The Light of Truth — Page 501
ENDNOTE RELATED TO PAGE NUMBER 17 Press Name of № Book Page Location [and City] 29 // //// // 30 // //// // 31 32 33 // //// // 501 Excerpt from the Matn of the Hadith وقال مالك في الذي يرى هلال رمضان [Imam Malik said concern- ing those who see the hilal of Ramadan. . . ] ومن رأى هلال شوال [And whoso sights the hilāl of Shawwal. . . ] قد رأينا الهلال [We surely sighted the hilal (of Shawwal)] // //// // قال أهللنا هلال ذي الحجة [He (Abul Bakhtari) said, The hilal of Dhul-Hijjah became visible to us] // //// // رأينا الهلال فقال بعضهم هو لثلاث وقال بعضهم لليلتين [We sighted the hilal and some of them said it was the third night (of the new moon) whereas others said it was the second night] 34 // //// // إنا رأينا الهلال [We sighted the hilāl] 35 // 234 // قال أهللنا هلال رمضان [He (Abul Bakhtari) said the hilal of Ramadan became vis- ible to us. . . ] 36 // //// // وإستهل على رمضان وأنا بالشام فرأيت الهلال 37 // //// // [Ramadan commenced for me while I was in Syria and I saw the hilal (new moon)] ذكر الهلال [فقال] متى رأيتم الهلال [He (Abdullah ibn Abbasra) mentioned the hilal (then asked) when did you observe the hilal?]