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 مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اَلْهِلاَلَ فَأَفْطِرُوا أَوْ شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ عَدْلٌ مِنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَرَوُا اَلْهِلاَلَ إِلاَّ مِنْ وَسَطِ اَلنَّهَارِ أَوْ آخِرِهِ فَ «أَتِمُّوا اَلصِّيٰامَ إِلَى اَللَّيْلِ» فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَعُدُّوا ثَلاَثِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ أَفْطِرُوا».
In the narration of Muhammad ibn Qays from Abu Ja'far عليه السلام, who said that Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, said: "When you see the crescent, break your fast, or if a trustworthy Muslim testifies to seeing it, then break your fast. If you do not see the crescent except in the middle or the end of the day, then 'complete your fast until night.' If the crescent is obscured from you, count thirty nights and then break your fast."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh