The Light of Truth — Page 498
498 THE LIGHT OF TRUTH-PART TWO Press Name of № Book Page Location [and City] 6 // // //// // 7 // 348 //// // 8 // // //// // 9 // // //// // 10 // // //// // [See note 1] II // // //// // [See note 1] Excerpt from the Matn of the Hadith قال رسول الله صلعم اذا رأيتم الهلال [The Messenger of Allahsas said when you sight the hilāl. . . ] ذَكَرَ رسول الله صلعم الهلال [The Messenger of Allah sas mentioned the hilal (new moon). . . ] وإستهل علي رمضان وأنا بالشام. فرأيت الهلال [The month of Ramadan commenced for me while I was in Syria and I sighted the hilāl. . . ] تم ذكر الهلال فقال : متى رأيتم الهلال؟ [Then he (Abdullah ibn Abbasta) mentioned the hilal and asked (Kuraib): 'When did you see the hilāl?] قال : تراءينا الهلال . فقال بعض القوم : هو ابن ثلاث . وقال الخ [He (Abul Bakhtari) said: We tried to see the hilal. Some of the people said: It is three nights old. (Others) said. . . ] إنا رأينا الهلال فقال بعض القوم الخ [We observed the hilal, but some of the people said. . . ] 1. In present-day editions of Şahih al-Muslim, this hadith is found under Bābu Bayāni annahu lã I'țibāra bi-Kibaril-Hilali wa-Şigharihi [Chapter: 'Immateriality of Whether the Moon is Large or Small']. See hadith 1088 in Şahih Muslim: Arabic-English, vol. III. New Delhi: Idārah Ishāʻat-e-Dīniyāt (P) Ltd. , 2007; 286-288. [Publisher]