Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

كتاب الصوم

Chapter 28: The Fasting Person Being Cupped

Narrated Thawban, the client of the Prophet (ﷺ)

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A man who cups and a man who gets himself cupped break their fast.

Chapter 31: Regarding A Fasting Person Using Kohl At The Time Of Sleeping

Al-A'mash said

I did not see any of our companions who abominated the use of collyrium by a man who fasting. Ibrahim would permit the man who was fasting to apply collyrium with aloes.

Chapter 33: Kissing For A Fasting Person

Narrated 'Aishah

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to kiss (me) during the month of fasting.

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to kiss me when he was fasting and when I was fasting.

Chapter 35: That It Is Disliked For In The Case Of A Young Person (While Fasting)

Narrated AbuHurayrah

A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ) whether one who was fasting could embrace (his wife) and he gave him permission; but when another man came to him, and asked him, he forbade him. The one to whom he gave permission was an old man and the one whom he forbade was a youth.

Chapter 36: Whoever Awoke In The Morning In A State Of Sexual Impurity During Ramadan

Narrated 'Aishah and Umm Salamah, wives of the Prophet (ﷺ)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would be overtaken by the dawn when he was in a state of sexual defilement. The narrator 'Abd Allah al-Adhrami said in his version: During Ramadan, due to sexual intercourse and no owing to a dream (i.e. nocturnal emission), and would fast.

Abu Dawud said: How brief is this sentence uttered by the narrator, this is, "he was overtaken by daw when he was in the state of sexual defilement"? The tradition says: The Prophet (ﷺ) was overtaken by dawn in the state of sexual defilement when he was fasting.

Narrated 'Aishah, wife of Prophet (ﷺ)

A man said to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Messenger of Allah, I was overtaken by dawn while I was sexually defiled, and I want to keep fast. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I am also overtaken by dawn while I am in the state of sexual defilement ; I also want to keep fast. I take a bath and I keep fast. The man said: Messenger of Allah, you are not like us ; Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) became angry and said: I swear by Allah, I hope I shall be the most fearful of you of Allah, and most familiar of you with what I follow.

Chapter 11: Regarding Whoever Connected Sha'ban With Ramadan

Narrated Abu Hurairah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan, except in the case of a man who has been in the habit of observing the particular fast, for he may fast on that day.

Chapter 13: Testimony Of Two Men About Sighting The Crescent Of Shawwal

Narrated Rib'i b. Hirash

On the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): People differed among themselves on the last day of Ramadan (about the appearance of the moon of Shawwal). Then two bedouins came and witnessed before the Prophet (ﷺ) swearing by Allah that they had sighted moon the previous evening. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the people to break the fast. The narrator Khalaf has added in his version: "and that they should proceed to the place of prayer (for 'Id)".

Chapter 15: Stressing The Sahur (The Pre-Dawn Meal)

Narrated 'Amr b. al-'As

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The difference between our fasting and that of the people of the Book is eating shortly before dawn.

Chapter 24: Al-Wisal (Continuous Fasting)

Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

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.

Chapter 27: The Fasting Person Pouring Water Upon Himself Due To Thirst, And Exaggerating In Sniffing Water Into The Nose

Narrated A Companion of the Prophet

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ): I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fasted himself.

Narrated AbuBakr:

A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in al-Arj pouring water over his head while he was fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat.

Chapter 28: The Fasting Person Being Cupped

Narrated Thawban

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: A man who cups and a man who gets himself cupped break their fast.

Abu Dawud said: Ibn Thawban transmitted a similar tradition from his father on the authority of Makhul through an chain of narrators mentioned by him.

Chapter 29: Regarding The Allowance For That

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had himself cupped when he was fasting.

Abu Dawud said: Wuhaib b. Khalid narrated a similar tradition from Ayyub through a different chain of narrators. Ja'far b. Rabi'ah and Hisham, that is, Ibn Hassan, narrated a similar tradition from 'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas.

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Laila

A man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink.

Narrated Anas

We would not allow a man who was fasting to get himself cupped due to abomination of hardship.

Chapter 33: Kissing For A Fasting Person

Narrated 'Aishah

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to kiss and embrace while he was fasting, but he was the one of you who had most control over his desire.

Chapter 34: The Fasting Person Swallowing Saliva

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to kiss her and suck her tongue when he was fasting.

Chapter 37: Expiation For A Man Who Has Sexual Intercourse With His Wife During Ramadan

Narrated Abu Hurairah

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I am undone. He asked him: What has happened to you ? He said: I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting). He asked: Can you set a slave free ? He said: No. He again asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months ? He said: No. He asked: Can you provide food for sixty poor people ? He said: No. He said: Sit down. Then a huge basket containing dates ('araq) was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He then said to him: Give it as sadaqah (i.e. alms). He said: Messenger of Allah, there is no poorer family than mine between the two lave plains of it (Medina). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed so that his eye-teeth became visible, and said: Give it to your family to eat. Musaddad said in another place: "his canine teeth".

This tradition has also been transmitted by al-Zuhri through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Al-Zuhri added in his version

Abu Dawud said: Al-Laith b. Sa'd, al-Awza'i, Mansur b. al-Mu'tamir and 'Irak b. Malik have narrated this tradition like the one narrated by Ibn 'Uyainah. Al-Awza'i narrated in his version the words: Beg pardon of Allah.