The Light of Truth — Page 503
Name of № Book 45 // ENDNOTE RELATED TO PAGE NUMBER 17 Press Page Location [and City] //// // 46 // //// // 47 // //// // 48 // 167 //// // 49 // //// // 503 Excerpt from the Matn of the Hadith قال رسول الله صلعم أحصوا هلال شعبان لرمضان [The Messenger of Allahsas said, Calculate the hilal of Sha'ban for (determining the start of) Ramadan] إني رأيت الهلال يعني هلال رمضان [I observed the hilal (new moon) that is, the hilal of Ramadan] قال تراءى الناس الهلال [He (Ibn Umarra) said: The people gathered to observe the hilal. . . ] تراعينا الهلال فقال بعض القوم هو ابن ثلاث وقال بعض القوم هو ابن ليلتين [We gathered to sight the hi- lal. Some of the people said it was three nights old, whereas others said it was two nights old. ] أهللنا رمضان [We sighted the hilal (new moon) of Ramadan]