Kitab al-Sawm: Eid Crescent Sighting and Testimony
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- Which lunar month’s crescent is under discussion in this passage?
- What condition does waḥdahu describe in the opening sentence?
- A person alone sees the Shawwal crescent without established communal proof. What does Quduri rule?
- What does hilāl al-fiṭr mean here?
- Which two sky conditions alter the testimony standard in this text?
- What does ʿillah mean in this specific passage?
- Which listed configuration suffices for Shawwal testimony under an obscured sky in Quduri?
- What is the other listed configuration for Shawwal when the sky is obscured?
- What about a single witness under the obscured-sky Shawwal rule?
- Which statement accurately compares the Ramadan and Shawwal crescent rules with an obscured sky?
- What does Quduri require for Shawwal when the sky is clear?
- What is the literal meaning of jamʿ kathīr?
- What exact numeric count of witnesses does this sentence assign for a clear sky?
- What substantive requirement does yaqʿa al-ʿilm bi-khabarihim express?
- Why is it wrong to apply the obstructed-sky configurations unconditionally to a clear sky?
- On a clear sky, two people report a sighting. What requirement of Quduri’s clear-sky rule must still be addressed?
- Under cloudy sky, one man and two women testify. Which case in Quduri is this?
- Which statement correctly identifies the endpoint of this section?
- What is the root of raʾā (“saw”)?
- What is the grammatical role of hilāla in man raʾā hilāl al-fiṭr?
- What is the grammatical effect of lam in lam yufṭir?
- What is the syntactic function of ʿillatun in kānat bi-l-samāʾ ʿillah?
- Why does rajulayn have the yāʾ ending in this phrase?
- How many women are denoted by imraʾatayn here?
- What is the grammatical function of kathīrin in jamʿ kathīr?
- What is the grammatical role of al-ʿilmu in yaqʿa al-ʿilm?
- A lone observer applies the one-witness cloudy-Ramadan rule to the Shawwal crescent. What is the error?
- In what order do Quduri’s three rulings appear?