وإن لم يقبل الإمام شهادته
Translation: Even if the imam does not accept his testimony.
Quduri adds that even if the imam does not accept the witness’s testimony, the individual who personally saw the crescent is still instructed to fast.
Rejection of testimony concerns whether a report establishes the month publicly; it does not automatically erase a person’s own direct knowledge of what they saw.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Crescent Sighting and Establishing Ramadan
وإن لم يقبل الإمام شهادته
Translation: Even if the imam does not accept his testimony.
Quduri adds that even if the imam does not accept the witness’s testimony, the individual who personally saw the crescent is still instructed to fast.
Rejection of testimony concerns whether a report establishes the month publicly; it does not automatically erase a person’s own direct knowledge of what they saw.