To Rely on the Horizon of Other Regions
To Rely on the Horizon of Other Regions
To Rely on the Horizon of Other Regions
28. If the twenty-ninth day of the month is Eid ul-Fitr in Tehran and Khorasan, is it permissible for the residents of areas like Bushehr to break their fast too, though the horizon of Tehran and Khorasan differs from the horizon of Bushehr?
A: In general, if the horizons of two cities are so different that the new moon cannot be seen in one of them when sighted in the other, its sighting is not sufficient for the residents of the cities where surely it is not possible to see the moon.
Source: Hadana adopted from the Istiftaat of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei