The Book on Fasting

كتاب الصوم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

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What Has Been Related About Fasting Based Upon Testimony

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Hadith 5

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ENGLISH

Ibn Abbas narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not fast before Ramadan. Fast with its sighting, and break fast with its sighting, and if it is obscured from you, then complete thirty days."

ARABIC

‏ لاَ تَصُومُوا قَبْلَ رَمَضَانَ صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ حَالَتْ دُونَهُ غَيَايَةٌ فَأَكْمِلُوا ثَلاَثِينَ يَوْمًا ‏