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كتاب الصيام
The Book of Fasting
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْهِلاَلَ فَصُومُوا وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَصُومُوا ثَلاَثِينَ يَوْمًا "
Whenever you sight the new moon (of the month of Ramadan) observe fast. and when you sight it (the new moon of Shawwal) break it, and if the sky is cloudy for you, then observe fast for thirty days.
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- Hadith 1080p
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- Hadith 1081b
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- Hadith 1080o
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- Hadith 1081c
Observe fast on sighting it (the new moon) and break it on sighting it. But if (due to clouds) the actual position of the month is concealed from you, you…
- Hadith 1080n
We are an unlettered people who can neither write nor count. The month is thus, and thus. folding his thumb when he said it the third time.
- Hadith 1081d
Observe fast when you see it (the new moon) and break fast when you see it (the new moon of Shawwal), but when (the actual position of the month is) concealed…