Sahih Muslim Hadith 2529 – Clarifying That It ‘1 41 ,L 4jt.) – (i

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[2529] 29 – (1088) It was 1 AA)- [yo°] narrated that Abü A1-BakhtarI said: "We went out for 'Umrah, and when we stopped in Batn Nakhlah, we looked for the crescent and we saw it. Some of the people said: 'It is three nights old,' and some of them said: 'It is two nights old.' Then we met Ibn 'Abbâs and we said: 'We have spotted the crescent; some of the people said that it was three nights old, and some of the said that it was two nights old.' He said: 'On what night did you see it?' We said: 'On such-and-such a night.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah [said: "Indeed Allah] causes it to appear for long enough that it can be seen, so on the night that you saw it, that was when it appeared."