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
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْعَبَّاسِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «اَلصَّوْمُ لِلرُّؤْيَةِ وَ اَلْفِطْرُ لِلرُّؤْيَةِ وَ لَيْسَ اَلرُّؤْيَةُ أَنْ يَرَاهُ وَاحِدٌ وَ لاَ اِثْنَانِ وَ لاَ خَمْسُونَ ».
In the narration of al-Qasim ibn Uruwah from Abu al-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Abd al-Malik, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, he said: "Fasting is based on sighting [the crescent], and breaking the fast is based on sighting [the crescent]. Sighting is not determined by one person, nor two, nor fifty."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 95