To Ascertain the Birth of the New Moon

 

 

To Ascertain the Birth of the New Moon

19. If we are sure that the new moon is born and can be sighted, can we consider it as shar‘ī moon sighting even no one sights the moon?

A: If you are sure that the new moon is born and can be sighted — i.e. certainty regarding moon existence and possibility to see it, it means knowledge regarding start of new moon and as a result its shar‘ī effects are applied, even one has not seen the new moon.

Source: Hadana adopted from the Istiftaat of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei