Chapter on the Supplication upon the Appearance of the Crescent Moon

And from him, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ali ibn al-Hasan, from Ali ibn Asbat, from al-Hakam ibn Miskin, who said: Amr ibn Shimr narrated to us, saying: I (narrator) heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, saying: “When the crescent of the month of Ramadan appeared, the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, would turn toward the qiblah and say, ‘O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, bring it upon us with security, faith, safety, Islam, and encompassing well-being. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, grant us its fasting, its standing, and the recitation of the Quran within it. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, keep it sound for us, receive it from us, and keep us safe within it.’”

And from him, from a number of our companions, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Yaqub ibn Yazid, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nawfali, from al-Husayn ibn al-Mukhtar, raising it, who said: The Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: “When you see the crescent, then do not depart (without saying), and say: ‘O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I ask You سبحانه وتعالى for the good of this month, its light, its victory, its blessing, its purity, and its provision. And I ask You سبحانه وتعالى for the good of what is in it and the good of what is after it, And I seek refuge in You سبحانه وتعالى from the evil of what is in it and the evil of what is after it. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, bring it upon us with security, faith, safety, Islam, blessing, God-wariness, and success in what You سبحانه وتعالى love and are pleased with.”