Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1667
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، - رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الأَشْهَلِ وَقَالَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ - قَالَ: أَغَارَتْ عَلَيْنَا خَيْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَهُوَ يَتَغَدَّى فَقَالَ: " ادْنُ فَكُلْ " . قُلْتُ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ . قَالَ: " اجْلِسْ أُحَدِّثْكَ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ أَوِ الصِّيَامِ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَضَعَ عَنِ الْمُسَافِرِ شَطْرَ الصَّلاَةِ وَعَنِ الْمُسَافِرِ وَالْحَامِلِ وَالْمُرْضِعِ الصَّوْمَ أَوِ الصِّيَامَ " . وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ قَالَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كِلْتَاهُمَا أَوْ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَيَا لَهْفَ نَفْسِي فَهَلاَّ كُنْتُ طَعِمْتُ مِنْ طَعَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Waki narrated to us, from Abu Hilal, from Abdullah ibn Sawadah, from Anas ibn Malik—a man from Banu Abd al-Ashhal (Ali ibn Muhammad said: from Banu Abd Allah ibn Ka‘b)—who said: The cavalry of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raided us. I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was eating lunch. He said, ‘Come closer and eat.’ I said, ‘I am fasting.’ He said, ‘Sit down; I will tell you about fasting—or the fast. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has lifted half of the prayer from the traveler, and has lifted fasting from the traveler, the pregnant woman, and the nursing woman.’ By Allah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said both wordings, or one of them. How I regret it—if only I had eaten some of the food of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)!
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Both tribal identifications attached to Anas ibn Malik are preserved as they appear in the source.
The source narrator explicitly says the Prophet may have used both fasting terms or only one; that uncertainty is retained.