Abu'l-Bakhtari reported: We saw the new moon of Ramadan as we were at Dhit-i-'Irq. We sent a man to Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with both of them) to ask him (whether the sighting of a small moon had something of the nature of defect in it). Upon this Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with both of them) said that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said: Verily Allah deferred its sight, but if (the new moon) is hidden from you, then, complete its number (thirty).
Read More..The son of Abu Bakra reported it on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said: The two months of 'Id, Ramadan and Dhu'l-Hijja (are not incomplete).
Read More..Abd ar-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of Abu Bakra that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said: The months of 'Id are not incomplete. And in the hadith narrated by Khalid (the words are): The months, of 'Id are Ramadan and Dhu'l-Hijja.
Read More..Adi b. Hatim (Allah be pleased with him) reported that when (this verse) was revealed: Until the white streak of the dawn becomes distinct from the dark streak (ii. 187) Adi b. Hatim said: Messenger of Allah, verily I keep underneath my pillow two strings, one white and the other black, by which I distinguish night from dawn. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Your pillow seems to be very large. For the word khait implies the blackness of the night and the whiteness of the dawn.
Read More..Sahl b. Sa'd said that when this verse was revealed: Eat and drink till the white streak is distinct from the dark streak, a person would take hold of a white thread and a black thread and keep on eating till he could find them distinct (in the light of the dawn). It was then that Allah, the Majestic and Great, reveiled (the words) min al-fajr (from the dawn), and then it became clear (that the word khait refers to the streak of light in the dawn).
Read More..Sahl b. Sa'd (Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse was revealed. Eat and drink till the white streak becomes distinct from the dark streak for you, the person who decided to observe fast tied on one of his feet a black thread and on the other a white thread. And he went on eating and drinking till he could distinguish (between their colour) on seeing them. It was after this that Allah reveal- ed (the words): min al-fajr. And they (the Muslims) came to know that (the word khait) refers to the night and day.
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