Any Lunar month will be same for the entire world.
- As ‘Subhe Sadiq’, sunrise, noon, sunset occur everyday in different times (as per Qur’an/Hadith), the timings of everyday Salat & timing of Ramadan keeps changing in different places on the earth.
- Timings of salat are supposed to be determined by observing positions of sun daily from all places of the earth.
- Even if there is no instruction in Qur’an/ Hadith to determine this daily change in terms of watches, we are determining time by using Christian calendar without any hesitation.
- If determination of time with the help of clock is compatible with Shari‘ah, even when we do not see the position of sun with bare eyes, then why determining position of moon by calculation should not be compatible with Shari‘ah?
- Since the sun cannot be seen simultaneously from all the places of the round earth, similarly, the new-moon also cannot be seen simultaneously from all places of the earth.
- The duration of diurnal movement of earth is one day. In the same way, the duration of orbital movement of the moon is one month.
- Day time duration do not change with the variation of sun-rise. In the same way lunar month will not change due to moon-rise variations.
- Allah (swt) has Said in Sura Baqara, ayat no. 2: 185, that, “Whosoever from among you, will get this month, must observe fasting.” Four issues are very important in this ayat: (a) Allah (swt) has indicated the whole mankind by using the word “you”(in plural) (b) by saying the word “the month” He meant the month of Ramadan, (c) By using the word, “will get,” He meant getting the month through moon-sighting or knowing through information from others or knowing through calculation. (d) By adding the word “Hu”, He has again particularized the month of Ramadan that will have equal number of days everywhere in the world.
- As such, there will be equal number of days in one Lunar month and there will be no variation in no. of days or variation of timing beyond 24 hours.