Re: Ramadhan, Eid and Moon-sighting
It seems you have not read my posts carefully. :)
According to hadith (Sahi Muslim) ... When Abdullah bin Omar (RA) said that moon sighting in Syria is not valid in Madina, he was not quoting anything on his own but said what Prophet (SAW) taught to Muslims.
According to second hadith (sunan Abu Dawud)… hadith did not say that riders who came to prophet (SAW) were from far away places … so there is no need to assume that they were from far away places.
The group who want Muslims to follow Saudi Arabia … so that Muslims can have Start of Ramadhan as well as both Eids on same day … assume that riders were from far away places and ignore hadith from Sahi Muslim that invalidate their assumption.
**Right thing is to assume that both hadiths are correct as that is possible. **
If one assumes that both hadiths are correct then that is only possible if one considers that riders were from somewhere close to Madina and thus Prophet (SAW) took their sighting of Moon as valid sighting in Madina … hence asked Muslims to break the fast and celebrate Eid.
[Please check the example I posted at the end of my second post to explain the situation regarding hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud]