Sunan ad-Darimi, Book of Fasting

ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > ʿAmr b. Qays > Abū Isḥāq > Ṣilah

Ammar ibn Yasir said, "Whoever fasts on the day that is doubted has disobeyed Abu al-Qasim (referring to Prophet Muhammad)." – Sound

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ صِلَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ فَأُتِيَ بِشَاةٍ مَصْلِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ كُلُوا فَتَنَحَّى بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ

عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ «مَنْ صَامَ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي يُشَكُّ فِيهِ فَقَدْ عَصَى أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ» – صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > Ḥātim b. Abū Ṣaghīrah > Simāk b. Ḥarb

"I entered upon 'Ikrimah on the day concerning which there was doubt as to whether it was Ramadan or Shaban, and he was eating bread, vegetables and milk. He said: 'Come and eat.' I said: 'I am fasting.' He adjured me by Allah to break my fast. I said Subhan-Allah twice. When I saw that he was insisting, I went forward and said: 'Give me what you have.' He said: 'I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: The Messenger of Allah said: 'Fast when you see it (the crescent) and stop fasting when you see it, and if clouds or darkness prevent you from seeing it, then complete the number of days of Shaban, and do not fast ahead of the month, and do not join Ramadan to a day of Shaban." ' – Sound

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْماَعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

أَصْبَحْتُ فِي يَوْمٍ قَدْ أُشْكِلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ أَوْ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَصْبَحْتُ صَائِمًا فَأَتَيْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَأْكُلُ خُبْزًا وَبَقْلًا فَقَالَ هَلُمَّ إِلَى الْغَدَاءِ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ أُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ لَتُفْطِرَنَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ حَلَفَ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنِي تَقَدَّمْتُ فَعَذَّرْتُ وَإِنَّمَا تَسَحَّرْتُ قُبَيْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ هَاتِ الْآنَ مَا عِنْدَكَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ سَحَابٌ فَكَمِّلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَلَا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الشَّهْرَ اسْتِقْبَالًا» – صحيح

ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Do not fast until you see the crescent, and do not stop fasting until you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then work it out." – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ «لَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْا الْهِلَالَ وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ» – إسناده صحيح

Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. Ziyād > Abū Hurayrah

"the Messenger of Allah said: 'Fast when you see it and stop fasting when you see it, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then count it as thirty (days). "' – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ «صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الشَّهْرُ فَعُدُّوا ثَلَاثِينَ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr / Ibn Dīnār > Muḥammad b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

" I am surprised at those who anticipate the moth, when the Messenger of Allah said: 'When you see the new crescent then fast, and when you see it, then stop fasting, and if it is obscured from you (too cloudy), then complete thirty days. – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ عَجِبَ مِمَّنْ يَتَقَدَّمُ الشَّهْرَ وَيَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَصُومُوا وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَفْطِرُوا فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا» – إسناده صحيح

Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUthmān b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Abīh And from his uncle > Ibn ʿUmar

The translation of the given text in Arabic to English is: "When the Prophet ﷺ saw the new moon, he used to say, 'Allah is the greatest! O Allah, let this crescent be a crescent of security, faith, safety, Islam, and success in what our Lord loves and is pleased with. And your Lord is Allah.'" – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَمِّهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْهِلَالَ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ وَالتَّوْفِيقِ لِمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ» – إسناده ضعيف

Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Rifāʿī And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-ʿAqadī > Sulaymān b. Sufyān al-Madanī > Bilāl b. Yaḥyá b. Ṭalḥah from his father > Ṭalḥah

ʿO Allah, bring it over us with blessing and faith, and with soundness and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.” – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الرِّفَاعِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَقَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْمَدَنِيُّ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى الْهِلَالَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ» – إسناده ضعيف

And Hb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

‘Do not anticipate Ramadan by fasting one or two days before, except for a man who has a habitual pattern of fasting, in which case let him fast.” – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقَدَّمُوا قَبْلَ رَمَضَانَ يَوْمًا وَلَا يَوْمَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَصُومُ صَوْمًا فَلْيَصُمْهُ» – إسناده صحيح

Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The month of Ramadan may consist of twenty-nine days. So do not fast till you have sighted it (the new moon) and do not break fast, till you have sighted it (the new moon of Shawwal), and if the sky is cloudy for you, then calculate. – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الشَّهْرُ تِسْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ فَلَا تَصُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ وَلَا تُفْطِرُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْهُ فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدُرُوا لَهُ» – إسناده صحيح

