Kurayb repoted: I came to Syria and tended to my needs. The crescent of Ramadān appeared over me while I was in Syria and I saw it on Friday, then I came to Medina at the end of the month. Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) asked me about it and I mentioned the crescent. Ibn Abbas said, “When did you see it?”
I said, “We saw it on Friday night.”
Ibn Abbas said, “You saw it?”
I said, “Yes, people saw it and they fasted, as did Mu’awiyah.”
Ibn Abbas said, “But we saw it on Saturday night, so we will continue fasting until we complete thirty days or we see it.”
I said, “Is it not enough that Mu’awiyah saw it and he fasted?”
Ibn Abbas said, “No, such was the command of the Messenger of ALLĀH ﷺ.”
{Sahih Muslim #1087}
Al-Tirmidhi said, “The people of knowledge act upon this tradition, that the people of every land have their own moon sighting.”
{Sunan al-Tirmidhi #693}
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may ALLĀH have mercy on him) was asked about those who call for the ummah to be united in fasting and for the moon sighting to be based on its sighting in Makkah. He said (at the conclusion of his words):
"... the evidence of both the texts and science indicates that we should establish a separate ruling for each place when it comes to starting and ending the fast, and this should be connected to the physical sign which ALLĀH has described in HIS Book and which HIS Prophet Muhammad ﷺ established in his Sunnah, namely the sighting of the moon and the sighting of the sun or dawn."
{Fatawa Arkaan al-Islam || Page 451}
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