Chapter on Fasting Upon Sighting the Moon and Breaking the Fast Upon Sighting the Moon
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 15
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 15
Chapter on Fasting Upon Sighting the Moon and Breaking the Fast Upon Sighting the Moon
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اَلْهِلاَلَ فَصُومُوا وَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا وَ لَيْسَ بِالرَّأْيِ وَ اَلتَّظَنِّي وَ لَيْسَ اَلرُّؤْيَةُ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَشَرَةُ نَفَرٍ يَنْظُرُونَ فَيَقُولَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ هُوَ ذَا هُوَ ذَا وَ يَنْظُرَ تِسْعَةٌ فَلاَ يَرَوْنَهُ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا رَآهُ وَاحِدٌ رَآهُ أَلْفٌ».
Muhammad ibn Muslim narrated from Abu Ja'far عليه السلام, who said: "When you see the crescent, fast, and when you see it again, break your fast. This is not based on conjecture or speculation. Seeing the crescent does not mean that ten people look for it, and one of them says, 'There it is, there it is,' while the other nine do not see it. Rather, when one person sees it, it is as though a thousand have seen it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 94