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The Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Shia Supreme Religious authority, has provided an important answer to a question about sighting of the...

Certain factors are at play for sighting the crescent on the first night of the month. These factors include “the time when the sun and the moon sets”, “the interval between the setting of the two”, “the coordinates of the sun and...

Has the moon been sighted or not? In this area or that area? According to this marj’a (spiritual leader) or that marj’a? Within the horizon or not? Consistent with Muslim countries abroad or...

During this Ramadan, as in some previous years, there have been many questions about the criteria for determining the start of the Islamic month and the role of science and the moon sighting in...

1st part of  the video covers the Islamic laws surrounding the sighting of the crescent moon in accordance with Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani. The video will include an analysis of Chapter 2: 189 of the Holy Qur’an, the difference between certainty and contentment as it pertains to the crescent …