Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1697

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ: ‏ "‏ لاَ يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْإِفْطارَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Hisham ibn Ammar and Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; they said: Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from his father, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘People will continue to be in a good state so long as they hasten the breaking of the fast.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‘Hasten the breaking of the fast’ directly reflects the source verb ‘ajjalū al-iftār.’