110 - Chapter: What to Say Upon Seeing the New Crescent Moon

5092 - Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Aban narrated to us, Qatada narrated to us that it reached him: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he saw the new crescent moon, would say: "A crescent of goodness and guidance, a crescent of goodness and guidance, a crescent of goodness and guidance, I believe in the One who created you" — three times. Then he would say: "Praise be to Allah who has taken away such-and-such a month and brought such-and-such a month."(1)

5093 - Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us, that Zayd ibn Habab informed them, from Abu Hilal...

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= And Muslim (2692) also recorded it via the chain of Malik ibn Anas, from Sumayy, the freed slave of Abu Bakr ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from him (the Prophet).
It is also in "Musnad Ahmad" (8835) and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (860).
See also what Ahmad recorded in his "Musnad" under numbers (8008) and (8009).

(1) A hasan hadith due to corroborating evidence, though this chain's narrators are trustworthy but it is mursal (a Successor narrating directly from the Prophet). It is found in the author's "Al-Marasil" (527).
It was also recorded by 'Abd al-Razzaq (7353), and through his chain al-Baghawi recorded it in "Sharh al-Sunnah" (1336) from Ma'mar, who said: from Qatada, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he saw the new crescent moon, would say "Allahu akbar" three times, then say "A crescent of goodness and guidance" three times, then say "I believe in the One who created you" three times, then say: "Praise be to Allah who has taken away such-and-such a month and brought such-and-such a month."
It has a supporting witness from the hadith of Rafi' ibn Khadij recorded by al-Tabarani under number (4409), who said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw the new crescent moon, he would say: "A crescent of goodness and guidance. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this month and the good of destiny, and I seek refuge in You from its evil" — three times. Its chain is weak.
And from 'Ubada ibn al-Samit, recorded by Ahmad (22791), and its chain is weak.
On this topic, there is also a hadith from Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah, recorded by Ahmad (1397), al-Tirmidhi (3753), and al-Darimi (1688). Al-Tirmidhi said: a hasan gharib hadith. Its wording is: When he saw the new crescent moon, he would say: "O Allah, bring it upon us with blessing, faith, safety, and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah."
It has a supporting witness that makes it sound, from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, recorded by Ibn Hibban (888) and al-Darimi (1687).