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
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Husayn ibn al-Harith al-Jadli from the tribe of Jadilah Qays said: The governor of Makkah delivered a speech and said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم took a pledge from us that we should perform the rites of hajj after sighting the moon. If we do not sight it and two reliable persons bear witness, we should perform the rites of hajj on the basis of their witness. I then asked al-Husayn ibn al-Harith: Who was the governor of Makkah? He replied: I do not know. He then met me later on and told me: He was al-Harith ibn Hatib, brother of Muhammad ibn Hatib. The governor then said: There is among you a man who is more acquainted with Allah and His Messenger than I. He witnessed this from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He then pointed with his hand to a man. Al-Husayn said: I asked an old man beside me: Who is that man to whom the governor has alluded? He said: This is Abdullah ibn Umar, and he spoke the truth. He was more acquainted with Allah than he. He (Abdullah ibn Umar) said: For this is what the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded us (to do).
Read More..Narrated Ribi bin Hirash: On the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: People differed among themselves on the last day of Ramadan (about the appearance of the moon of Shawwal). Then two bedouins came and witnessed before the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم swearing by Allah that they had sighted moon the previous evening. So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded the people to break the fast. The narrator Khalaf has added in his version: and that they should proceed to the place of prayer (forEid) .
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A bedouin came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: I have sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, of Ramadan. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. and he testified that he had sighted the moon. He said: Bilal, announce to the people that they must fast tomorrow.
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