Fasting
كتاب الصيام
Chapter 23: What was narrated concerning delaying Suhur
مَا جَاءَ فِي تَأْخِيرِ السُّحُورِ
“WeateSuhur with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then we got up to performprayer.” I said: “How long was there between the two?” He said:“Aslong as it takes to recite fifty verses.”
“I ate Suhur with the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) when it was daybreak but the sun had not yet risen.” [(One of the narrators) Abu Ishaq said: “The Hadith of Hudhaifah isabrogated and does not mean anything.”]
“The Adhan of Bilal should not prevent anyone of youfromeating Suhur, for he gives the Adhan to alert those among youwho areasleep, and so that anyone who is praying can prepare himselfforfasting. The Fajr does not come in this manner, rather it comesinthis manner, and it appears along the horizon.”
Chapter 24: What was narrated concerning hastening to break the fast
مَا جَاءَ فِي تَعْجِيلِ الإِفْطَارِ
“Thepeople will remain upon goodness as long as they hasten to breaktheirfast.”
"The people will remain upon goodness so long as they hasten tobreak the fast. Hasten to break the fast, for the Jews delay it."
Chapter 25: What has been narrated concerning what is recommended for one to break one’s fast with
مَا جَاءَ عَلَى مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ الْفِطْرُ
"Whenany one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. Ifhecannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is ameans of purification."
Chapter 26: What was narrated concerning making fasting incumbent upon oneself from the night before, and having the choice (of breaking a voluntary fast) during the day
مَا جَاءَ فِي فَرْضِ الصَّوْمِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالْخِيَارِ فِي الصَّوْمِ
"Thereis no fast for the one who did not make it incumbent uponhimselffrom the night before."
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wouldenter upon me and say: ‘Do you have anything (any food)?’ If wesaid: ‘No,’ he would say: ‘Then I am fasting.’ So he wouldcontinuefasting, then it we were given some food, he would break hisfast.”She said: “Sometimes he would fast and (then) break fast(i.e.,combine fasting and breaking fast in one day).” I said: “Howis that?”She said: “Like the one who goes out with charity(i.e., something togive in charity),and he gives some away and keepssome.”
Chapter 27: What was narrated concerning a man who wakes up in a state of sexual impurity and wants to fast
مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الصِّيَامَ
“I heard Abuhurairah say: ‘No, by the Lord of the Ka’bah! I did not say:“Whoeverwakes up in a state of sexual impurity (and wants to fast)then hemust not fast.” Muhammad (ﷺ) said it.’”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to spendthenight in a state of sexual impurity, then Bilal would come to himandinform him that it is time for prayer. So he would get up and haveabath, and I would see the water dripping from his head, then hewouldgo out and I would hear his voice during Fajr prayer.” (One of the narrators) Mutarrif said: "I said to Amir: 'Was that during Ramadan?' He said: 'InRamadan and at other times.'"
“I asked Umm Salamah about a man whogets up in the morning when he is in a state of sexual impurity andwants to fast. She said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to getupin the morning in a state of sexual impurity after havingintercourse,not from a wet dream, then he would take a bath andcomplete hisfast.’”
Chapter 28: What was narrated concerning perpetual fasting
مَا جَاءَ فِي صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ
“TheProphet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever fasts continually, he neither fastsnor breaks his fast.’”
“There is no fasting for one who fasts continually.”
Chapter 29: What was narrated concerning fasting three days of each month
مَا جَاءَ فِي صِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ
TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to enjoin fasting the bright days –the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth (when the moon is full). Hesaid: “It is like fasting for a lifetime.” Another chain from 'Abdul-Malik bin Qatadah bin Malhan Al-Qaisi, from his father, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar wording. Ibn Majah said: Shu'bah erred (in the name of one of the narrators)and Hammam was correct.