The Validity of the Opinion of Experts in Sighting the Crescent Moon مقاله

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)24 We know that astronomers are experts and specialists in matters such as the sighting of the crescent, lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, the moon being in Scorpio, and the like, and several jurists have explicitly stated their expertise, including: Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Khansari, where he says: (... It should be said that just as I have detailed the sighting of the crescent in the fourth volume, both ancient and modern astronomers believe that after calculation and the application of mathematical rules and the like, sometimes astronomy can say with certainty that the moon is visible, and sometimes can say with certainty that it is not visible, and in rare cases, does not reach a definitive conclusion. The great thinker and grand genius of the Shiites, Ayatollah Shahid Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, has issued a fatwa regarding the validity of the astronomer's word and, while enumerating the ways to prove the crescent, has written: As observed, jurists in many cases (other than the sighting of the crescent) have considered the words of astronomers valid if they provide certainty. 2. In the second article, Master Hasanzadeh Amoli (may his blessings endure), in addition to providing useful points regarding this discussion, has given explanations about Zij books and has interpreted the meaning of (la 'ibra bil-jadwal) in Lum'a by the Shahid very beautifully, noting that even experts in astronomy and astrology do not consider the table (=Zij) as the criterion for the beginning and end of a month, but have arranged it based on mean motion; therefore, to avoid error, they use the (mean month) in contrast to the (true month) (from the sighting of the crescent to the sighting of the crescent).