Is my action and diligence correct when I call for an end to the debate regarding the disagreement of the Muslim community in Australia concerning the sighting of Ramadan and the two Eids, and suffice with "everyone is upon goodness, by Allah's will, so whoever followed this group or that, everyone is upon goodness, by Allah's will"?

Muslims, especially those residing outside Muslim lands, must be keen on unity and avoid making matters of dispute a cause for animosity and quarrels. Indeed, the Companions and Imams differed on issues without it leading to schism; rather, affection and love united them.

A follower of a particular school of thought should adopt the opinion of a scholar he trusts, provided that he does not condemn those who differ with him, as long as the issue is one of ijtihad (independent reasoning) and not subject to a consensus or a definitive text.

Matters of ijtihad are not to be condemned by force (literally, by hand), and no one has the right to compel people to follow him in them. Rather, they are to be discussed with scholarly arguments, and there is no condemnation for one who follows another opinion.