CHAPTER: Regarding The Testimony Of A Single Person About Seeing The Crescent Of Ramadan.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A bedouin came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: I have sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, of Ramadan. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. and he testified that he had sighted the moon. He said: Bilal, announce to the people that they must fast tomorrow.
Narrated Ikrimah: Once the people doubted the appearance of the moon of Ramadan, and intended neither to offer the tarawih prayer nor to keep fast. A bedouin came from al-Harrah and testified that he had sighted the moon. He was brought to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah? He said: Yes; and he testified that he had sighted the moon. He commanded Bilal who announced to the people to offer the tarawih prayer and to keep fast.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded the people to fast.