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"According to the majority of them, if the Hilal is confirmed in one place it is applicable to all people of the neighboring places. It is not applicable to the people of far away places." (Minhaj)
No Madhab or Scholar has expressed the view that it is not permissible to accept the information from elsewhere. Imam Shafy (RA) referring to the Matla' (the Date Line), said that the rule of the West is not applicable to the East. Fasting with the West is not permissible on the East of the Date Line. There is no question of a place being near or far away. The rule will differ only at the place where the West and East meet on the Earth. The Scholars were not aware of such a place and they made contradictory statements!
Observing the sequence of time in performing the rituals is compulsory in the Shariah. So those who are behind in time cannot advance. This is forbidden. This means that those who live on the East of the Date Line shall observe the rituals after 24 hours (one day) of the West, not before the West. This difference in observing the rituals is not manifest on the other Week Days, but it becomes manifest on Fridays, Fasting days, Arafat days and Eid days. There is a difference of one day there and it is compulsory in the Shariah to observe the time keeping order in the rituals at that place.
Imam Navavi (RA) says in his Sharahu Muslim:
"Nearness is measured as that distance within which Salah cannot be performed as Qasar, (lessened)". (Sharahu Muslim 4- 22) The distance between the two places through which the Date Line passes, should be such that the Shariah would permit Qasar in the Salah. There should be sea and travel between such places
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