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**disappointment2** · 08-29-2011, 09:38 PM

it's almost asar time in saudi...probably in a couple of hours after maghrib salah... Saudi will sight the crescent moon of Shawaal...

visit the following link to know about the sighting of moon worldwide.

http://moonsighting.com/

The same website you linked will show you that it's scientifically impossible for the moon to be sighted in Arabia: check the visibility maps.

That's why we make such a fuss regarding Saudi announcements..

What if the moon is seen by muslims in South-America, will those people in Europe follow their sightings like they followed South-Africa?

Yes, if the testimoniance is reliable, why not?
We Hanafis don't have problem with global sighting, so it doesn't matter where the moon is sighted, on the condition that it's not astronomically/scientifically impossible to see it in that particular place and time..

08-29-2011, 09:38 PM	#11
disappointment2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	it's almost asar time in saudi...probably in a couple of hours after maghrib salah... Saudi will sight the crescent moon of Shawaal... visit the following link to know about the sighting of moon worldwide. http://moonsighting.com/ The same website you linked will show you that it's scientifically impossible for the moon to be sighted in Arabia: check the visibility maps. That's why we make such a fuss regarding Saudi announcements.. What if the moon is seen by muslims in South-America, will those people in Europe follow their sightings like they followed South-Africa? Yes, if the testimoniance is reliable, why not? We Hanafis don't have problem with global sighting, so it doesn't matter where the moon is sighted, on the condition that it's not astronomically/scientifically impossible to see it in that particular place and time..
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