Hadith #39

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ ‏ ‏قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏لَا تَقَدَّمُوا الشَّهْرَ بِيَوْمٍ وَلَا يَوْمَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُوَافِقَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَوْمًا كَانَ يَصُومُهُ صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ ‏ ‏غُمَّ ‏ ‏عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ أَفْطِرُوا ‏

English Translation

And with the same chain of narration, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not precede the month by a day or two, unless it coincides with a fast that one of you regularly observes. Fast upon sighting it (the crescent moon) and break the fast upon sighting it. If it is obscured from you, then complete thirty days, then break the fast.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 39

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9277

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