Saudi Arabia Decides by the Umm al-Qura Calendar, Not by Sighting

سعودی عرب ام القری کیلنڈر پر فیصلہ کرتا ہے، رویت پر نہیں

Subject

Islamic astronomy

Language

Urdu

Length

2m

A reply to a fatwa holding that Saudi Arabia does not use the astronomical new moon for its months. He points to the crescent decisions published by the Saudi Supreme Court: every announcement since 2010, Ramadan and the two Eids included, says twice that it follows the Umm al-Qura calendar. That calendar, he says, is built on one degree, at which the crescent can never be seen. The seventeen-year record he compiled, with that phrase marked in red, can be downloaded from this page.