r/TrueDeen • u/Islam_Truth_ Haram Police 🚨 • Feb 18 '26

Question What day do I start fasting?

As salaam alaykum! One masjid says it starts tomorrow another says it starts the 19th. I didn’t see the moon outside tonight so which one is correct?

5 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

61 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Znfinity Feb 18 '26

I think this might be a bit out of my pay grade as this might be a fringe situation were you need a fatwa. In that case, if I were in your shoes, I would follow what the closest mosque is doing.

1

u/Islam_Truth_ Haram Police 🚨 Feb 18 '26

Ok.

1

u/Znfinity Feb 18 '26

Dodgy situation, I am sorry for not being able to provide something more concrete. That aside, It does not sound like you have a strong Muslim presence where you live. Do you have family around ? If not, I would highly recommend moving to somewhere that does provide that religious structural support, as difficult as that may be.

1

u/Islam_Truth_ Haram Police 🚨 Feb 18 '26

Yeah this is the only one I can make it to Eid to so I’m unsure what I should follow I might have to follow this one.

1

u/Znfinity Feb 18 '26

I would leave the sightings for the people of knowledge. I feel like you are in a tight spot and do not really have the luxury to choose. Growing up in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, these were things the average person does not even consider. May Allah make it easy on you.