Fasting

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Abdullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Muslim al-Batin, al-Hakam, and Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, Ata, and Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, who said: A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, my sister died owing two consecutive months of fasting.’ He said, ‘What do you think: if your sister owed a debt, would you pay it?’ She said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Allah’s right has the greater claim.’

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Zuhayr ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abdullah ibn Ata, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, my mother died owing a fast. Should I fast on her behalf?’ He said, ‘Yes.’

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Wahbi narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Isa ibn Abdullah ibn Malik, from Atiyyah ibn Sufyan ibn Abdullah ibn Rabi‘ah, who said: Our delegation, who came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with the Islam of Thaqif, narrated to us. They came to him in Ramadan, and he set up a tent for them in the mosque. When they accepted Islam, they fasted the remainder of the month that was left for them.

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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘A woman should not fast a day outside Ramadan while her husband is present, except with his permission.’

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Yahya ibn Hammad narrated to us; Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Sulayman, from Abu Salih, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade women to fast without their husbands’ permission.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Azdi narrated to us; Musa ibn Dawud and Khalid ibn Abi Yazid narrated to us; they said: Abu Bakr al-Madani narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘When a man stays among a people, he should not fast without their permission.’

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Ya‘qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ma‘n narrated to us, from his father, and from Abdullah ibn Abdullah al-Umawi, from Ma‘n ibn Muhammad, from Hanzalah ibn Ali al-Aslami, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: ‘The one who eats and gives thanks is like the one who fasts and is patient.’

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Ismail ibn Abdullah al-Raqqi narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Hurrah, from his paternal uncle Hakim ibn Abi Hurrah, from Sinan ibn Sannah al-Aslami, a Companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The one who eats and gives thanks has a reward like that of the one who fasts and is patient.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ismail ibn Ulayyah narrated to us, from Hisham al-Dastawa’i, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: We observed i‘tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the middle ten days of Ramadan. He said: ‘I was shown the Night of Decree, then made to forget it. So seek it during the last ten days, on the odd-numbered nights.’

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib and Abu Ishaq al-Harawi, Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Hatim, narrated to us; they said: Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah narrated to us, from Ibrahim al-Nakha‘i, from al-Aswad, from Aishah, who said: In the last ten days, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would strive more than he did at any other time.

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Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Zuhri narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibn Ubayd ibn Nistas, from Abu al-Duha, from Masruq, from Aishah, who said: When the last ten days began, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would keep the night alive, tighten his waist-wrapper, and wake his family.

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Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us; Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Every year, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would observe i‘tikaf for ten days. In the year in which he died, he observed i‘tikaf for twenty days. The Quran was recited to him once each year, and in the year in which he died, it was recited to him twice.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit, from Abu Rafi‘, from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe i‘tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he traveled; then, in the following year, he observed i‘tikaf for twenty days.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ya‘la ibn Ubayd narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Amrah, from Aishah, who said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to observe i‘tikaf, he would pray the dawn prayer and then enter the place where he intended to observe i‘tikaf. He intended to observe i‘tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, so he ordered a tent to be set up for him. Aishah ordered a tent to be set up for her, and Hafsah ordered a tent to be set up for her. When Zaynab saw their two tents, she ordered a tent to be set up for her. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that, he said, ‘Is it righteousness that you seek?’ He did not observe i‘tikaf in Ramadan, and he observed i‘tikaf for ten days in Shawwal.

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Ishaq ibn Musa al-Khatmi narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, from Umar, that he had made a vow before Islam to observe i‘tikaf for one night. He asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he instructed him to observe i‘tikaf.

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Ahmad ibn Amr ibn al-Sarh narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Yunus informed us that Nafi‘ had related to him, from Abdullah ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe i‘tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. Nafi‘ said: Abdullah ibn Umar showed me the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe i‘tikaf.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Nu‘aym ibn Hammad narrated to us; Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Isa ibn Umar ibn Musa, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that when he observed i‘tikaf, his bedding would be spread for him—or his bed would be placed behind the Pillar of Repentance.

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-A‘la al-San‘ani narrated to us; al-Mu‘tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us; Umarah ibn Ghaziyyah narrated to me, saying: I heard Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i‘tikaf in a Turkish tent, with a piece of woven mat at its threshold. He took the mat in his hand and moved it to one side of the tent. Then he put his head out and spoke to the people.

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Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; al-Layth ibn Sa‘d informed us, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr and Amrah bint Abd al-Rahman, that Aishah said: I would enter the house to attend to a need while the sick person was inside, and I would ask about him only as I passed by. She said: When they were observing i‘tikaf, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not enter the house except to attend to a need.

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Ahmad ibn Mansur Abu Bakr narrated to us; Yunus ibn Muhammad narrated to us; al-Hayyaj al-Khurasani narrated to us; Anbasah ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Abd al-Khaliq, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘A person observing i‘tikaf follows a funeral procession and visits the sick.’