وَمَنْ رَأَى هِلَالَ الْفِطْرِ وَحْدَهُ: لَمْ يُفْطِرْ.
Translation: Whoever sees the Eid crescent alone does not break the fast.
Waḥdahu means seeing the crescent alone, without the testimony needed to establish Eid. In Quduri’s Hanafi ruling, that sighting alone does not authorize the person to end the fast.
The distinction is between a personal observation and the legally established start of Shawwal for the community.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Eid Crescent Sighting and Testimony
وَمَنْ رَأَى هِلَالَ الْفِطْرِ وَحْدَهُ: لَمْ يُفْطِرْ.
Translation: Whoever sees the Eid crescent alone does not break the fast.
Waḥdahu means seeing the crescent alone, without the testimony needed to establish Eid. In Quduri’s Hanafi ruling, that sighting alone does not authorize the person to end the fast.
The distinction is between a personal observation and the legally established start of Shawwal for the community.