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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Fasting

Sahih Muslim 1081b

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 1081b

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ الْجُمَحِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُسْلِمٍ - عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، - رضى الله عنه - أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمِّيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعَدَدَ ‏"

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Observe fast on sighting it (the new moon) and break (fast) on sighting it (the new moon), but if the sky is cloudy for you, then complete the number (of thirty).

Reported by Muslim (No. 1081b).

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Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ ) الْمُرَاد رُؤْيَة بَعْض الْمُسْلِمِينَ , وَلَا يُشْتَرَط رُؤْيَة كُلّ إِنْسَان , بَلْ يَكْفِي جَمِيع النَّاس رُؤْيَةُ عَدْلَيْنِ , وَكَذَا عَدْل عَلَى الْأَصَحّ , هَذَا فِي الصَّوْم , وَأَمَّا الْفِطْر فَلَا يَجُوز بِشَهَادَةِ عَدْلٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى شَوَّال عِنْد جَمِيع الْعُلَمَاء إِلَّا أَبَا ثَوْرٍ فَجَوَّزَهُ بِعَدْلٍ.…

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"‏لا يتقدمن أحدكم رمضان بصوم يوم أو يومين، إلا أن يكون رجل كان يصوم صومه، فليصم ذلك اليوم‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1080b

The month is thus and thus. (He then withdrew his thumb at the third time). He then said: Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it, and if the weather is cloudy calculate it (the months of Sha'ban and Shawwal) as thirty days.

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