7/2a. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 1971 — Fasting
Seeing the New Moon - Section 1
Mishkat al-Masabih : 1971
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 1971
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَا أمة أُميَّة لَا تكْتب وَلَا تحسب الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» . وَعَقَدَ الْإِبْهَامَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: «الشَّهْرُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا» . يَعْنِي تَمَامَ الثَّلَاثِينَ يَعْنِي مَرَّةً تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَمرَّة ثَلَاثِينَ "
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
We are an unlettered people who can neither write nor count. The month is thus and thus and thus,” drawing in his thumb when he said it the third time.* Then he said, “The month is thus and thus and thus,” meaning a complete thirty days. He meant alternately twenty-nine and thirty. *Spreading out the ten fingers the first two times and nine the third time. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
[1] Bukhari # 1913, Muslim # 15-1080, Abu Dawud # 2319, Nasai'i # 2141, Musnad Ahmad 2-122.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 1971In-book reference : Book 7, Hadith 15
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
