Follow Islamic traditions even if you don't understand them fully yet

This hadith explains how Muslims should determine when Ramadan begins and ends. During this month, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, abstaining from food and drink. The Prophet Muhammad taught that Muslims should not begin fasting until they have sighted the new moon, which marks the beginning of a new Islamic month. If it is cloudy or dusty on the horizon, then they should calculate thirty days instead. Ibn 'Umar would send someone out to look for the moon each year on Shaban 29th; if it was sighted then he would fast that day, but if there was no cloud or dust before him he would not keep fast that day. He would end his fasting with everyone else regardless of whether he followed this calculation or not. This hadith teaches us about patience and trust in Allah's plan as well as following Islamic traditions even if we don't understand them fully yet.