Sunan Abi Dawud · Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)
باب إِذَا أُغْمِيَ الشَّهْرُ
Chapter: When (Sighting The Crescent for) The Month Was Obscured.
2 hadith · references 2325–2326
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Abu Dawud · 2325كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَحَفَّظُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ مَا لَا يَتَحَفَّظُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ ، ثُمَّ يَصُومُ لِرُؤْيَةِ رَمَضَانَ ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْهِ عَدَّ ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ صَامَNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to count the days in Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then he fasted when he sighted the new moon of Ramadan; but if the weather was clou5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2326لَا تُقَدِّمُوا الشَّهْرَ حَتَّى تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ أَوْ تُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ، ثُمَّ صُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ أَوْ تُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَNarrated Hudhayfah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not fast (for Ramadan) before the coming of the month until you sight the moon or complete the number (of thirty days); then fast until you sight the moon or complete the number5 narrators