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Fatwa CenterStarting the Fast and Breaking It Should Be with The Country Where One Is Found
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I live in the USA and we began fasting on Monday. Then I went back to Jordan; there the fasting began on Sunday. So I'm one day behind. They will have Eid earlier. What do I have to do? Note: I will stay in Jordan until the end of the Eid.
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All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
Whoever moves from the place where he started Ramadan to another place where the new moon was sighted at a different time, should act according to the place to where he moved. When people in that place break the fast, he breaks the fast with them with no consideration to the place from which he moved.
The Prophet said: "The fast is broken as soon as the public (in a given place) break it, celebrating Adh-Haa (sacrifice) is when the people celebrate it." [At-Tirmithi and Ad-Daaraqutni]
In another narration the Prophet said: "Fasting is on the day you, the public, fast; the Fitr is the day you, the public, break the fast and the Adh-Haa is the day when you (the public) celebrate Adh-Haa."
This means that fasting and breaking the fast are with the community with whom the person lives.
If you fast less than 29 days, you should make up the remaining days, as the month cannot be less than 29 days.
Allah knows best.
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