The Book of Fasting

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Chapter 15: Mentioning The Report Of Ibn 'Abbas about That

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The month is twenty-nine days."'

Chapter 16: mentioning The Differences Reported From Ismail In The Narration Of Sad Bin Malik About that

It was narrated form Muhammad bin Sad Abi Waqqas, from his father, that

the Prophet struck one hand with the other and said: "The month is like this and like this and like this," retaining one finger the third time.

It was narrated that Muhammad bin Sad bin Abi Waqqas said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The month is like this and like this and like this." (One of the narrators) Muhammad bin 'Ubaid clapped his hands three time to demonstrate it, then he withheld his left thumb the third time. Yahya bin Saeed said to Ismail (One of the narrators): "Form his father?' He said: "No."

Chapter 17: Mentioning The Differences Reported From Yahya Bin Abi Kathir In The Narration Of Abu Salamah about that

Ibn 'Umar said

"The Messenger of Allah said: "The month is twenty-nine (days)."

Chapter 19: Mentioning the Differences in the Reports from 'Abdul-Malik bin Sulaiman for this Hadith

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said; 'Take Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing.""

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said

"Take Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing."

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Eat Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing."

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Eat Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing." (Hasan)Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: In this narration of Yahya bin Saeed, its chain is Hasan but it is Munkar, and I fear that the error is from Muhammad bin Fudail.

Chapter 21: The Length of time Between Sahur and the Subh Prayer

Hisam reported from Qatadah, from Anas, that Zaid bin Thabir said;"We took Sahur with the Messenger of Allah then we went to pray." I said

"How long was there between them?" He said: "As long as it takes a man to recite fifty verses."

Chapter 25: Invitation to Sahur

It was narrated that AL-'Irbad bin Sariyah said

"I heard the Messenger of Allah inviting people to have Sahur in Ramadan. He said: 'Come to the blessed breakfast." (Hasan)Chatper 26. Calling Sahur "Ghada" (Breakfast)

Chapter 26: Calling Sahur "Ghada" (Breakfast)

It was narrated from Al-Miqdam bin Madikarib that the Prophet said

"You should take Sahur for it is the blessed breakfast."

Chapter 29: The Meaning of Allah, the Most High's saying "And eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night)"

It was narrated from Al-Bara bin Azib that

if one of them went to sleep before eating supper, it was not permissible for him to eat or drink anything that night or the following day, until the sun had set. (That continued) until this Verse was revealed: "And eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night)." He said: "This was revealed concerning Abu Qais bin 'Amr who came to his family after Maghrib when he was fasting, and said: 'Is there anything to eat?" His wife said: 'No , but I will go out, and he lay down and slept. She came back and found him sleeping, so she woke him up, but he did not eat anything. He spent the night fasting and woke up the next day fasting, until he passed out at midday. That was before this Verse was revealed, and Allah revealed it concerning him." '

Chapter 31: Fasting Ahead of Ramadan

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah said

"Do not fast ahead of the month, except for a man who habitually fasts, and that day happenes to be one of his regular fasts." '

Chapter 32: Mentioning the Difference Reported from Yahya bin Abi Kathir and Muhammad Bin 'Amr from Abu Salamah About that

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messengre of Allah said

"None should fast one or two days ahead of the month except, someone who had a prior habit for fasting, in which case let him fast." '

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said

"The messenger of Allah said: 'Do not fast one or two days ahead of the month, unless that happens to be a day that one of you habitually fasts."' Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake. '

Chapter 33: Mentioning the Narration of Abu Salamah about that

It was narrated from Abu Salamah that Umm Salamah said

"U never saw the Messenger of Allah fast two consecutive months, but he used to join shaban to Ramadan." '

Chapter 35: Mentioning the Different wordings used by those who reported the Narration of 'Aishah about that

It was narrated that Abu Salamah said

"I asked Aishah: 'Tell me about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah.' She said: 'he used to fast until we said: he is going to fast until we said: He is not going to fast. He never fasted any month more than Shaban. He used to fast (all) of Shaban except a little, he used to fast all of Shaban."' '

It was narrated that Aishah said

"The Messenger of Allah did not fast in any month of the year more than he did in Shaban. He used to fast all of Shaban."

It was narrated that Aishah said

"The Prophet used to fast Shaban." '

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Shaqiq said

"I said to Aishah: 'Did the Messenger of Allah offer Duha prayer? She said: "No, unless he was returning from a journey, I Did the Messenger of Allah fast an entire month?' She said: 'No, I do not remember him fasting any month in full apart from Ramadan, and he did not break his fast for a whole month, rather he would fast some of (each month) until he passed away."' '