17/02/2026
The possibility to sight the New Crescent tonight is impossible as it is below the visibility threshold. Saudi Arabia as always ‘claimed’ to have seen the moon, though it was scientifically impossible to have been seen. Many people have advocated that one should use Science and Technology, yes, so if the astronomical data affirms there is sighting possible and one claims to have sighted the crescent then that can be accepted.
Below you find a video of this ‘Speaker’ who claims he does not follow Saudi and follows a Formula which he had been attentively attending in Turkey, (which also follows calculations and not sightings) the Question now is ‘Turkey’ have announced their start date for Thursday 19th Feb. Where does this ‘Speakers’ Formula stand now? He said he does not follow Saudi, why is he then ruining the fasts of the local residents based on an absurd formula? When a person leaves the Prophetic Sunnah this is the result. Follow the Sunnah and Save your Fasts!
جو تیرے در سے یار پھرتے ہیں
در بدر یوں ہی خوار پھرتے ہیں
‘Those who turn away from your door, O Beloved,
Wander from door to door, humiliated and lost.’
