The Light of Truth — Page 502
502 THE LIGHT OF TRUTH-PART TWO Press Name of № Book Page Location [and City] 38 // //// // 39 // 235 // 40 // //// // 41 // //// // 42 // //// // Excerpt from the Matn of the Hadith رجلان يشهدان عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنهما أهلاه بالأمس [Two men (arrived) bearing witness before the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be on him, that they sighted the hilal (new moon) the night before] أصبح رسول الله صلعم صائما صبح ثلاثين يوما فرأى هلال شوال [The Messenger of Allah sas was fasting on the morning of the thirtieth day (of Ram- adan) when he observed the hilal of Shawwal. . . ] قال رأى هلال شوال [He said: he sighted the hilal of Shawwal] حتى تروا الهلال [Until you sight the hilal. . . ] سألت الزهرى عن هلال شوال [I (Mu'adh bin Muhammad al-Anṣārī) asked (Ibn Shihab) az-Zuhri about the hilal of Shawwal. . . ] 43 // 121 Books of Fakhr Tirmidhi Fasting, Ch. on Calculating the al-Mata- bi, Delhi Hilal 44 // Mishkat 166 Book of Fasting Ch. on Sighting 1282 AH the Hilal أحْصُوا هلال شعبان لرمضان [Calculate the hilal [new moon] of Shaʻban for (deter- mining the start of) Rama- dan] Bombay قال رسول الله صلعم لا تصوموا حتى تروا الهلال [The Messenger of Allahsas said, Do not begin fasting (for Ramadan) until you sight the hilal (new moon)]