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1652. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'I have seen the new crescent tonight.' He
said: 'Do you bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Get up, O Bilāl, and announce to the people that they should fast tomorrow.'" (Da'if)
Abu 'Ali said:[1] "This is how it was narrated from Walid bin Abu Thawr and Hasan bin 'Ali. It was also narrated from Hammād bin Salamah, but he did not mention Ibn 'Abbās. He said: 'And he announced that they should perform the prayer and that they should fast.'"
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There is a narration in Sunan Abu Dāwūd from 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar in which he said: "People were struggling to see the new crescent. I told the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ that I had sighted the crescent whereupon the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ himself observed fast, and he also commanded the people to fast." (Sunan Abu Dāwūd:2342). Shaikh Abdul-Qādir Arnaut declared this Hadīth as Authentic. It indicates that the testimony of a trusted Muslim is sufficient to assure the beginning of Ramadān.
