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هل يثبت شهر رمضان بالرؤية البصرية أم بالحساب الفلكي؟

المثال الأول ذكرته لكم، وهو إثبات هلال رمضان بالحسابات الفلكية أو بالرؤى المنظارية ولا شك أنا شخصيًا لا أرجح قول بعض العلماء الذين يثبتون الهلال بهذه الرؤيا العلمية ،وذلك لقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم المعروف في الصحيحين ( نحن أمة أمية لا نكتب ولا نحسب الشهر هكذا وهكذا وهكذا ، والشهر هكذا وهكذا وهكذا ) يعني قد يكون الشهر ثلاثين وقد يكون ناقص واحد، لهذا لا أرى إثبات الهلال إلا بالرؤيا البصرية لأنه هكذا صرح الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام

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Does the month of Ramadan get confirmed by visual sighting or astronomical calculation? Answered by Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله

Question: Does the month of Ramadan get confirmed by visual sighting or astronomical calculation?

Answer: Personally, I do not favour the opinion of some Ulema (scholars) who rely on these scientific observations to confirm the sighting of the crescent, because of the Prophet’s ﷺ saying in the authentic Ahadeeth: “We are an unlettered nation; we neither write nor calculate the month like this and like that. The month is such and such.” This means that the month may be either thirty days or one day less. Therefore, I do not see any confirmation of the crescent except through visual sighting, because that is what the Prophet ﷺ stated.

[Source: Al-Silsila ar-Ramadāniyyah]

Translators notes:

The legislated method of establishing the month of Ramadan is by visually seeing the crescent moon. Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله deemed it incorrect to rely upon astronomical calculations. Rather he said, what is from the Sunnah is to see the moon with your eye to declare the beginning of Ramadan – As instructed in the Hadeeth of the messenger. ﷺ

Translated by Abu Sakeenah al-Athari