Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1706

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، وَسُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ الْمَكِّيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ لاَ صَامَ مَنْ صَامَ الأَبَدَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki narrated to us, from Mis‘ar and Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Abu al-Abbas al-Makki, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘He has not fasted who fasts forever.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source’s emphatic negative construction is retained without explanation.