The hadith: “We are a community that does not read or write; the month is like this and like this…” Does this imply relying on calculation?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) hadith: “We are a community that does not read or write; the month is like this and like this”As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 37:48, meaning twenty-nine or thirty days? And does this imply relying on calculation? It does not imply that the month is sometimes twenty-nine days, with the crescent appearing on the twenty-ninth, and sometimes thirty days, with the crescent appearing on the thirtieth.
Answer:
Yes
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) hadith: “We are a community that does not read or write; the month is like this and like this”
We are a community that does not read or write; the month is like this and like this
أمة لا نقرأ ولا نكتب الشهر هكذا وهكذاAnswer:
Yes
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [735 -2802] حديث «نحن أمة لا نقرأ ولا نكتب، الشهر هكذا وهكذا..» فهل يفهم منه الأخذ بالحساب؟ — youtube.com
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