Fasting

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Chapter 33: To observe Saum (fast) or not during journeys

Narrated `Aisha

Hamza bin `Amr Al-Aslami said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I fast continuously."

Narrated `Aisha

(the wife of the Prophet) Hamza bin `Amr Al-Aslami asked the Prophet, "Should I fast while traveling?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "You may fast if you wish, and you may not fast if you wish."

Chapter 42: Can somebody else observe Saum instead of the dead?

Al-Hasan said that thirty men fasted for him for one day.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My mother died and she ought to have fasted one month (for her missed Ramadan). Shall I fast on her behalf?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative and said, "Allah's debts have more right to be paid." In another narration a woman is reported to have said, "My sister died..." Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A woman said to the Prophet (ﷺ) "My mother died and she had vowed to fast but she didn't fast." In another narration Ibn `Abbas is reported to have said, "A woman said to the Prophet, "My mother died while she ought to have fasted for fifteen days."

Chapter 45: To hasten the Iftar

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast."

Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa

I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey, and he observed the fast till evening. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to a man, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." He replied, "Will you wait till it is evening?" The Prophet said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me; when you see night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast."

Chapter 48: To observe Saum (fast) continuously

For the words of the Almighty: {Then complete the fast until night} and forbade the Prophet (Allah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from him as a mercy to them and keep them, and what he hates from deepening.
Narrated Aisha

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Al-Wisal out of mercy to them. They said to him, "But you practice Al- Wisal?" He said, "I am not similar to you, for my Lord gives me food and drink. "

Chapter 49: The punishment for the person who practises Al-Wisal very often.

It was narrated by Anas from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah Allaah be upon him).
Narrated Abu Huraira

The Prophet (ﷺ) said twice, "(O you people) Be cautious! Do not practice Al-Wisal." The people said to him, "But you practice Al-Wisal?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "My Lord gives me food and drink during my sleep. Do that much of deeds which is within your ability."

Chapter 54: The right of the guest in fasting.

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As

"Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me," and then he narrated the whole narration, i.e. your guest has a right on you, and your wife has a right on you. I then asked about the fasting of David. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Half of the year," (i.e. he used to fast on every alternate day).

Chapter 62: Fasting the last days of the month

Narrated Mutarrif from `Imran Ibn Husain

That the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him (Imran) or asked a man and `Imran was listening, "O Abu so-and-so! Have you fasted the last days of this month?" (The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramadan"). The man replied, "No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "When you finish your fasting (of Ramadan) fast two days (in Shawwal)." Through another series of narrators `Imran said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, '(Have you fasted) the last days of Sha'ban?"

Chapter 63: Observing Saum (fast) on Friday

Narrated Abu Huraira

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "None of you should fast on Friday unless he fasts a day before or after it."

Narrated Abu Aiyub from Juwairiya bint Al-Harith

The Prophet (ﷺ) visited her (Juwairiya) on a Friday and she was fasting. He asked her, "Did you fast yesterday?" She said, "No." He said, "Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" She said, "No." He said, "Then break your fast." Through another series of narrators, Abu Aiyub is reported to have said, "He ordered her and she broke her fast."

Chapter 65: Observing Saum (fast) on the day of 'Arafah.

Narrated Um Al-Fadl bint Al-Harith

"While the people were with me on the day of `Arafat they differed as to whether the Prophet (ﷺ) was fasting or not; some said that he was fasting while others said that he was not fasting. So, I sent to him a bowl full of milk while he was riding over his camel and he drank it."

Chapter 67: Observing Saum on the first day of 'Eid-ul-Adha.

Narrated Ziyad bin Jubair

A man went to Ibn `Umar I. and said, "A man vowed to fast one day (the sub-narrator thinks that he said that the day was Monday), and that day happened to be `Id day." Ibn `Umar said, "Allah orders vows to be fulfilled and the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the fasting on this day (i.e. Id).

Chapter 68: Observing Saum (fast) on Tashriq days.

Narrated `Aisha and Ibn `Umar

Nobody was allowed to fast on the days of Tashriq except those who could not afford the Hadi (Sacrifice).

Narrated Ibn `Umar

Fasting for those who perform ,Hajj-at-Tamattu` (in lieu of the Hadi which they cannot afford) may be performed up to the day of `Arafat. And if one does not get a Hadi and has not fasted (before the `Id) then one should fast of the days of Mina. (11, 12 and 13th of Dhul Hajja).

Chapter 69: Observing Saum (fast) on the day of 'Ashura.

Narrated `Aisha

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered (the Muslims) to fast on the day of 'Ashura', and when fasting in the month of Ramadan was prescribed, it became optional for one to fast on that day ('Ashura') or not.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina and saw the Jews fasting on the day of Ashura. He asked them about that. They replied, "This is a good day, the day on which Allah rescued Bani Israel from their enemy. So, Moses fasted this day." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "We have more claim over Moses than you." So, the Prophet fasted on that day and ordered (the Muslims) to fast (on that day).

Narrated Ibn `Abbas

I never saw the Prophet (ﷺ) seeking to fast on a day that he favored more than another except this day, the day of 'Ashura', and this month, meaning the month of Ramadan.

Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa`

The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered a man from the tribe of Bani Aslam to announce amongst the people that whoever had eaten should fast the rest of the day, and whoever had not eaten should continue his fast, as that day was the day of 'Ashura' .

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