4. Book of Fasting

٤۔ كِتَابُ الصَّوْمِ

4.6 [Machine] The testimony of sighting the crescent moon of Ramadan.

٤۔٦ بَابُ الشَّهَادَةِ عَلَى رُؤْيَةِ هِلَالِ رَمَضَانَ

darimi:1733Marwān b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Sālim > Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded the people to fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2342)  

الدارمي:١٧٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«تَرَاءَى النَّاسُ الْهِلَالَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ فَصَامَ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالصِّيَامِ»  

darimi:1734ʿIṣmah b. al-Faḍl

A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ 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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2340)   

الدارمي:١٧٣٤حَدَّثَنِي عِصْمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْهِلَالَ فَقَالَ «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «يَا بِلَالُ نَادِ فِي النَّاسِ فَلْيَصُومُوا غَدًا»