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2113. Kuraib narrated that Umm Al-Faḍl sent him to Mu'āwiyah in Ash-Shām. He said: “I came to Ash-Shām and completed her errand. Then the new crescent of Ramaḍān was sighted while I was in Ash-Shām. I saw the new crescent on the night of Friday, then I came to Al-Maḍīnah at the end of the month. ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abbās asked me about the sighting of the moon and said: ‘When did you see it?’ I said: ‘We saw it on the night of Friday.’ He said: ‘You saw it on the night of Friday?’ I said: ‘Yes, and the people saw it and started fasting, and so did Mu'āwiyah.’ He said: ‘But we saw it on the night of Saturday, so we will continue fasting until we have completed thirty days or we see it.’ I said: ‘Will you not be content with the sighting of Mu'āwiyah and his companions?’ He said: ‘No; this is what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ enjoined upon us.’” (Sahīh)
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“This is what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has enjoined upon us” means fasting in Ramaḍān should be commenced with the sighting of the crescent, and celebration of Eid with the sighting of the crescent. This does not signify
everyone should attempt to sight the moon; if some reliable persons sight the crescent, all the people of that region would commence fasting or would celebrate Eid.
