Fasting: Is It Obligatory to Report a Crescent Sighting to Religious Authorities?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Is It Obligatory to Report a Crescent Sighting to Religious Authorities?

English:

Question #838:

A person sees the new crescent and knows that the city’s religious authority is not able to see the crescent for some reason. Is it his duty to inform the religious authority that he has observed the crescent?

Answer #838:

It is not his duty to do so unless it leads to a vile consequence.

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