Fasting: Does the Leader’s Īd Declaration Apply to All Cities Regardless of Longitude?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Does the Leader’s Īd Declaration Apply to All Cities Regardless of Longitude?

English:

Question #840:

If the Leader of Muslims issues a decree announcing the next day as Īd of Fiṭr and the media report that the crescent has been cited in certain cities, does it determine the Īd for all the cities or only those cities and those of the same longitudes?

Answer #840:

If the decree issued by the religious authority includes a country as a whole, it is valid for all cities in that country.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting