LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Eid Crescent Sighting and TestimonyQuiz

وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ بِالسَّمَاءِ عِلَّةٌ: لَمْ تُقْبَلْ إِلَّا شَهَادَةُ جَمْعٍ كَثِيرٍ يَقَعُ الْعِلْمُ بِخَبَرِهِمْ.
Translation: If there is no obstruction in the sky, only testimony from a large group whose report yields knowledge is accepted.

With no material sky obstruction, Quduri requires testimony from a large group whose report establishes knowledge of the sighting.

This is deliberately more demanding than the obscured-sky configurations; it does not simply repeat the two-men or one-man-plus-two-women rule.

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Special rule for a clear sky

Kitab al-Sawm: Eid Crescent Sighting and Testimony

وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ بِالسَّمَاءِ عِلَّةٌ: لَمْ تُقْبَلْ إِلَّا شَهَادَةُ جَمْعٍ كَثِيرٍ يَقَعُ الْعِلْمُ بِخَبَرِهِمْ.
Translation: If there is no obstruction in the sky, only testimony from a large group whose report yields knowledge is accepted.

With no material sky obstruction, Quduri requires testimony from a large group whose report establishes knowledge of the sighting.

This is deliberately more demanding than the obscured-sky configurations; it does not simply repeat the two-men or one-man-plus-two-women rule.