(2) – بَابُ الصَّوْمِ لِرُؤْيَةِ الْهِلَالِ
(2) – Fasting for the sight of the crescent.
Sunan ad-Darimi 1726
ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar
"Do not fast until you see the crescent, and do not stop fasting until you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then work it out." – Sound Chain
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ «لَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ» – إسناده صحيح
Classification
Sahih ul-Isnaad (Authentic Chain)