 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورقاومت إلى الحقام SOS The Ramadan Special ان شاء الله Your fast has been going well you've been seeking the benefits and the rewards of this holy month I'm your host Mosin Shah and joining me as always is شيخ علي مقاش سلام عليكم شيخنا سلام عليكم رحمة الله كيف تصدر في الغفر السهل؟ لا أعلم ما شاء الله ما شاء الله لديكم انا لا يتعلم للأفتار yet ان شاء الله صين ان شاء الله ان شاء الله صين شيخنا وانا يوجد مهمة جداً ومن أولى مهمة جداً هي كيف تفعل بأسلطة المنظمة من رمضان ما هو الخطر الذي يحتاجه لنا لتعرف ومعرفة أن tomorrow يكون لديك أولى رمضان أعوذ بالله السميع العلم من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى محمد وآله الطيبين والطاهرين وعلى محمد وآله الطيبين بأسلطة المنظمة يصدقون في ورطة five وفي ورطة five كما يقومون بمسألة في سيوات رسالة أولاً لتفعيل أول ممضان هو أنه يدخل المنظمة التي تدخل أنه يجب أن يكون المعرفة عن تفكيل نفس الشيطان من المعرفة يجب أن يكون خالفة بجانب لن يكون right يجب أن يكون خلاص الشيطان يجب أن يكون لديه علاقة التالي من العلم هل يجب أن ترى مون سيطين؟ بالنسبة لك، نعم بالنسبة لك لأن المؤمنين في the past few centuries they used to go and do the sighting and see the the present themselves so if you can if you're able you have a sharp vision you can see the helal in that time that's fine so you can see it yourself and be as a witness to others that I saw it so you can start fasting that's the first option the second option is that a group of credible those who are trustees individuals who can go and do the sighting for the helal and confirm that they saw it with such attributes of the helal and of course then we can take the words and begin the month of Ramadan next day for example now the third option is that two righteous men two just people would come and give the witness and shahada that we saw it and these are the attributes of the helal of the present and we have to have seen it not that they heard from someone tomorrow is Ramadan they should have seen it themselves because the hadith says سم للرؤية make sure that you begin the month of Ramadan by seeing the helal the present and you end the month and the next day is the Eid by also seeing the helal of the Eid so it must be seen not just to be told and taken without any strong evidence and reasoning so if there are two righteous people they can actually be witness that they saw the helal of the present that's fine it can be taken as evidence beginning the month of Ramadan the fourth option is that 30 day passes from the month of Shaaban so you have 29 the 30th day of Shaaban then inevitably the next day which is the first day of Ramadan is actually the first day we don't have an Islamic calendar 31 days so there's no need to look for the moon or anything so you just complete the fasting as a mustahab for example the month of Shaaban the end which is the 30th you complete that month and then the next day inevitably is the month of Ramadan so you begin fasting the first day of Ramadan from the next day you don't have to see the present or anything else there's no way you can actually go and the month is finished, it's 30 days so Shaykh Naalakawai at the end of Ramadan when you are fasting your 30th fast of Ramadan to look for the moon to see if tomorrow is 8 or not exactly because you've already fasted 30 days and in the lunar and Arabic we don't have 31 days of the month so when you complete 30 days of any month the next day is the first of that month so it's 30 days of Ramadan and then you have the first day which is the Shawwal and the last one is when the issue is a decree issue is a verdict that there was a sighting they saw the moon and that's it, tomorrow is the first day of month of Ramadan or first day of Shawwal which is the 8 because we trust that and if he says that tomorrow if it's 8 or the month of Ramadan we trust him and we follow his decree with this regard I was other schools of thought they say that if one muslim country sees it then all other muslim countries have to follow if one muslim country sees it you can trust them it's okay do we have something similar like this in the school of Ahlulbayt what we have is if one muslim country sees the moon the Hilal then those who are in the west they follow that the country if it was seen in Iran then Iraq can follow it if they haven't seen it in Iraq for example they can follow Iran so it actually begins from the east and goes towards the west and not from the west towards the east if we see it in England here in London they can't follow us because it's the west from the west to the east it's vice versa so they have to see it first in the middle east for example and then we follow on and we follow let's say Iraq or Iran and we begin our fast for example due to their sighting because they are more eastwards than we are we can accept that if they've seen the moon we can start our fast and it's more visible in middle east more than Europe because we don't see it usually we don't see the moon on the first night of the month so we rely on the middle east and the eastern countries of the muslim world I said excellent what happens when I'm living in a city and we have a lot of technology we have social media we have TV channels such as something TV when a marja says tomorrow is the first of Ramadan but he was the only marja that said that the other marja haven't given