Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ صِيَامُ الْمُتَمَتِّعِ مَا بَيْنَ أَنْ يُهِلَّ بِالْحَجِّ إِلَى يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَإِنْ فَاتَهُ صَامَ أَيَّامَ مِنًى 8468 وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِثْلَهُ
English Translation
Kuraib reported that Umm al-Fadl sent him to Mu'awiya in Sham. He said: I arrived in Sham and fulfilled her need. The crescent of Ramadan was sighted while I was in Sham. I saw the crescent on Friday night. Then I came to Medina at the end of the month. Ibn 'Abbas asked me about the crescent and said: 'When did you see it?' I said: 'Friday night.' He said: 'Did you see it yourself?' I said: 'Yes, and the people saw it, and they fasted and Mu'awiya fasted.' He said: 'But we saw it on Saturday night, and we will continue to fast until we complete thirty or see it.' I said: 'Is not the sighting of Mu'awiya and his fasting sufficient for you?' He said: 'No, this is how the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded us.'