MABIMS

MABIMS Criteria for Determining the Beginning of Ramadan

For Muslims the sighting of the new moon (hilal) marks the start of Ramadan the holy month of fasting. Allah ﷻ said in Surah Al-Baqarah: O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous. (183)[Fasting for] a limited number of days. So whoever among you is ill…

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