13/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 653 — The Book of As-Siyâm (the Fasting)
It is obligatory to start fasting in Ramadân with the sighting of new moon and to finish with the sighting of new moon. If the weather is cloudy at the beginning or at the end, then complete thirty days as the period of the month.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 653
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 653
حديث عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، ذَكَرَ رَمَضَانَ، فَقَالَ: لَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوُا الْهِلَالَ، وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ، فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ.
`Abdullah bin `Umar Narrated from:
Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم mentioned Ramadân and said, "Do not observe Saum (fast) unless you see the crescent (of Ramadân), and do not give up Saum till you see the crescent (of Shawwâl), and if the sky is overcast (if you cannot see the crescent), then act on estimation (i.e. count Sha'bân as thirty days)." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 130, Vol. 3)