Marwān b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Sālim > Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded the people to fast. – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«تَرَاءَى النَّاسُ الْهِلَالَ فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ فَصَامَ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالصِّيَامِ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿIṣmah b. al-Faḍl

A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I have sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, of Ramadan. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. and he testified that he had sighted the moon. He said: Bilal, announce to the people that they must fast tomorrow. – Weak Chain

حَدَّثَنِي عِصْمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْهِلَالَ فَقَالَ «أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «يَا بِلَالُ نَادِ فِي النَّاسِ فَلْيَصُومُوا غَدًا» – إسناده ضعيف

ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Barāʾ

It was the custom among the companions of Muhammad that if any of them was fasting and the food was presented (for breaking his fast), but he slept before eating, he would not eat that night and the following day till sunset. Qais bin Sirma-al-Ansari was fasting and came to his wife at the time of Iftar (breaking one's fast) and asked her whether she had anything to eat. She replied, "No, but I would go and bring some for you." He used to do hard work during the day, so he was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. When his wife came and saw him, she said, "Disappointment for you." When it was midday on the following day, he fainted and the Prophet ﷺ was informed about the whole matter and the following verses were revealed: "You are permitted To go to your wives (for sexual relation) At the night of fasting." So, they were overjoyed by it. And then Allah also revealed: "And eat and drink Until the white thread Of dawn appears to you Distinct from the black thread (of the night)." (2.187)

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

«كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ صَائِمًا فَحَضَرَ الْإِفْطَارُ فَنَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ لَيْلَتَهُ وَلَا يَوْمَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ»

Abū al-Walīd > Sharīk > Ḥuṣayn > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have placed a white thread and a black thread under my pillow, but I cannot distinguish between them." He said, "You have a wide bedspread, and that night is part of the day, as Allah says, 'And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread. Then complete the fast until the night.' And do not approach them while you are in seclusion in the mosques. These are the limits set by Allah, so do not come near them.' Thus Allah makes clear His signs to the people that they may fear Him."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي خَيْطًا أَبْيَضَ وَخَيْطًا أَسْوَدَ فَمَا تَبَيَّنَ لِي شَيْءٌ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ لَعَرِيضُ الْوِسَادِ وَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ اللَّيْلُ مِنَ النَّهَارِ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى» {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِّمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا كَذَالِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتُّقُونَ}

Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām > Qatādah > Anas > Zayd b. Thābit

“We ate Suhur with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ then we got up to perform prayer.” I said: “How long was there between the two?” He said: “As long as it takes to recite fifty verses.” – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ» قَالَ «ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَبَيْنَ السُّحُورِ؟ قَالَ «قَدْرُ قِرَاءَةِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً» – إسناده صحيح

Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas

“Eat Suhur, for in Suhur there is a blessing.” – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السُّحُورِ بَرَكَةً» – إسناده صحيح

And Hb b. Jarīr > Mūsá b. ʿUlay > Abū > Abū Qays a freed slave of ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

"To prepare food for him, so that he could have his pre-dawn meal without being affected greatly by it. We said to him: 'Command us to prepare it for you and it will not affect you much.' He replied: 'I will not command you to do that, for I desire it, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: 'The difference between our fast and the fast of the people of the Book is eating a meal before dawn.'" – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُلَيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ يَأْمُرُنَا

أَنْ نَصْنَعَ لَهُ الطَّعَامَ يَتَسَحَّرُ بِهِ فَلَا يُصِيبُ مِنْهُ كَثِيرًا فَقُلْنَا لَهُ تَأْمُرُنَا بِهِ وَلَا تُصِيبُ مِنْهُ كَثِيرًا؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا آمُرُكُمْ بِهِ أَنِّي أَشْتَهِيهِ وَلَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «فَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَ صِيَامِنَا وَصِيَامِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَكْلَةُ السَّحَرِ» – إسناده صحيح

Saʿīd b. Shuraḥbīl > Layth b. Saʿd > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUmar > Ḥafṣah

On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, "Whoever does not begin fasting before dawn, then there is no fasting for them." Abdullah said regarding the obligatory duty, "I say about it." – Strong Chain

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ شُرَحْبِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ لَمْ يُبَيِّتِ الصِّيَامَ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَا صِيَامَ لَهُ» قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ فِي فَرْضِ الْوَاجِبِ «أَقُولُ بِهِ» – إسناده قوي

Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْفِطْرَ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar > ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:“When night comes and day departs, and the sun sets, then (it is time to) break your fast.ʿ – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَقْبَلَ اللَّيْلُ وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ وَغَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَدْ أَفْطَرْتَ» – إسناده صحيح

Abū al-Nuʿmān > Thābit b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah > al-Rabāb al-Ḍabbiyyah from her uncle Salmān b. ʿĀmir

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification." – Fair Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ الرَّبَابِ الضَّبِّيَّةِ عَنْ عَمِّهَا سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ طَهُورٌ» – إسناده جيد

Yaʿlá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī

Regarding the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Whoever feeds a fasting person will have a reward equal to theirs, without diminishing the reward of the fasting person." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كُتِبَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ» – إسناده صحيح

Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Beware of excessive attachment (to worldly things)." They asked, "But you, O Messenger of Allah, are continuously connected to such things." He replied, "Indeed, I am not like you. I spend the night while my Lord feeds me and quenches my thirst." – Strong Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْوِصَالَ» مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي» – إسناده قوي

Saʿīd b. al-Rabīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not continue." It was said, "Indeed, you do that." He said, "I am not like any one of you. I am fed and provided with drink." – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا» قِيلَ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى» – إسناده صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink. – Sound

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ إِلَى السَّحَرِ» قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي» – صحيح

ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Al-Wisal in fasting. So, one of the Muslims said to him, "But you practice Al- Wisal. O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Who amongst you is similar to me? I am given food and drink during my sleep by my Lord." So, when the people refused to stop Al-Wisal (fasting continuously), the Prophet ﷺ fasted day and night continuously along with them for a day and then another day and then they saw the crescent moon (of the month of Shawwal). The Prophet ﷺ said to them (angrily), "If It (the crescent) had not appeared, I would have made you fast for a longer period." That was as a punishment for them when they refused to stop (practicing Al-Wisal). – Weak Chain

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي» فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا عَنِ الْوِصَالِ وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ رَأَوْا الْهِلَالَ فَقَالَ «لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ لَزِدْتُكُمْ» كَالْمُنَكِّلِ لَهُمْ حِينَ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا – إسناده ضعيف

Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out during the year of the conquest and he fasted. The people also fasted until reaching al-Qadeed (a place). Then, he broke his fast and the people broke their fast. They used to follow the latest action of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." – Strong Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ فَصَامَ وَصَامَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْكَدِيدَ ثُمَّ أَفْطَرَ فَأَفْطَرَ النَّاسُ» فَكَانُوا يَأْخُذُونَ بِالْأَحْدَثِ فَالْأَحْدَثِ مِنْ فِعْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ – إسناده قوي

Hāshim b. al-Qāsim And ʾAbū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Dhakar

The Prophet ﷺ was traveling and saw a crowd, and there was a man sitting in the shade. He asked, "What is this?" They answered, "This is a fasting person." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting while traveling is not from righteousness." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلٌ قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» قَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ» – إسناده صحيح

ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Ṣafwān b. ʿAbdullāh > Um al-Dardāʾ > Kaʿb b. ʿĀṣim al-Ashʿarī

"It is not righteousness to fast when traveling." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ» – إسناده صحيح

Muḥammad b. Aḥmad > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Ṣafwān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣafwān > Um al-Dardāʾ > Kaʿb b. ʿĀṣim al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting while traveling is not counted as an act of righteousness." – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ» – إسناده صحيح

Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhājir > Abū Umayyah al-Ḍamrī

"I came to the Messenger of Allah from a journey and greeted him with Salam. When I was going to leave he said: 'Stay and have meal for breakfast, O Abu Umayyah.' I said: 'I am fasting, O Prophet of Allah.' He said: 'Come and I will tell about the traveler. Allah, most high, has waived fasting and of the prayer for him."' – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرٍ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبْتُ لِأَخْرُجَ قَالَ «انْتَظِرِ الْغَدَاءَ يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «تَعَالَ أُخْبِرْكَ عَنِ الْمُسَافِرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ عَنْهُ الصِّيَامَ وَنِصْفَ الصَّلَاةِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد «إِنْ شَاءَ صَامَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَفْطَرَ» – إسناده صحيح