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    Question ID: 8323Country: India

    Title: Kya farmaate hai Ulema e iqram, ki fax machine k zariye eid k chaand ki shahadat qabul ki jaegi.aur aisi shahadat par eid karna kaisa hoga.bara e qaram ilm o shariat ki roshni mein jawaab ataa farmaye.

    Question: Asllam alaikum w.w. Kya farmaate hai Ulema e iqram, ki fax machine k zariye eid k chaand ki shahadat qabul ki jaegi.aur aisi shahadat par eid karna kaisa hoga.bara e qaram ilm o shariat ki roshni mein jawaab ataa farmaye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jazakallah

    Answer ID: 8323

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 2082/1665=B/1429)

     

    In order to prove the moon sighting of Eid, it is necessary to have a shahadah (witness) i.e. in case of cloud or dust, two religious and reliable men have to give shahadah (witness) of sighting the moon personally. The moon sighting information through fax is unacceptable.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India