{"content":[{"text":"break your fast.” Those who did not see the moon in their own location have not seen it. Just as","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.076577,"width":0.871088,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"people are unanimously agreed that the times for dawn and sunset vary according to their own","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.105084,"width":0.86995,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"location, so too the months are also worked out by location, just like the daily timings.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.133592,"width":0.785835,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 20.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.178063,"width":0.223028,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"And he (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about some people who worked in the Saudi","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.222534,"width":0.8773829999999999,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"embassy in a foreign country, who said that they were having a problem concerning the fast of","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.251042,"width":0.8665649999999999,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"Ramadaan and the fast on the day of ‘Arafah. The brothers there had split into three groups:","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.279549,"width":0.845375,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"One group said: we will fast with Saudi and break the fast with Saudi.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.32402,"width":0.631884,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"Another group said: we will fast with the country where we are living and break the fast with","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.368492,"width":0.8429779999999999,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"them.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.396999,"width":0.05319100000000001,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"The last group said: we will fast Ramadaan with the country where we are living, but we will fast","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.44147,"width":0.878381,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"the day of ‘Arafah with Saudi.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.469977,"width":0.269997,"height":0.016591999999999996}},{"text":"They asked the Shaykh to provide them with a detailed answer concerning the Ramadaan fast and","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.514449,"width":0.9004899999999999,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"fasting the day of ‘Arafah, whilst noting that for the past ﬁve years, in the country where they","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.542956,"width":0.854829,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"were living neither Ramadaan nor the day of ‘Arafah had been observed on the same days as in","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.571463,"width":0.875574,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"Saudi; their Ramadaan started one or two days after it had been announced in Saudi, and","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.599971,"width":0.8189679999999999,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"sometimes three days after.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.628478,"width":0.25727700000000003,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"He replied:","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.672949,"width":0.09958700000000001,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"In the name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.717421,"width":0.538859,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"The scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) diﬀered concerning the issue when the moon is","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.761892,"width":0.8685879999999999,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"sighted in one part of the Muslim world and not in another: do all the Muslims have to act on the","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.790399,"width":0.879493,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"basis of that, or only those who sighted it and the people who live in the same region, or only","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.818907,"width":0.85108,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"those who sighted it and the people who live under the same government? There are many","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.847414,"width":0.8342679999999999,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"diﬀerent points of view.","bbox":{"left":0.047618,"top":0.875921,"width":0.215428,"height":0.01659200000000005}},{"text":"2 / 4","bbox":{"left":0.47965,"top":0.970714,"width":0.04070499999999999,"height":0.01659200000000005}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.047618,"top":0.022698,"width":0.017639,"height":0.014254}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.047618,"top":0.022698,"width":0.017639,"height":0.014254}]}