How many days does Ramadan fasting last? Why does the number of days in Ramadan change as twenty-nine and thirty?

- Some people start fasting one day earlier when the month of Ramadan has twenty-nine days in order to fast thirty days. What is it like in Makkah?
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Dear Brother / Sister,
It was decided in the “Ruyatul-Hilal” Conference held in Istanbul in 1978 with the participation of forty “religious scholars and astronomers” from nineteen Muslim countries that it was essential to see the crescent with the naked eye or through observation methods of modern science to determine the beginning of lunar months but that the beginning day of Ramadan and eid days determined by astronomers through calculations would be accepted. Therefore, it is groundless to doubt the beginning day of Ramadan and eid days included in calendars.
- How many days does Ramadan fasting last?
The month of Ramadan lasts twenty-nine days in some years and thirty days in others. Fasting is complete in the years when Ramadan lasts twenty-nine days too because what is fard is to fast during the whole month of Ramadan. Therefore, fasting performed in the years when Ramadan lasts twenty-nine days is not incomplete. As a matter of fact, the Prophet fasted in nine Ramadan months. Four of them lasted twenty-nine days and five of them lasted thirty days.
Questions on Islam
- Will you give information about fasting in order to welcome Ramadan or to bid farewell to Ramadan, and the number of days in the month of Ramadan?
- How is kaffarah fasting performed? If a person breaks fasting in Ramadan more than one day, how many times does he have to perform kaffarah fasting? Does kaffarah fasting become necessary if a person does not fast in Ramadan?
- Why does the crescent appear when Ramadan comes?
- Was it rendered fard to perform fasting for thirty days (in Ramadan) in the Quran?
- Sometimes in some countries, people start fasting earlier saying that the new moon has been seen. What is the criterion of seeing the new moon? How should the believers act regarding the issue?
- Sometimes in some countries, people start fasting earlier saying that the new moon has been seen. What is the criterion of seeing the new moon? How should the believers act regarding the issue?
- Will you give information about the dates of Ramadan and holy nights changing every year?
- Will you give information about Fasting in the month of Shawwal?
- Is it makruh to fast one day before Ramadan?
- Nafila (supererogatory) Fasting