Hadith 27

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 14: Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) Sahih

Chapter 779

Testimony Of Two Men About Sighting The Crescent Of Shawwal

باب شَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَى رُؤْيَةِ هِلاَلِ شَوَّالٍ

Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 2339
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْمُقْرِئُ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِي آخِرِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَقَدِمَ أَعْرَابِيَّانِ فَشَهِدَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِاللَّهِ لأَهَلاَّ الْهِلاَلَ أَمْسِ عَشِيَّةً فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم النَّاسَ أَنْ يُفْطِرُوا زَادَ خَلَفٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَأَنْ يَغْدُوا إِلَى مُصَلاَّهُمْ ‏.‏
Rib'i b. Hirash:

On the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): People differed among themselves on the last day of Ramadan (about the appearance of the moon of Shawwal). Then two bedouins came and witnessed before the Prophet (ﷺ) swearing by Allah that they had sighted moon the previous evening. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the people to break the fast. The narrator Khalaf has added in his version: "and that they should proceed to the place of prayer (for 'Id)".

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Raba'i bin Harash bin Jahsh

ربعي بن حراش

80 narrations

follower
2

Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi

منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي

594 narrations

successor
3

Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari

وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة

409 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Khlf bin Hisham bin Th'lb

خلف بن هشام بن ثعلب

33 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Masdad bin Masrhad

مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل

966 narrations