Narrated Kuraib: That Umm al-Fadl, daughter of al-Harith, sent him to Mu'aqiyah in Syria. He said: I came to syria and performed her work. The moon of Ramadan appeared while I was in Syria. We sighted the moon on the night of Friday. When I came to Median towards the end of the month (of Ramadan), Ibn Abbas asked me about the moon. He said: When did you sight the moon ? I said: I sighted it on the night of Friday. He asked: Did you sight it yourself ? I said: Yes, and the people sighted it. They fasted and Muawiyah also fasted. He said: But we sighted it on the night of saturday. Since then we have been fasting until we complete thirty days or we sight it. Then I said: Are the sighting of the moon by Muawiyah and his fasts not sufficient for us? He replied: No. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded us to do so.
Read More..Al-Hasan said about a person who was in a certain city. He fasted on Monday, and twp persons bore witness that they had sighted the moon on the night of sunday. He said: That man and the people of his city should not fast as an atonement except that they know (for certain) that the people of a certain city of Muslims had fasted on Sunday. In that case they should keep fast as an atonement.
Read More..Narrated Ammar: Abu Ishaq reported on the authority of Silah: We were with Ammar on the day when the appearance of the moon was doubtful. (The meat of) goat was brought to him. Some people kept aloof from (eating) it. Ammar said: He who keeps fast on this day disobeys Abul Qasim (i. e. the Prophet) صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan, except in the case of a man who has been in the habit of observing the particular fast, for he may fast on that day.
Read More..Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: She never saw the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم fasting the whole month except Sha'ban which he combined with Ramadan.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad said: Abbad ibn Kathir came to Madina and went to the assembly of al-Ala. He caught hold of his hand and made him stand and said: O Allah, he narrates a tradition from his father on the authority of Abu Hurairah who reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: When the middle of Sha'ban comes, do not fast. Al-Ala said: O Allah, my father narrated this tradition on the authority of Abu Hurairah from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم
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