13/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 655 — 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 : 655
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 655
حديث ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّا أُمَّةٌ أُمِّيَّةٌ، لَا نَكْتُبُ وَلَا نَحْسُبُ، الشَّهْرُ هكَذَا وَهكَذَا يَعْنِي مَرَّةً تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ، وَمَرَّة ثَلَاثِينَ.
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "We are an illiterate nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of 30 days." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 137, Vol. 3 )
