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ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ Ù

َاعِيلَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَÙ

) قَالَ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى خَلَقَ الدُّنْيَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّاÙ

َضَانُ لا يَنْقُصُ وَالله أَبَداً وَلا تَكُونُ فَرِيضَةٌ نَاقِصَةً إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ وَلِتُكْÙ

ِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَشَوَّالٌ تِسْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ يَوْÙ

ِيقاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَذُو الْحِجَّةِ تِسْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ يَوْÙ

ٌّ وَشَهْرٌ نَاقِصٌ. 2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il from certain persons of his people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Allah, most Blessed, most High, created the world in six days, then He took away this from the days of the year which became three hundred fifty four days. The month of al-Sha‘ban is never complete and the month of Ramadan, by Allah is never less. A duty (obligation) is never left incomplete.