Darussalam · Volume 2
The Chapters On What Has Been Narrated Concerning FastingSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1654 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 529
Source no. 1654 · Volume 4 · Page 154
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٤ / ١٠) ، صحيح أبي داود (٢٠٠٩)
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1654. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'When you see the new crescent, fast, and when you see it, stop fasting. If it is cloudy then calculate it (as thirty days).'" Ibn 'Umar used to fast one day before the new crescent was seen.(Sahih)
1654 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْهِلَالَ فَصُومُوا، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ» ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَصُومُ قَبْلَ الْهِلَالِ بِيَوْمٍ
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a. A lunar month begins with the appearance of the new crescent. The night on which the moon appears is counted with the following day. b. Estimating when it is cloudy, means completing thirty days of fast. As another narration's version is 'if it is cloudy then complete the number as thirty days of Ramadân.' c. Ibn 'Umar ﷺ fasted a day before Ramadân; possibly it was coincided with his routine fasting that accidentally happened on this day.