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The Month May Be Twenty-Nine Days

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2320 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 297

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2320. Nāfi' reported from Ibn 'Umar, who said: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: 'The month consists of twenty-nine days. Do not fast until you see it (the crescent) and do not break the fast until you see it (the crescent). If it is cloudy, then complete thirty days.'" He said: "So when it was the twenty-ninth of Sha'bān, Ibn 'Umar would appoint somebody to sight the crescent for him. If it was sighted then so (he would fast). If it was not sighted, and there was no cloud or dust on the horizon, he would not fast the next morning. If it was not sighted due to clouds or dust, he would fast the next morning.” He said: “And Ibn ‘Umar would end his fasting along with the people, without counting this way. (Sahih)

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2320 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْعَتَكِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ، فَلَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ ثَلَاثِينَ»، قَالَ: فَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، إِذَا كَانَ شَعْبَانُ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ نَظَرَ لَهُ، فَإِنْ رُئِيَ فَذَاكَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يُرَ، وَلَمْ يَحُلْ دُونَ مَنْظَرِهِ سَحَابٌ، وَلَا قَتَرَةٌ أَصْبَحَ مُفْطِرًا، فَإِنْ حَالَ دُونَ مَنْظَرِهِ سَحَابٌ، أَوْ قَتَرَةٌ أَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا، قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، يُفْطِرُ مَعَ النَّاسِ، وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِهَذَا الْحِسَابِ،

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