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Sahih al-Bukhari 1900

Should it be said "Ramadan" or "the month of Ramadan"? And whoever thinks that both are permissible

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ

إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَصُومُوا وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Yaḥyá b. Bukayr
  2. al-Layth
  3. ʿUqayl
  4. Ibn Shihāb
  5. Sālim
  6. Ibn ʿUmar
  7. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When you see the crescent (of the month of Ramadan), start fasting, and when you see the crescent (of the month of Shawwal), stop fasting; and if the sky is overcast (and you can't see it) then regard the month of Ramadan as of 30 days."

Notes

  • وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ وَيُونُسُ لِهِلاَلِ رَمَضَانَ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 1906Sahih al-Bukhari 1907Sahih Muslim 1080cSahih Muslim 1080eal-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2645

Narrators

  1. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
    One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
    عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
    أن
  2. Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
    He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the first
    سَالِمٌكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمت
    أخبرني
  3. al-Zuhrī
    The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
    ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
    عن
  4. ʿUqayl
    trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 144 AH
    عُقَيْلٍثقة ثبت
    عن
  5. al-Layth b. Saʿd
    Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AH
    اللَّيْثُثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهور
    حدثني
  6. Yaḥyā b. Bukayr
    Trustworthy (thiqah) in narrating from al-Layth, but they spoke critically about his hearing from Mālikd. 231 AH or 232 AH
    يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍثقة في الليث ، وتكلموا في سماعه من مالك
    حدثنا
  7. al-Bukhārī
    a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
    الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Commentaries

Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)

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