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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Fasting

Sahih Muslim 1080i

Chapter: The obligation to fast Ramadan when the crescent is sighted, and to break the fast when the crescent is sighted, and that if it is cloudy at the beginning or end of the month, then the month should be completed as thirty days.

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1080i

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، - رضى الله عنهما - يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ‏.‏

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The month is thus and thus and thus (i. e. pointing with his fingers thrice), and he held back his thumb at the third time (in order to show that it can also consist of twenty-nine days).

Reported by Muslim (No. 1080i) and Ahmad (No. 4584).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( الشَّهْر هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ) وَفِي رِوَايَة ( الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ). مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّ الشَّهْر قَدْ يَكُون تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ , وَحَاصِله أَنَّ الِاعْتِبَار بِالْهِلَالِ فَقَدْ يَكُون تَامًّا ثَلَاثِينَ , وَقَدْ يَكُون نَاقِصًا تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ , وَقَدْ لَا يُرَى الْهِلَال فَيَجِب إِكْمَال الْعَدَد ثَلَاثِينَ , قَالُوا : وَقَدْ يَقَع النَّقْص مُتَوَالِيًا فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَثَلَاثَة وَأَرْبَعَة , وَلَا يَقَع فِي أَكْثَر مِنْ أَرْبَعَة. وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيث جَوَاز اِعْتِمَاد الْإِشَارَة الْمُفْهِمَة فِي مِثْل هَذَا.…

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  • الجزء الأول والثاني من فوائد ابن بشران (55)الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ، وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ
  • مسند ابن الجعد (619)الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ، وَقَبَضَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ

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