Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1556

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1556
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ لأَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَوْمَانِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ ‏ "‏ كَانَ لَكُمْ يَوْمَانِ تَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا وَقَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمَ الأَضْحَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us; he said: Isma‘il informed us; he said: Humayd narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: In pre-Islamic times, people had two days each year on which they would play. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Medina, he said: “You had two days on which you would play, but Allah has replaced them for you with two better days: the day of al-Fitr and the day of al-Adha.”