Sayyiduna Rafi‘ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Count the days of Sha‘ban for Ramadan, do not fast before the month of Ramadan begins. When you see it (the crescent of the first), then start fasting, and when you see it, then stop fasting. If it is cloudy for you, then complete thirty days, and then stop fasting, because sometimes the month is like this, and sometimes like that.”The third time, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) bent his thumb inward.

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "Sometimes the month is of twenty-nine days, so do not begin fasting until you see the crescent, and do not stop fasting until you see it, and if it is cloudy, then complete the count to thirty. Your Eid al-Fitr will be on the day when all the people perform Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha will be on the day when all the people perform Eid al-Adha. The whole of Arafah is a place for standing (Wuquf), the whole of Mina is a place for sacrifice, and every street of Makkah is a place for sacrifice." Hammad bin Zaid narrated this report from Ayyub and transmitted it as a marfu' narration up to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

The same narration is transmitted with another chain, however, in it there is mention of it being narrated from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), while there is also corroboration of this narration.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Begin fasting upon sighting the moon." Then he narrated the hadith as previously, but in this narration, there is no mention of: "Sometimes the month is twenty-nine days." The narrator of this narration, Ruh bin Qasim, is trustworthy.

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your fasting will be on the day when all the people fast, and your Eid will be on the day when all the people celebrate Eid."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The fast will be on the day when all of you fast, and Eid al-Fitr will be on the day when all of you celebrate Eid al-Fitr, and the major Eid will be on the day when all of you perform Eid al-Adha." The narrator of this narration, Waqidi, is weak.