What to say upon seeing the New Moon

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

WE RELATE FROM the Musnad of ad-Darimi and the book of at-Tirmidhi, from Talha ibn `Ubaydullah who reported that when the Messenger of Allah 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." At-Tirmidhi describes this hadith as hasan.

Allahumma ahillahu `alayna bi-l-yumni wa-l-iman,
wa-s-salamati wa-l-Islam, Rabbi wa Rabbuka-llah.

Note: Ibn Hajar grades it as hasan.

Source: The Book of Remembrances (Kitab al-Adhkar) of Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi . Translated by Idris Esau, Safaruk Chowdury and Abdassamad Clarke. Revised and edited by Muhammad Isa Waley. Turath Publishing 2014.

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