Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2005

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Sahih al-Bukhari 2005
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْسٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ تَعُدُّهُ الْيَهُودُ عِيدًا، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَصُومُوهُ أَنْتُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh related to us: Abū Usāmah related to us, from Abū ʿUmays, from Qays ibn Muslim, from Ṭāriq ibn Shihāb, from Abū Mūsā (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Jews regarded the Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ as a festival. The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘So you should fast it.’

Translation notes

  • The Arabic instruction is direct, ‘So you [plural] fast it’; the English witness phrases this as a recommendation.