What was narrated concerning: “Fast when you see it (the new crescent) and stop fasting when you see it” Sunan Ibn Majah 1654
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْهِلاَلَ فَصُومُوا وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا . فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ " . وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَصُومُ قَبْلَ الْهِلاَلِ بِيَوْمٍ
Translation
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said
‘When you see the new crescent, fast, and when you see it, stopfasting. If it is cloudy then calculate it (as thirty days).” Ibn‘Umar used to fast one day before the new crescent was seen.