This section contains the latest inquiries about the practical laws of islam answered by the istifta' committee of the supreme leader's office. (updated monthly)
Based on the latest fatwas of the Supreme Leader (Unity of the horizon, i.e. if you see the crescent in a city, it is established also for the cities and locations where they are of the same probability as far as it concerns sighting the crescent, sufficiency of sighting by observational tools, and validity of seeing the crescent during the day to prove the first of the month the next day), the method for determining the beginning of Shawwal 1446 is presented as follows:
