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2332. It was reported from Muḥammad bin Abī Ḥarmalah, who said: “Kuraib informed me that Umm Al-Faḍl, the daughter of Al-Ḥārīth sent him to Mu‘āwīyah in Ash-Shām. He said: ‘I arrived in Ash-Shām and took care of her affairs. The crescent for Ramāḍan was sighted while I was in Ash-Shām. We sighted the crescent on the night of Friday. Then I arrived
in Al-Madinah at the end of the month. Ibn ‘Abbās questioned me, then asked me about the crescent; “When did you sight the crescent?” I said: “I saw it on the night of Friday.” He said: “Did you see it yourself?” I said: “Yes, and the people (also) saw it, and they fasted, and Mu‘āwiyah fasted.” He said: “But we saw it on the night of Saturday, so we will not stop fasting until we complete thirty, or we see it.” So I said: “Is not the sighting of Mu‘āwiyah, and his fasting sufficient for you?” He said: “No; this is how Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ commanded us.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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“This is how Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ commanded us” meaning, as Ibn ‘Abbās narrated from him ﷺ in no. 2327.
