أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ عَنْ سِمَاکِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ حَالَ بَيْنَکُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ سَحَابٌ فَأَکْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الشَّهْرَ اسْتِقْبَالًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2135
It was narrated from Rib’i that one of the Companions of the Prophet h. said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Do not anticipate the month until you complete the number, or you see the crescent. Then fast, and do not stop fasting until you see the crescent, or your complete thirty days.” Al Hajjaj bin Artah reported it in a Mursal from.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020