وإن غم عليهم أكملوا عدة شعبان ثلاثين يوما ثم صاموا
Translation: If it is obscured from them, they complete Shaʿban as thirty days and then fast.
If cloud, dust, or another obstruction prevents observation, one does not declare Ramadan solely because the crescent might have appeared.
Ghumma ʿalayhim conveys concealment or obscuring. Quduri directs completion of the count: finish thirty days of Shaʿban rather than guessing that the new month has arrived.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Crescent Sighting and Establishing Ramadan
وإن غم عليهم أكملوا عدة شعبان ثلاثين يوما ثم صاموا
Translation: If it is obscured from them, they complete Shaʿban as thirty days and then fast.
If cloud, dust, or another obstruction prevents observation, one does not declare Ramadan solely because the crescent might have appeared.
Ghumma ʿalayhim conveys concealment or obscuring. Quduri directs completion of the count: finish thirty days of Shaʿban rather than guessing that the new month has arrived.