The Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) upon seeing the crescent moon
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) upon seeing the crescent moon and the entry of the blessed month of Ramadan?
Answer:
The ProphetMishkat al-Masabih 2428 and whoever sees the crescent and is certain of his sighting, it is obligatory for him to inform the authority, represented by the Sharia court in every country, to establish his testimony, and then the beginning of fasting the month of Ramadan is announced to the Muslims, and he has a reward for that. So it is narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that he Bulugh al-Maram 5:5 so he fasted it and ordered the people to fast it, yes.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) upon seeing the crescent moon and the entry of the blessed month of Ramadan?
Answer:
The Prophet
when the Prophet saw the new moon he said, “O God, make the new moon rise on us with security, faith, safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is God.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا رأى الهلال قال اللهم أهله علينا بالأمن والإيمان والسلامة والإسلام ربي وربك الله هلال رشد وخيرThe people were trying to sight the new moon (of Ramadan.) and when I reported to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that I had seen it
قال تراءى الناس الهلال فأخبرت الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم أني رأيته
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7550 — youtube.com (4:29)
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