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Regarding The Testimony Of A Single Person About Seeing The Crescent Of Ramaḍān.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

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الحديث: 2341 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 302

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  • صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 2341 · Volume 1 · Page 2

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  • ضعيف أبي داود - الأم (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 403 · Volume 2 · Page 262

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    (قلت: إسناده ضعيف؛ لاضطراب سماك في وصله وإرساله. وأكثر أصحابه رووْة عنه عن عكرمة ... مرسلاً؛ كلما قال الترمذي، وأشار إليه المصنف. وقال النسائي: " وهو أوْلى بالصواب ". وقال ابن حزم: " رواية سماك لا نحْتج بها، ولا نقبلها ")

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2341. It was reported from Hammād, from Simāk bin Harb, from 'Ikrimah, that he said: "Once the people were in doubt about the sighting of the crescent of Ramaḍān. They decided not to offer the (voluntary) night prayers (Tarawīh), nor fast. Then a Bedouin came from Al-Harah and testified that he had seen the crescent. He was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked him: 'Do you testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh, and I am the Messenger of Allāh?' He said: 'Yes,' and he testified that he sighted the crescent. He (the Prophet ﷺ) ordered Bilāl to announce among the people to pray and to fast." (Da'if) Abū Dāwūd said: A group of narrators reported it from Simāk, from 'Ikrimah, in Mursal form; and no one mentioned night prayer (Tarawīh) except Hammad bin Salamah.

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2341 - حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، أَنَّهُمْ شَكُّوا فِي هِلَالِ رَمَضَانَ مَرَّةً، فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ لَا يَقُومُوا، وَلَا يَصُومُوا، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنَ الْحَرَّةِ، فَشَهِدَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى الْهِلَالَ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَشَهِدَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى الْهِلَالَ، فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَنَادَى فِي النَّاسِ أَنْ يَقُومُوا وَأَنْ يَصُومُوا، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «رَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، مُرْسَلًا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْقِيَامَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ»

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