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Monday, July 22, 2024

705. How Can One Celebrate Eid If He Is Travelling To Other Country?

By Asma bint Shameem

He will fast according to the country where he is at that time. 
And also celebrate Eid accordingly. 

So if now he is in India then he will finish his fasting according to India and celebrate Eid whenever Muslims of India celebrate Eid. 

But if the total number of fasts is less than 29, the he must make up one fast after Eid because a lunar month cannot be less than 29 days.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: 
“If a man travels from one country to another where the moonsighting was different, the basic principle is that he should start and end the fast according to the country he is in when it is established that the month has ended. But if that means that he has fasted for less than twenty-nine days, then he has to complete the number, because the lunar month cannot be less than twenty-nine days. This principle is based on the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “When you see it (the new moon) then fast, and when you see it then break the fast,” and “The month is twenty-nine days, so do not fast until you see it, and do not stop fasting until you see it.” 

And in the hadeeth of Kurayb is says that Umm al-Fadl sent him to Mu’aawiyah in Syria, and Kurayb told Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the people had seen the new moon of Ramadhaan on Friday night in Syria. 

Ibn ‘Abbaas said: 
“But we saw it on Saturday night, so we will carry on fasting until we complete thirty days or until we see it.” 
Kurayb said: “Is not the sighting and fasting of Mu’aawiyah sufficient for you?” He said: “No; this is what the Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam enjoined upon us.” 
(Majmoo’ Fataawa Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen 69/19)

And Allaah knows best

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