a statement yet they haven't said anything what happens in that case well if that marja had those trustees either he saw the crescent himself he did the sighting or he sent trustees people to go and do the sighting of the crescent of the moon and they saw it, they came to him and they gave the Shahada a witness that we saw it, this is the description the attributes, features of the crescent and so forth if that marja declares that tomorrow is the first of the month of Ramadan and others haven't seen it then they have to follow the marja who declared the month of Ramadan so what if I don't do his taqlid yes of course because he actually a person that we trust and as I've said there are different ways for the sighting it's not only to do the taqlid even if two people came to you and witness that tomorrow is the first month of Ramadan and they saw it or a group of mu'mineen they saw it you start the fasting tomorrow so if a trustee person or group of people saw it and the rest of the people they have to follow so what you're saying is if one gives the statement tomorrow is the first of Ramadan your marja that you do taqlid hasn't said anything yet you have to accept that tomorrow is the first until your marja says something and if your marja has a different statement then can you follow that statement or do you still have to go with news that you heard that tomorrow is Ramadan unless the other marja contradicts and says that we haven't seen the halal and you do taqlid of that marja we sent our for example the trustees and they haven't seen anything let's say one Iraq one Iran the one Iran saw it down Iraq didn't see it so they didn't see the halal in Iraq for example so it depends on the situations for each marja شخص there are rumors I don't know if it's true or not but certain people try to predict when Ramadan is going to be and they already have predicted for the next 5 years when Ramadan is going to fall according to the Gregorian calendar can we actually rely on this is this acceptable because a few minutes ago the hadith which says you have to see the present on the last day of the month to make sure that it is going to be the first day of Ramadan or no so you must see it we don't rely on the astronomers or the calendars and so forth we have to still in sight the moon and either for the first day of Ramadan or the first day of the Eid you have to see it yourself or the trustees as I've mentioned or the marja since people to sight the moon we cannot trust the calendars we cannot trust the astronomers the telescope for example and so forth we have to rely on the sighting itself and does the Sayyid Sayyid Sadik does he allow that if he says it is not Ramadan tomorrow but another marja such as or any of these people they say it is can we adopt that fatwa can we say yes it is tomorrow or do we have to stay with our marja and stay with Sayyid Sadik it is first of Ramadan well for the past few years we have witnessed this condition that one of the marja declares that tomorrow is the first day of Ramadan the Sayyid would wait till the late night and then he also declares that yes tomorrow is the month of Ramadan so I think most of the past years he was in line with the other marja so there is some communication and dialogue amongst the marja what have you seen exactly nine times that at ten they are unanimous and there is a consensus a joint agreement that tomorrow is the first of Ramadan it is very rare to have a marja that disagrees with that exactly as I have said it all depends on those who go and sight the moon maybe my own people and trustees they didn't see the moon for example and the others actually saw it so again the hadith says when you see it fast and when you see for the Eid break it fast and so forth it all depends on seeing it's not like the fatwa that the marja gives that's to do with sighting so if we trust that other maraja or other groups and they saw it we just follow them do you mention anything about using technology to sight the moon are we allowed to use machinery and things like that to look at the moon or must we look at the naked eye again the hadith I mentioned that the said sticks with this hadith that you have to see the present for fasting and you have to break it fast for the Eid if you see the present the night of the Eid he doesn't accept any kind of technology that we can trust and follow to begin our fasting or to break our fasting for the Eid you have to see it by the naked eyes and so no extra instruments or tools example I'm not allowed to get a telescope or a machinery if there's clouds in the way to actually get past the obstacles to view the moon we're not allowed to use this you can actually use them for the calculations but the end the last decision has to be made by the naked eye so you have to see it and then you can declare that it is Eid or is it the first day of Ramadan and so forth you can use them to make calculations but but as I've said the last decision should be made by the sighting the moon with the naked eyes nothing else thank you to all our guests for joining us thank you to all the viewers thank you for joining us on IHQAM SOS may we have unity amongst the Shia and also with all the other Muslim brothers on Ramadan the beginning and the end that we can celebrate Eid until next time Peace be upon you