They live in Holland – with whom should they start fasting?
Question

                I live in Holland, and the people differed concerning the first day of Ramadaan. Some fasted with Egypt, and some waited until the announcement came from the Arabian Peninsula. What is the correct view?.
Praise be to Allah.
      Firstly: 

    According to sharee’ah, the onset of Ramadaan cannot be 
    proven except by sighting the new moon, because the Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fast when you see it and break the 
    fast when you see it.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1909; Muslim, 1081. There is 
    no room for the use of astronomical calculations in proving the onset of the 
    month. 

    Undoubtedly the moon sighting varies from one country to 
    another – especially those that are far away from one another. The dispute 
    is not about differences in moon sighting, for no one disputes that. Rather 
    the dispute is whether the differences in moon sighting have any effect on 
    proving that Ramadaan has begun from one country to another. 

    Secondly: 

    If Muslims who live in non-Muslim countries have an Islamic 
    organization or council to whom they can refer and depend on their moon 
    sighting to confirm that the month has begun and ended, then the Standing 
    Committee has issued a fatwa stating that this council comes under the same 
    ruling as an Islamic government for those Muslims, so they must follow them 
    with regard to the beginning and end of the month. 

    The details of this are given in the answer to question no. 
    1248. 

    But if they do not have an Islamic organization, there is no 
    sin on them if they follow a country that they trust, which follows the 
    moonsighting according to sharee’ah, not astronomical calculations, so they 
    start and end the fast with that country. 

    Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked 
    about a person who was staying in Spain during Ramadaan and fasted according 
    to the Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries. He replied: 
What you have mentioned 
    about your fasting with us and breaking the fast with us, because you are 
    staying in Spain during Ramadaan, there is nothing wrong with that and there 
    is no sin on you. The Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him) said: “Fast when you see it (the new moon) and stop fasting when you 
    see it, and if it is cloudy and you cannot see it, then complete the number 
    of days as thirty.” This is general in meaning and applies to all of the 
    ummah. The Land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries is most deserving to be followed 
    because they strive to rule according to sharee’ah – may Allaah increase 
    them in guidance – and because you are staying in a country which is not 
    ruled by Islam and its people do not pay any attention to Islamic rulings. 
    End quote. 

    Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 
    15/105 

    For more information please see the answers to questions no. 
    1226, 
    12660 and 
    1602. 

    And Allaah knows best.