What is the meaning of the hadith: “Two months do not decrease: Ramadan and Dhul-Hijjah”?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1659Sahih (Darussalam) What?
The Shaykh : I have no answer for you. Much has been said about it, but nothing has settled in my mind!
The questioner : I asked you this question just because I wanted to know if you had anything on it.
The Shaykh : No, I have nothing new.
The questioner : There are opinions regarding the addition, but I do not know if they are supported by texts or evidence or the like.
The questioner : Clarify it properly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the other answer.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... the brother’s answer is that this hadith is opposed by something in the Qur’an:Sunan ad-Daraqutni 11:24.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It means it could be thirty days or it could be twenty-nine.
The Shaykh : No, he says: they do not decrease.
The questioner : No, it is the hadith, but the Qur’an says:Mishkat al-Masabih 1970.
The Shaykh : It is fine, but he is asking what is the meaning of the hadith that they do not decrease,
The questioner : if it is authentic.
The Shaykh : It is authentic; there is no doubt in its authenticity.
The questioner : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Two months of ‘Eid whose reward cannot be reduced (even if they are twenty-nine days): ‘Ramadan and Dhul-Hijjah.
شهران لا ينقصان رمضان وذو الحجةThe Shaykh : I have no answer for you. Much has been said about it, but nothing has settled in my mind!
The questioner : I asked you this question just because I wanted to know if you had anything on it.
The Shaykh : No, I have nothing new.
The questioner : There are opinions regarding the addition, but I do not know if they are supported by texts or evidence or the like.
The questioner : Clarify it properly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the other answer.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... the brother’s answer is that this hadith is opposed by something in the Qur’an:
If it is cloudy for you, then complete the count to thirty days
فإن غم عليكم فأتموا العدة ثلاثين يوماThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It means it could be thirty days or it could be twenty-nine.
The Shaykh : No, he says: they do not decrease.
The questioner : No, it is the hadith, but the Qur’an says:
and if the weather is cloudy treat Sha‘ban as having thirty days
فإن غم عليكم فأكملوا عدة رمضان ثلاثون يوماThe Shaykh : It is fine, but he is asking what is the meaning of the hadith that they do not decrease,
The questioner : if it is authentic.
The Shaykh : It is authentic; there is no doubt in its authenticity.
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