In Sharahus
Sunna by the famous scholar Imam Bagvi (RA) it is said:
"Ibn Mundir said that the most of the Fuqaha
say: When it is confirmed by news of the people that a country among the
countries has seen it before them, then compensating for what they have not
fasted is compulsory. This is the view of Imam Malik, Imam Shafiy, Imam Ahmad,
Imam Abu Haneefa and others." (Sharahus Sunna, 6- 245).
Readers will now realize that none of the Imams of
the four schools consider the difference in Mathla’h or difference in Ramadan.
They have declared that it is obligatory on all Muslims to act according to the
information that the Hilal has been confirmed at some place on the Earth.