We set out to perform Umra, and when we stopped at Batn Nakhla, we sighted the new moon. Some of the people said, "It is two nights old."Then we met Ibn Abbas and said to him, "We have sighted the new moon. Some of us say it is three nights old, while others say it is two nights old."He asked, "On which night did you see it?"We replied, "On such and such a night."He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah has extended it for sighting, so it belongs to the night on which you saw it.'"
خرجنا للعمرة، فلما نزلنا ببطن نخلة قال: تراءينا الهلال، فقال بعض القوم: هو ابن ليلتين. قال: فلقينا ابن عباس، فقلنا: إنا رأينا الهلال، فقال بعض القوم: هو ابن ثلاث، وقال بعض القوم: هو ابن ليلتين. فقال: أي ليلة رأيتموه؟ قال: فقلنا: ليلة كذا وكذا. فقال: إن رسول الله ﷺ قال: إن الله مده للرؤية، فهو لليلة رأيتموه.
Muslim reported it in the Book of Fasting (1088) through Husayn, from Amr bin Mura, from Abu Bakhtari (that is, Saeed bin Fayruz), and mentioned it as follows.He also reported it through Shuba, from Amr bin Mura, in a shortened form, saying, "We sighted the new moon of Ramadan while we were at Zat Irq, so we sent a man to Ibn Abbas to ask him about it. Ibn Abbas
said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah has extended it for its sighting, but if it is obscured from you, then complete the count.'"