Under this particular rule, a single man or a single woman giving the report does not meet the listed Shawwal-evidence configurations, even when the sky is obscured.
The question is legal sufficiency of testimony, not an assertion that one person could never observe the crescent.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Eid Crescent Sighting and Testimony
Under this particular rule, a single man or a single woman giving the report does not meet the listed Shawwal-evidence configurations, even when the sky is obscured.
The question is legal sufficiency of testimony, not an assertion that one person could never observe the crescent.