Sunan Ibn Majah
Fasting
كتاب الصيام
Chapter 17
مَا جَاءَ فِي السِّوَاكِ وَالْكُحْلِ لِلصَّائِمِ
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Abu al-Taqi Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us; al-Zubaydi narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) applied kohl while he was fasting.
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Kohl is retained as the name of the eye cosmetic mentioned in the source.
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Ayyub ibn Muhammad al-Raqqi and Dawud ibn Rushayd narrated to us; they said: Muammar ibn Sulayman narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Bishr narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The one who performs cupping and the one who undergoes it have broken the fast.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The two Arabic terms are rendered as the person performing cupping and the person undergoing it.
Chapter 18
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ
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Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Sulami narrated to us; Ubaydullah narrated to us; Shayban informed us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said Abu Qilabah narrated to me that Abu Asma narrated to him, from Thawban, who said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘The one who performs cupping and the one who undergoes it have broken the fast.’
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This source carries the same wording through a separate chain, retained as given.
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Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Sulami narrated to us; he said: Ubaydullah narrated to us; he said: Shayban informed us, from Yahya, from Abu Qilabah, who related that Shaddad ibn Aws, while walking with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in al-Baqi, passed a man undergoing cupping after eighteen nights of the month had passed. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The one who performs cupping and the one who undergoes it have broken the fast.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The time reference is kept as ‘after eighteen nights of the month had passed’; the source does not name the month here.
The two cupping terms are rendered as the person performing the procedure and the person undergoing it.
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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) underwent cupping while fasting and in a state of ihram.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Ihram is retained as the source’s term for the consecrated state of pilgrimage.
Chapter 19
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقُبْلَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah narrated to us; they said: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Ziyad ibn Ilqah, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Aishah, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss during the month of fasting.
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The source does not specify whom he kissed; no object is added.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Ubaydullah, from al-Qasim, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss while fasting. She added: ‘Which of you has control over his desire as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had control over his desire?’
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The Arabic says ‘his desire’ without naming an object; that wording is retained.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Abu Muawiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Muslim, from Shutayr ibn Shakal, from Hafsah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to kiss while fasting.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; al-Fadl ibn Dukayn narrated to us, from Isra’il, from Zayd ibn Jubayr, from Abu Yazid al-Dinni, from Maymunah, the freedwoman of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a man who kissed his wife while they were both fasting. He said: ‘They have both broken their fast.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The answer is dual in the Arabic and is translated as applying to both people.
Chapter 20
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُبَاشَرَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Isma‘il ibn Ulayyah narrated to us, from Ibn Awn, from Ibrahim, who said: Al-Aswad and Masruq entered upon Aishah and asked, ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) engage in intimate contact while fasting?’ She said: ‘He used to do that, and he had greater control over his desire than any of you.’
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The Arabic says yubaashir without specifying the form or degree of contact; ‘intimate contact’ keeps the wording general.
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Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Abdullah al-Wasiti narrated to us; my father narrated to us, from Ata ibn al-Sa’ib, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: ‘A concession was granted to the elderly person who is fasting for intimate contact, while it was disliked for the young man.’
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The source’s word mubashara is kept broad as ‘intimate contact’; no specific act is supplied.
قَالَ: رُخِّصَ لِلْكَبِيرِ الصَّائِمِ فِي الْمُبَاشَرَةِ وَكُرِهَ لِلشَّابِّ .
The source uses المباشرة without specifying the form or degree of intimate contact meant.
Does ‘intimate contact’ retain the source’s range while remaining clear in English?
Chapter 21
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْغِيبَةِ وَالرَّفَثِ لِلصَّائِمِ
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Amr ibn Rafi narrated to us; Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Dhi’b, from Sa‘id al-Maqburi, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever does not give up false speech, ignorance, and acting upon it, Allah has no need for him to give up his food and drink.’
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The Arabic lists false speech, ignorance, and acting upon it; the translation keeps the list without narrowing the scope of the final pronoun.
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Amr ibn Rafi narrated to us; Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Usamah ibn Zayd, from Sa‘id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Many a person who fasts gains nothing from his fasting except hunger, and many a person who stands in prayer gains nothing from his standing except wakefulness.’
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The source contrasts fasting with hunger and standing with staying awake; no further cause is supplied.
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us; Jarir informed us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When it is the fasting day of one of you, let him not speak obscenely or act ignorantly. If someone behaves ignorantly toward him, let him say, “I am a person who is fasting.”’
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The Arabic contrasts obscene speech with ignorant behavior; both expressions are retained.
Chapter 22
مَا جَاءَ فِي السُّحُورِ
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Ahmad ibn Abdah informed us; Hammad ibn Zayd informed us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Suhayb, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Eat the pre-dawn meal, for there is blessing in the pre-dawn meal.’
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The Arabic repeats the term for the pre-dawn meal; the repetition is retained.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Abu Amir narrated to us; Zam‘ah ibn Salih narrated to us, from Salamah, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Seek help for the daytime fast with the pre-dawn meal, and for standing in prayer at night with the midday rest.’
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The source pairs the pre-dawn meal with daytime fasting and the midday rest with nighttime prayer; both terms are kept explicit.
Chapter 23
مَا جَاءَ فِي تَأْخِيرِ السُّحُورِ
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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki narrated to us, from Hisham al-Dastawa’i, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, from Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: ‘We ate the pre-dawn meal with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then rose for prayer.’ I asked, ‘How much time was there between them?’ He said, ‘The amount of time it takes to recite fifty verses.’
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The source says only ‘prayer’; no specific prayer is named in the translation.
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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash narrated to us, from Asim, from Zirr, from Hudhayfah, who said: ‘I ate the pre-dawn meal with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when it was already daylight, except that the sun had not yet risen.’
Abu Ishaq said: ‘The hadith of Hudhayfah is abrogated; it is of no account.’
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The closing assessment is preserved as a separate statement attributed to Abu Ishaq; it is not presented as part of Hudhayfah’s report.
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Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id and Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, from Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Let none of you be prevented from his pre-dawn meal by Bilal’s call to prayer. He gives the call so that the sleeper among you may wake and the one of you who is up in prayer may return. Dawn is not when it appears like this; rather, it is like this, stretching across the horizon of the sky.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The repeated ‘like this’ follows the source’s demonstrative wording; the gestures it may accompany are not described in the text.
Chapter 24
مَا جَاءَ فِي تَعْجِيلِ الإِفْطَارِ
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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.’