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السيوطي:١١١٣٤a

"الشَّهْرُ هكذا وهكذا وهكذا وعَقَدَ إِبْهَامَهُ في الثَّالِثَةِ، صُومُوا لِرُؤيَتِهِ وأفْطِرُوا لِرُؤيَتِهِ فإِنْ أُغْمِى عليكم فَاقْدُرُوا ثَلاثِينَ".  

[م] مسلم [ن] النسائي عن ابن عمر

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:1080bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The month is thus and thus. (He then withdrew his thumb at the third time). He then said: Fast when you see it, and break your fast when you see it, and if the weather is cloudy calculate it (the months of Sha'ban and Shawwal) as thirty days.  

مسلم:١٠٨٠bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ رَمَضَانَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا ثُمَّ عَقَدَ إِبْهَامَهُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فَصُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدِرُوا لَهُ ثَلاَثِينَ  

nasai:2118Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd from my father > And Rqāʾ > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days).'"  

النسائي:٢١١٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا ثَلاَثِينَ  

ahmad:20432Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī Abū Dāwud > ʿImrān > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said: Fast when you see the new moon and break your fast when you see it. But if it is cloudy for you, then complete the month as thirty days. And the month should be like this and like this and like this and tie it securely."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ صُومُوا الْهِلَالَ لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَالشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَعَقَدَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ» أَرَادَ بِهِ أَعْدَادَ الثَّلَاثِينَ

ibnhibban:3442Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ from my father > And Rqāʾ > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days).'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2118)  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ وَرْقَاءَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ»  

tabarani:1175Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd al-Muḥāribī > ʿAlī b. Hāshim > Ḥurayth > al-Shaʿbī > Masrūq And al-Barāʾ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fast when you see it (the new moon) and break your fast when you see it. But if it is obscured from you, then complete the count of thirty (days). He ﷺ also said, holding up his hand, "The month is like this and like this," meaning twenty-nine or thirty days."  

الطبراني:١١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ حُرَيْثٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ وَالْبَرَاءِ قَالَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا ثَلَاثِينَ وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا يَعْنِي تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ  

nasai-kubra:2439Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd from my father > And Rqāʾ > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days).'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2118)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَةِ الْهِلَالِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ»  

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السيوطي:٢٥١٦٢a

"لا تَقَدَّمُوا هَذَا الشَّهْرَ، فَصُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِه، وَأَفْطِروا لِرُؤْيَتِه، فَإنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَعُدُّوا ثلاِثينَ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عمر