أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ لَا نَکْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسُبُ الشَّهْرُ هَکَذَا وَهَکَذَا وَهَکَذَا ثَلَاثًا حَتَّی ذَکَرَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2146
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘The month may be twenty-nine days or it may be thirty. When you see it, then fast, and when you see it, then stop fasting, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then complete the count.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020