Q.1. Two people traveled from Saudi Arabia to India three days before the end of Ramadan. Because Ramadan started a day later in India, the difference caused a problem. The first did not fast on his day of travel, completed the fast with the people of India and finished 30 days. The other fasted on the day of travel, and after completing 30 days, he did not fast anymore. This meant that the people of India where he was present fasted and he did not. Please comment.

Q.2.Some scholars in India object to your ruling that zakah is not due on a woman’s jewelry.

I. Parvez

A.1. Both are correct. The one who fasted on his day of travel should not fast after completing 30 days because the Prophet indicated that a lunar month could not be more than 30 days. The other person was fasting with the people in the country where he was, and could not refrain from fasting that day because he had not completed the month. He does not need to fast in lieu of the day of his travel.

A.2. I give a ruling I know to be supported by the weightier evidence. It is not my own ruling; it is the ruling of the majority of scholars.

Those who objected to it follow a certain school of fiqh and they do not look at evidence elsewhere to try to determine which view is more valid.

You are free to take their view, if you are more comfortable with it. But it is wrong to keep asking about the same question, if you trust that the first scholar you ask is both learned and trustworthy. It is just as wrong as consulting several doctors about the same complaint.