Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1699
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنِ الرَّبَابِ أُمِّ الرَّائِحِ بِنْتِ صُلَيْعٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهَا، سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ، فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرَةٍ. فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ، فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى الْمَاءِ. فَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abd al-Rahim ibn Sulayman and Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us. In another route, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us. From Asim al-Ahwal, from Hafsah bint Sirin, from al-Rabab Umm al-Ra’ih bint Sulay‘, from her paternal uncle Salman ibn Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with a date. If he does not find one, let him break it with water, for it is purifying.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source’s two transmission routes are presented separately before the shared continuation of the chain.
‘Purifying’ translates the source description of water as tahur.