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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَنَّ رَفْعَهُ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ فِيمَا زَعَمَ

ibnhibban:3447al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Samarqandī > Marwān b. Muḥammad > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh 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)  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«تَرَاءَى النَّاسُ الْهِلَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَامَ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِصِيَامِهِ»  


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abudawud:2342Maḥmūd b. Khālid And ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Samarqandī > Liḥadīthih Atqan > Marwān > Ibn Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh 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.  

أبو داود:٢٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ وَأَنَا لِحَدِيثِهِ أَتْقَنُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ هُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

تَرَاءَى النَّاسُ الْهِلاَلَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ فَصَامَهُ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِصِيَامِهِ  

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»  

hakim:1541Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Mihrān > Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sālim > Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The people saw the crescent, so I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I had seen it. "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted and ordered the people to fast." It is correct according to the condition of Muslim, and they did not dispute it.  

الحاكم:١٥٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

تَرَاءَى النَّاسُ الْهِلَالَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ «فَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالصِّيَامِ» صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