Fasting

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibnYasar that Abdullah ibn Abbas was asked about people kissing whilefasting and he said that he allowed it for old men but disapproved ofit for young men.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to forbid kissing and fondling for people who were fasting .

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullahibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left forMakka in Ramadan during the year of the conquest, and fasted until hereached al-Kadid. He then broke the fast, and so everyone else did soas well. What people used to do was act according to whatever theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had donemost recently.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakribn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman from one of thecompanions of the Messenger of Allah, that the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, ordered everyone to break thefast on the journey he made in the year of the conquest saying, "Bestrong for your enemy," while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, kept on fasting. Abu Bakr said that the onewho related this to him said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, pouring water over his head at al-Arj,either from thirst or from the heat. Then some one said to theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,'Messenger of Allah, a group of people kept on fasting when you did.'Then when the Messenger of Allah was at al-Kadid, he asked for adrinking-bowl and drank, and everyone broke the fast."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibnMalik said, "We once travelled with the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, in Ramadan, and those who were fastingdid not find fault with those who were not, and those who were notfasting did not find fault with those who were."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that Hamza ibn Amr al-Aslami once said to the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Messenger of Allah, Iam a man who fasts. Can I fast when travelling?" The Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If you want youcan fast, and if you want you can break the fast."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused not to fast while travelling.

Yahya related to me from Malik that Hisham ibn Urwa said, "Myfather, Urwa, used to travel in Ramadan, and we would travel with him,and he used to fast while we would break the fast, and he would nottell us to fast."

27 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibnal-Khattab, if he was travelling in Ramadan and knew that he wouldreach Madina at the begining of the day ,would do so fasting.

Yahya said that Malik said, "Someone who is travelling and knows thathe will be reaching his people in the first part of the day, and thendawn breaks before he gets there, should be fasting when he getsthere."

Malik said, "Someone who intends to go away (on ajourney) in Ramadan, and then dawn breaks while he is still on hisland before he has left, should fast that day."

Malik saidthat a man who returns from a journey in Ramadan and is not fastingmay have sexual intercourse with his wife if he wishes, if she is notfasting and she has just become pure after her menses.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Hunayd ibnAbd arRahman ibn Awf from Abu Hurayra that a man broke the fast inRamadan and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, ordered him to make kaffara by freeing a slave, or fasting twoconsecutive months, or feeding sixty poor people, and he said, "Ican't do it." Someone brought a large basket of dates to theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and hesaid, "Take this and give it away as sadaqa." He said, "Messenger ofAllah, there is no-ne more needy than I am." The Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laughed until his eye-teethappeared, and then he said, "Eat them."

Malik said, "I have heard people of knowledge saying that the kaffara specified by the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for a man who has intercourse with his wife during the day in Ramadan is not due from someone who, on a day when he is making up the fast of Ramadan, breaks his fast by having intercourse with his wife, or whatever. He only has to make up for that day."

Malik said, "This is what I like most out of what I have heard about the matter."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to be cupped while he was fasting. Nafi said, "He later stoppeddoing that, and would not be cupped when he was fasting until he hadbroken the fast."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sad ibn AbiWaqqas and Abdullah ibn Umar used to be cupped while they werefasting.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather used to be cupped while he was fasting and he would not thenbreak his fast. Hisham added, "I only ever saw him being cupped whenhe was fasting."

Malik said, "Cupping is only disapproved offor some one who is fasting out of fear that he will become weak andif it were not for that, it would not be disapproved of. I do notthink that a man who is cupped in Ramadan and does not break his fast,owes anything, and I do not say that he has to make up for the day onwhich he was cupped, because cupping is only disapproved of forsomeone fasting if his fast is endangered. I do not think that someonewho is cupped, and is then well enough to keep the fast until evening,owes anything, nor does he have to make up for that day."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, "The day of Ashura was a day the Quraysh usedto fast in the jahiliyya, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, used also to fast it during the jahiliyya.Then when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, came to Madina he fasted it and ordered that it be fasted. ThenRamadan was made obligatory, and that became the fard instead ofAshura, but whoever wanted to, fasted it, and whoever did not want to,did not fast it."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humayd ibnAbd ar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan say from the mimbaron the day of Ashura in the year in which he made the hajj, "People ofMadina, where are your learned men? I heard the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about this day, 'This isthe day of Ashura, and fasting it has not been prescribed for you. Iam fasting it, and whoever of you wants to fast it can do so, andwhoever does not want to, does not have to.' "

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibnal-Khattab had sent (the following message) to al-Harith ibn Hisham,''Tomorrow is the day of Ashura, so fast (it) and tell your family tofast (also)."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habbanfrom alAraj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting on two days, the day ofFitr and the day of Adha.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he used to hear the people ofknowledge say,"There is no harm in fasting continuously as long as onebreaks the fast on the days on which the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting, namely, the days ofMina, the day of Adha and the day of Fitr, according to what we haveheard."

Malik said, "This is what I like most out of what Ihave heard about the matter."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,forbade fasting for two days or more without breaking the fast inbetween. They said, "But Messenger of Allah, you practise wisal." Hereplied, "I am not the same as you. I am fed and given to drink."