Fasting

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadefasting on the Day of Fitr and the Day of Adha.

“I was present for ‘Eid with‘Umar bin Khattab. He started with the prayer before the sermon,andsaid: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade fasting on thesetwo days,the Day of Fitr and the Day of Adha. As for the Day ofFitr, it is theday when you break your fast, and on the Day of Adhayou eat the meatof your sacrifices.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade fasting on a Friday unless it (is joined to) the day beforeorthe day after.”

“While Iwascircumambulating the House, I asked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah: ‘Did theProphet (ﷺ) forbid fasting on a Friday?’ He said: ‘Yes, by theLordof this House.’”

“I rarely saw theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) not fasting on a Friday.”

“Do not fast on Saturdays apart from days when you areobliged to fast. If anyone of you cannot find anything other thangrape stalks or the bark of a tree, let him suck on it.” Another chain from 'Abdullahbin Busr, from his sister who said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said," and he mentioned similarly.

“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more belovedtoAllah than these days,” meaning the (first) ten days ofDhul-Hijjah. They said: “O Messenger of Allah! Not even Jihad inthe causeof Allah?” He said: “Not even Jihad in the cause ofAllah, unless aman goes out with himself and his wealth and does notbring anythingback.”

“There are no days in this world during which worship is morebeloved to Allah, Glorious is He, than the (first) ten days (ofDhul-Hijjah). Fasting one of these days is equivalent to fasting foroneyear, and one night of them is equal to Lailatul-Qadr.”

“I never saw theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) fasting the (first) ten days (of Dhul-Hijjah).”

“Fasting on the Day of ‘Arafah, I hope from Allah, expiates forthe sins of the year before and the year after.”

“I heard the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever fasts the Day of ‘Arafah, his sins oftheprevious and following year will be forgiven.’”

“I entered upon Abu Hurairah inhishouse and asked him about fasting the Day of ‘Arafah at ‘Arafat.Abu Hurairah said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade fastingtheDay of ‘Arafah at ‘Arafat.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtofast ‘Ashura’, and he ordered (others) to fast it too.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) came toAl-Madinah, and he found the Jews observing a fast. He said: ‘Whatisthis?’ They said: ‘This is the day when Allah saved Musa anddrownedPharaoh, so Musa fasted this day in gratitude.’ TheMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘We have more right to Musa than youdo.’ So he fasted(that day) and enjoined (others) to fast italso.’”

“Has anyone among you eatentoday?” We said: “Some of us have eaten and some of us have not.”Hesaid: “Complete the rest of your day (i.e., do not eat for therest ofthe day), whoever has eaten and whoever has not eaten. Andsend wordto the people of the suburbs to complete the rest of theirday.” Hewas referring to the people of the suburbs aroundAl-Madinah.