His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “We are an illiterate nation; we do not write and we do not calculate.”
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The questioner : My question, O my Shaykh, is the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): .
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : Yes, Yes, this hadith does not necessitate adhering to the sighting of the moon for the times of prayer or for the entry of
The Shaykh : fasting.
The questioner : fasting and the seasons of worship.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is necessary; if it is obscured from you, then complete the month as thirty days, that is, the month of
The questioner : Shawwal.
The Shaykh : the month of Sha'ban, not for establishing this or that, but for exiting Shawwal, that is the important point.
We are a nation
نحن أمةThe Shaykh :
illiterate
أمِّيَّةThe questioner : Yes,
we do not write, so when you see it...
لا نكتب فإذا رأيتموه ...The Shaykh : fasting.
The questioner : fasting and the seasons of worship.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is necessary
so when you see it, fast
فإذا رأيتموه فصومواThe questioner : Shawwal.
The Shaykh : the month of Sha'ban, not for establishing this or that, but for exiting Shawwal, that is the important point.
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