Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ هُوَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَلَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ زَادَ حَمَّادٌ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ نَافِعٌ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا مَضَى مِنْ شَعْبَانَ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ نَظَرَ لَهُ فَإِنْ رُئِيَ فَذَاكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَرَ وَلَمْ يَحُلْ دُونَ مَنْظَرِهِ سَحَابٌ وَلَا قَتَرَةٌ أَصْبَحَ مُفْطِرًا وَإِنْ حَالَ دُونَ مَنْظَرِهِ سَحَابٌ أَوْ قَتَرَةٌ أَصْبَحَ صَائِمًا وَكَانَ يُفْطِرُ مَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَأْخُذُ بِهَذَا الْحِسَابِ قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ذَكَرْتُ فِعْلَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ فَلَمْ يُعْجِبْهُ
English Translation
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'The month is twenty-nine days, so do not fast until you see it (the crescent), and do not break your fast until you see it. If it is obscured from you, then estimate it.' Hammad added in his narration from Ayyub: Nafi' said: 'When twenty-nine days of Sha'ban had passed, Ibn Umar would look for the crescent. If it was sighted, that was that. If it was not seen and there was no cloud or haze obstructing the view, he would start the next day without fasting. If there was cloud or haze, he would start fasting. And he would break his fast with the people and did not follow astronomical calculation.'