Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1646

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنْ تَعْجِيلِ صَوْمِ يَوْمٍ قَبْلَ الرُّؤْيَةِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Sa‘id, from his grandfather, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade beginning the fast a day before the sighting.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic says ‘the sighting’ without stating its object; none is supplied in the translation.