Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
If the moon is sighted after zawāl (midday) on the 29th of Ramadan, what is the ruling?
The fast should be broken on that day, Eid should be celebrated the next day, and one fast should be made up later so that the total of 29 fasts of the month are completed.
Sayyidunā Abū ʿUmayr bin Anas رضي الله عنه narrated from his uncle, who was a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that:
"We did not see the crescent of Shawwāl, so we fasted the next morning. Then, later in the day, a caravan arrived and testified before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that they had seen the moon the previous evening.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then commanded the people to break their fast on that day and go out to the Eid prayer the next morning."
Arabic Text of the Hadith:
عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عُمُومَةٍ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالُوا:
هِلَالُ شَوَّالٍ غُمَّ عَلَيْنَا، فَأَصْبَحْنَا صِيَامًا، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَكْبٌ فِي آخِرِ النَّهَارِ، فَشَهِدُوا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُمْ رَأَوُا الْهِلَالَ بِالْأَمْسِ، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُفْطِرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يَخْرُجُوا لِعِيدِهِمْ مِنَ الْغَدِ.
References:
Chain of narration: Authentic (ṣaḥīḥ)
① If the moon of Shawwāl is sighted after zawāl on the 29th of Ramadan,
② The fast of that day should be broken,
③ Eid should be performed the following day,
④ One qadhā fast should be kept later to complete the total of 29.
❖ Question:
If the moon is sighted after zawāl (midday) on the 29th of Ramadan, what is the ruling?
❖ Answer:
The fast should be broken on that day, Eid should be celebrated the next day, and one fast should be made up later so that the total of 29 fasts of the month are completed.
Sayyidunā Abū ʿUmayr bin Anas رضي الله عنه narrated from his uncle, who was a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, that:
"We did not see the crescent of Shawwāl, so we fasted the next morning. Then, later in the day, a caravan arrived and testified before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that they had seen the moon the previous evening.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then commanded the people to break their fast on that day and go out to the Eid prayer the next morning."
Arabic Text of the Hadith:
عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عُمُومَةٍ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالُوا:
هِلَالُ شَوَّالٍ غُمَّ عَلَيْنَا، فَأَصْبَحْنَا صِيَامًا، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَكْبٌ فِي آخِرِ النَّهَارِ، فَشَهِدُوا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُمْ رَأَوُا الْهِلَالَ بِالْأَمْسِ، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُفْطِرُوا مِنْ يَوْمِهِمْ، وَأَنْ يَخْرُجُوا لِعِيدِهِمْ مِنَ الْغَدِ.
References:
- Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad: 5/86
- Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 1157
- Sunan al-Nasāʾī: 1558
- Sunan Ibn Mājah: 1653
Chain of narration: Authentic (ṣaḥīḥ)
Summary:
① If the moon of Shawwāl is sighted after zawāl on the 29th of Ramadan,
② The fast of that day should be broken,
③ Eid should be performed the following day,
④ One qadhā fast should be kept later to complete the total of 29.
