The supplication on seeing the new moon

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) said that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the new moon, he would supplicate thus: "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, all praise is for Allah, and the power to avoid sins and the strength to do good come only through the help of Allah. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this month. I seek refuge with You from the evil of destiny, and I seek refuge with You from the evil of the Day of Gathering."

Abd al-Rahman bin Harmalah said: I was returning with Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, and we said: "O Abu Muhammad, this is the new moon." When he saw it, he said: "I believe in the One who created you, then proportioned you and fashioned you rightly." Then he turned to me and said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the new moon, he would supplicate like this."

Ubayd said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When any one of you sees the new moon, let him not raise his head towards it. It is sufficient for each one of you to say: 'My Lord and your Lord is Allah.'"

Abu Ishaq said that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the new moon, he would say: "O Allah, grant us its good, its help, its blessing and its light, and we seek refuge with You from its evil and from the evil of what comes after it."

Mujahid said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) considered it disliked to stand up specifically to see the new moon. But when it appeared before him, he would recite these words: "Allah is the Greatest. All praise is for Allah, who has taken away the moon of such-and-such and has brought the moon of such-and-such."

Qatadah said that when the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the new moon, he would say: "A moon of good and guidance, a moon of guidance and good, and a moon of good and guidance. I believe in the One who created you," three times. Then he would recite: "All praise is for Allah, who has taken away the moon of such-and-such and has brought the moon of such-and-such."

Husayn bin Ali al-Ju'fi said: I asked Hisham bin Hassan: "Which supplication did al-Hasan recite when he saw the new moon?" He said: "He used to recite this supplication: 'O Allah, make this month a month of blessing and light, and make it a month of reward and well-being. O Allah, You are the One who distributes good among Your servants, so distribute among us as well from the good that You have distributed among Your righteous servants.'"

Husayn bin Ali al-Ju'fi said: I asked Ibn Jurayj (about the new moon), and he reported from Ata that a man saw the new moon in barren land. He said: I heard someone saying these words: "O Allah, bring this moon out upon us with safety and faith, with peace and Islam, with guidance and forgiveness, with success in every deed that pleases You, and with protection from every deed that angers You. O moon, your Lord and my Lord, both of us, is Allah." The man said: He kept reciting these words until I had memorized them, and I did not see anyone there.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: They used to like that when a man saw the new moon he would recite these words: "O moon, my Lord and your Lord is Allah."