Sunan Ibn Majah 1671

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

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘I am ruined.’ He said, ‘What has ruined you?’ The man said, ‘I had intercourse with my wife during Ramadan.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Free a slave.’ He said, ‘I cannot find one.’ He said, ‘Fast two consecutive months.’ He said, ‘I cannot bear that.’ He said, ‘Feed sixty needy people.’ He said, ‘I cannot find it.’ He said, ‘Sit down.’ So he sat. While he was in that state, a basket called al-Araq was brought. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Go and give it in charity.’ The man said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, there is no household between its two lava plains that needs it more than we do.’ He said, ‘Go and feed it to your family.’

Harmalah ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Abd al-Jabbar ibn Umar narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to me, from Ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), with the same account. He said: ‘And fast one day in its place.’