Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 53, Hadith 10
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعُمَرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَكِّيِّ قَالَ: زُرْنَا يَحْيَى بْنَ حَسَّانَ فِي قَرْيَتِهِ، أَنَا وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَدْهَمَ، وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ قَرِيرٍ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ يَسَارٍ، فَجَاءَنَا بِطَعَامٍ، فَأَمْسَكَ مُوسَى، وَكَانَ صَائِمًا، فَقَالَ يَحْيَى: أَمَّنَا فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُكَنَّى أَبَا قِرْصَافَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، فَوُلِدَ لأَبِي غُلاَمٌ، فَدَعَاهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يَصُومُ فِيهِ فَأَفْطَرَ، فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَنَسَهُ بِكِسَائِهِ، وَأَفْطَرَ مُوسَى قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ: أَبُو قِرْصَافَةَ اسْمُهُ جَنْدَرَةُ بْنُ خَيْشَنَةَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-‘Umari related to us: Damrah ibn Rabi‘ah related to us, from Bilal ibn Ka‘b al-‘Ukki, who said: Ibrahim ibn Adham, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Qarir, Musa ibn Yasar, and I visited Yahya ibn Hassan in his village. He brought us food, but Musa held back because he was fasting. Yahya said: ‘A man of Banu Kinanah, one of the Prophet’s Companions, used to lead us in prayer in this mosque for forty years. He was known by the kunya Abu Qirsafah and would fast one day and not the next. My father had a son, and he invited him on a day when he was fasting, so he broke his fast.’ Ibrahim stood and brushed him with his cloak, and Musa broke his fast. Abu ‘Abd Allah said: ‘Abu Qirsafah’s name was Jandarah ibn Khayshanah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the visitors were given food, but does not explicitly say they ate it. The expression كنسه بكسائه literally describes Ibrahim sweeping/brushing him with his cloak; its intended gesture is unclear.
The report identifies Abu Qirsafah by kunya and then gives his personal name in a final editor’s note.
فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَنَسَهُ بِكِسَائِهِ
The literal wording says Ibrahim swept him with his cloak, but the action’s purpose is not explicit.
Does the phrase mean that Ibrahim brushed away something from the fasting man, or is this a textual difficulty?