Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 14 · Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ بَلَغَنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، زَادَ: وَإِنَّ أَحْسَنَ مَا يُقْدَرُ لَهُ أَنَّا إِذَا رَأَيْنَا هِلَالَ شَعْبَانَ لِكَذَا وَكَذَا، فَالصَّوْمُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لِكَذَا وَكَذَا، إِلَّا أَنْ تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Umar bin Abdul-Aziz wrote (a letter) to the people of Basrah: It has reached us from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, like the tradition narrated by Ibn Umar from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. This version adds: The best calculation is that when we sight the moon of Sha'ban on such-and-such date, fasting will being on such-and-such dates, Allah willing, except they they sight the moon before that (date).