13/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 654 — 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 : 654
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 654
حديث ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: الشَّهْرُ هكَذَا وَهكَذَا وَهكَذَا يَعْنِي ثَلَاثِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَهكَذَا وَهكَذَا وَهكَذَا يَعْنِي تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ، يَقُولُ، مَرَّةً ثَلَاثِينَ وَمَرَّةً تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ.
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, "The month is thus and thus and thus," namely thirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, "It may be thus and thus and thus," namely twenty-nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty-nine days. ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 222, Vol. 7 )
