new-moon sighting?
• Is it necessary to search for the moon by aeroplane?
• Establishing the sighting of the new moon through modern devices
• The ruling on news received by telephone
• Eid and Ramadan on news by telegram, telephone and the like
• News by telegraph and telephone
• Establishing the new moon by radio, telephone and telegram
• Establishing the Sighting of the New Moon by Radio
• The New Moon of Ramadan and 'Id, and News by Radio
• The Radio Announcement
• The status of a radio announcement
• The status of a radio announcement
• When a radio announcement is reliable
• Reliability of radio news about Ramadan and Eid
• When is an announcement of the moon sighting on the radio valid?
• Radio news for the new moon of Ramadan and Eid
• Establishing the moon sighting through Pakistani radio
• Whether news and testimony about the new moon from Pakistan are valid
• The moon of Ramadan and a curious mistake of Radio Pakistan
• A radio report is news, not testimony
• Testimony by means of the radio
• Fasting on the basis of a radio report
• Breaking the fast and observing 'Id on a radio report
• Breaking the fast on a radio report
• Breaking off the fast on a radio report
• Not breaking the fast on a radio report
• Celebrating Eid without an established sighting is not correct
• Testimony of sighting the moon on the 28th of Ramadan
• The moon was not seen on the 30th of Ramadan
• Breaking the fast after seeing the moon before or after midday (zawal)
• The Reliability of Radio News and the Question of a Unified Eid
• A mountain in front is an obstacle to sighting the new moon
• Announcing the first of the month when the moon has not been sighted

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