Weather of Arabia - The crescent observer, astronomer and seer Abdullah Al-Khudairi, confirmed to "previously" that the crescent of Ramadan for this year will set on Tuesday before the sun in all Arab and Islamic countries, and it will not be on the horizon at sunset that day, and thus Wednesday will be the complement to Shaban, and Thursday is the dawn of Ramadan; According to astronomical calculations, with the emphasis that the reference in determining the entry of the month is the competent court and its decision in this regard.
Astronomer Abdullah Al-Khudairi:
All data indicates that Thursday is the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan.
- Al-Watan News (@ AlwatanNews24) March 19, 2023
He mentioned that the first time he saw the crescent was when he was 14 years old with his maternal uncles in the desert, and he said: “The first time I registered my testimony in the court of seeing the crescent was in the month of Dhul Qi’dah of the year 1404 AH, and I was almost 25 years old. All members of my family enjoy good eyesight, And they could see the crescent, and my father - may God have mercy on him - was sharp-sighted, and he had knowledge of the phases of the moon and the storms; as for my grandfather to my mother - may God have mercy on them both - he was famous for his sharpness of sight, and I had a situation with him, me and a friend of mine, as we were stopping to perform the Maghrib prayer in a desert area And I was performing ablution, and he asked me, “Did you see the crescent?” I said, “I did not see it, and I went to him, and he described to me its location, and I saw it, and the crescent of the month of Safar, and his age – may God have mercy on him – exceeded 90 years.”
And about the situation that happened to him with King Salman bin Abdulaziz - may God protect him - when he was the Emir of Riyadh, he said: "The Emir of Hotat Sudair said to me that we would like to go tomorrow to greet the Emir of Riyadh, so I told him I have a harvester (workers harvesting bread "wheat"), and I fear To be late for them, and he said never, there will be no delay, so we went to Riyadh, and I was honored to greet the Emir of Riyadh, and he asked me about my vision, and I said, "Thank God for His blessings," and he said, "Didn't you examine your vision?" My eyesight was examined at King Khaled Eye Hospital, and I thank God for giving me this blessing.”
And about the things that should be done before the sighting, he said: “The seer must start observing the crescent from the 25th day at the end of the month, as he monitors and follows it from the east side, by determining its position and movement towards the sun, before its sunrise, and then begins to determine the difference.” between seeing it every day and the day preceding it in time and place, then he monitors the sunrise of the crescent on the last day of the month “day 29”, and estimates the distance between it and the sun, and among the most important conditions of vision are: (the readiness of the person to follow the monthly movement of the moon, sharpness of sight, knowledge The phases of the moon, distinguishing the color of the crescent from the rest of the astronomical bodies that have phases such as Venus, being in the observation area well before sunset, seeking help from people to time the time, using visual means and benefiting from specialists in astronomical sciences to determine the location of the crescent, and for the observer to be located in a high and level place It is far from pollution areas, and the distance that was estimated at its sunrise on the 29th is taken into account during sunset and is considered to be the distance of the crescent from the sun at the moment of sunset). The location of the crescent moon, and knowing the path of the planets; So that he can locate the crescent.
And he continued: “The crescent is not called a crescent after the third day, and the complete months of 30 days cannot exceed 7 months in a year, and it cannot be consecutive for more than 3 complete months, and it cannot be consecutive for more than two months minus 29 days, and if the crescent is in In the east of the globe, it must “create” in its western part, whether it is seen or not, and the crescent can crescent in the west of the globe and it does not have to crescent in the east of the globe, meaning that the month may start in the part of the globe in the direction of Morocco before it begins. In its eastern part, and the difference at the beginning of the month in all parts of the globe cannot exceed one day, and the planets have phases like the phases of the moon “Crescent-Badr-..”, but their phases are small in relation to the size of the phases of the moon.
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