At sunset on 29 Shaʿban the horizon was cloudy. One upright witness reports a personal sighting, and the authority determines that the conditions for accepting testimony are met. Under Quduri’s rule, that one witness can suffice to establish the Ramadan crescent.
Without admissible evidence, completion of thirty days remains the operative course; an anonymous message does not itself equal an accepted sighting.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Crescent Sighting and Establishing Ramadan
At sunset on 29 Shaʿban the horizon was cloudy. One upright witness reports a personal sighting, and the authority determines that the conditions for accepting testimony are met. Under Quduri’s rule, that one witness can suffice to establish the Ramadan crescent.
Without admissible evidence, completion of thirty days remains the operative course; an anonymous message does not itself equal an accepted sighting.