Aneeza Fatima asked 4 years ago
Salam, I wanted to ask why there is every single us and sunnis have to celebrate eid on different dates and right now it’s 10.45pm I don’t know which state of America still has maghrib time so we are looking for moon and desicion of wether roza is tomorrow or not is still not come Why always shia scholars don’t satisfy on this part whenever we ask questions they said you can follow anyone you want to This is not satisfactory answer.Our Imams a.s had always satisfied the people with facts.what should we say to our kids growing in foreign countries about this ramadan starting on different dates and eid too.
mehdi answered 4 years ago
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
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Based on your specific question and information provided.
Opinion of the Jurist / Marji is what could be Allah(awj) law, Not what is Allah(awj) law. Only an infallible can tell us what is Allah(awj) law.
Our Imams(as) are infallible. Even in the times of the Infallible Imam(as), since the moon sighting was based on actually seen the moon with the eye. Two locations could start the month or have Eid on two different days.
During the occultation ( Ghaybah) of our Living Imam Al-Mahdi(as) we refer to the most learned Jurist on new situations.
Since our Jurists / Marji are fallible people they try to understand the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith / Traditions / rulings of the Infallible Imam(as) and could reach a different opinion on a subject.
Even if something was clearly stated with new technology or situation we have to extract an opinion. Fiqh / Jurisprudence or authenticating Hadith / Tradition is a science, and it is evolving and we better our methods and understanding with time. Since it is a science two learned (fallible) individuals looking at the same data could have different opinion. In Taqlid, (1) either you are a Jurist, or (2) follow a Jurist or (2) take precautionary measures (ihtiyat) (*)
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