Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-668b
"عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ: إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الهلَالَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ فَأفْطِرُوا فَإنَّهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ فَأَتِمُّوا صَوْمَكُمْ، فَإِنَّه لِلَيْلَةٍ مُقْبِلَةٍ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibrāhīm
- Katab ʿUmar
- ʿUtbah b. Farqad Idhā Raʾaytum al-Hlāl from Awwal al-Nahār Faʾfṭirūā
Machine translation, not reviewed
Ibrahim said: 'Umar wrote to 'Utbah ibn Farqad: 'If you see the crescent at the beginning of the day, break your fast, for it belongs to the past night; and if you see it at the end of the day, complete your fast, for it is for the coming night.'
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Notes
[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وأبو بكر الشافعى
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