Chapter 147

What to say upon seeing the new moon and what to say on seeing the moon

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE FROM the Musnad of ad-Dārimī and the book of at-Tirmidhī, from Ṭalḥah ibn ‘Ubaydullāh Honorific symbolwho reported that when the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol saw the new moon he said: “O Allah, make it rise over us with good fortune, faith, peace, and submission. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.” [1].At-Tirmidhī describes this hadith as ḥasan.
Arabic text from the source edition
Allāhumma ahillahu ‘alaynā bi-l-yumni wa-l-īmān, wa-s-salāmati wa-l-Islām, Rabbī wa Rabbuka-llāh.
Remembrance 2
We relate in the Musnad of ad-Dārimī from Ibn ‘Umar Honorific symbol who related that when the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol saw the new moon he said: “Allah is greater. Allah, make it rise over us with safety, faith, peace, Islam, and the ability to do what You like, O Lord, and what You are pleased with. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.” [2].
Arabic text from the source edition
Allāhu akbar, Allāhumma ahillahu ‘alaynā bi-l-amni wa-l-īmān, wa-s-salāmati wa-l-Islām, wa-t-tawfīqi limā tuḥibbu Rabbanā wa tarḍā, Rabbunā wa Rabbuka-llāh.
Remembrance 3
We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd in the book of Adab from Qatādah Honorific symbol who related that when the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol saw the new moon he used to say thrice: “A new moon of good and guidance,” and then: “I believe in the One Who created you.” Then he said: “Praise be to Allah, Who has ended such-and-such a month and brought in such-and-such a month.” [3].
Arabic text from the source edition
Hilālu khayrin wa rushd, hilālu khayrin wa rushd, hilālu khayrin wa rushd, āmantu bi-lladhī khalaqak.
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī dhahaba bi-shahri kadhā wa jā’a bi-shahri kadhā.
According to another version, Qatādah Honorific symbol reported that when the Prophet Honorific symbol saw the new moon he turned his face away from it. [4].Both have also been narrated by Abū Dāwūd in mursal form, and some texts of Abū Dāwūd state that Abū Dāwūd said: “No musnad ṣaḥīḥ hadith can be found on this subject from the Prophet Honorific symbol.”
We have related this in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī Honorific symbol from the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol.
As regards seeing the moon, we relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī from ‘Ā’ishah Honorific symbol who narrated: “The Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol took me by the hand while the moon was rising, and he said: ‘Seek the protection of Allah from the evil of the darkness when it falls.’” [5].
Remembrance 4
We relate in Ḥilyat al-awliyā’ with a weak isnād from Ziyād ibn an-Numayrī from Anas Honorific symbol who related that when the month of Rajab began the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “Allah, bless us in Rajab and Sha‘bān, and let us reach Ramaḍān.” [6].We also relate it from the book of Ibn as-Sunnī with additions.
Arabic text from the source edition
Allāhumma bārik lanā fī Rajabin wa Sha‘bān, wa ballighnā Ramaḍān.

References

[1] At-Tirmidhī (3447), ad-Dārimī (2/4), and al-Futūḥāt ( 4 / 329 ). Ibn Ḥajar grades it as ḥasan.
[2] Ad-Dārimī (2/403). Ibn Ḥajar states that there is some weakness in this hadith’s chain, but that it is strengthened by the previous hadith.
[3] Abū Dāwūd (5092).
[4] Abū Dāwūd (5093).
[5] Ibn as-Sunnī (653). Ibn Ḥajar states that this hadith is ḥasan gharīb.
[6] Ḥilyah al-Awliyah (6/269) and Ibn as-Sunnī (664). According to Ibn Ḥajar, this hadith is gharīb.