Darussalam · Volume 3
22. The Book Of FastingSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2140 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 139
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Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٠٠٨)
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Sahih
(صحيح) - صحيح أبي داود ٢٠٠٨: ق.
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2142. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet ﷺ said: "We are an unlettered Ummah, we do not use astronomical counting or computation. The month is like this, and this, and this," he did three times, showing it as twenty-nine. (Sahih)
2140 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ، لَا نَكْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسُبُ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» ثَلَاثًا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ
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"Unlettered Ummah": In other words, I and my community are simple folk without much formal education (Ummiyya). We do not make a written record of the month, like so and so, in order to arrive at the total of thirty. We do not need such calculations and written record, Of course, the beginning and end of the period of fasting is determined by the appearance of the crescent, rather than by human arithmetic, astronomy and the like.