Ibn Abbas narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Do not fast before Ramadan. Fast with its sighting, and break fast with its sighting, and if it is obscured from you, then complete thirty days.
Read More..Ibn Mas'ud said: What I fasted with the Prophet hat was twenty-nine (days), was more than what we fasted that was thirty.
Read More..Anas narrated: The Messenger of Allah vowed to stay away from his wives for a month, so he stayed in a loft for twenty-nine days. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, your vow was for a month,' so he said: 'The month is twenty-nine (days).'
Read More..Ibn Abbas narrated: A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said: 'I have seen the crescent.' So he said: 'Do you testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah? Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes.' So he said: 'O Bilal! Announce to the people that they should fast tomorrow.'
Read More..Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrated from his father that : the Messenger of Allah said: The two months of Eid will not both be deficient: Ramadn and Dhul-Hijjah.
Read More..Muhammad bin Abi Harmalah narrated: Kuraib informed me that Umm Al-Fadl bin Al-Harith sent him to Mu'awiyah in Ash-Sham. He said: 'So I arrived in Ash-Sham and finished her errand, and I saw the crescent of Ramadan while I was in Ash-Sham. We saw the crescent on the night of Friday. Then I arrived in Al-Madinah at the end of the month. Ibn Abbas was questioning me, then he mentioned the crescent and he said: When did you see the crescent? I said: We saw it n the night of Friday. He said: Did you see it on the night of Friday? I said: The people saw it, so they fasted, and Mu'awiyah fasted. He said: But we saw it on the night of Saturday, so we will not stop fasting until we complete thirty days or we see it. So I said: Is not the sighting and fasting of Mu'awiyah enough for you? He said: This is not how the Messenger of Allah ordered us.
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