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2191. It was narrated that Simāk said: "I entered upon Ikrimah on the day concerning which there was doubt as to whether it was Ramaḍān or Sha'bān, and he was eating bread, vegetables and milk. He said: 'Come and eat.' I said: 'I am fasting.' He adjured me by Allāh to break my fast. I said Subhān-Allāh twice. When I saw that he was insisting, I went forward and said: 'Give me what you have.' He said: 'I heard Ibn 'Abbās say: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Fast when you see it (the crescent) and stop fasting when you see it, and if clouds or darkness prevent you from seeing it, then complete the number of days of Sha'bān, and do not fast ahead of the month, and do not join Ramaḍān to a day of Sha'bān.'" (Sahīh)
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"Give me what you have": More appropriate is that when he saw Ikrimah partaking of food with such certainty and assertion, he felt inclined to eat, because he became quite certain that fasting that day is actually inappropriate. He, therefore, said, bring forward the food. Another connotation is also possible that when you are taking an oath with such affirmation and authoritative certitude, then bring forth conclusive evidence. And Allāh knows best!
