The Book on Fasting

كتاب الصوم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 26: What Has Been Related About The Fasting Person Eating Or Drinking Forgetfully

Abu Hurairah narrated thatthe Messenger of Allah said

"Whoever eats or drinks forgetfully, then he has not broken (the fast), for it was only a provision that Allah provided for him."

Abu Hurairah narrated

(Another chain) with the same or similar (Hadith as no. 721).

Chapter 27: What Has Been Related About Breaking The Fast On Purpose

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever breaks the fast during Ramadan without an allowance or illness, then if he fasted for all time, his fasting would not make up for it."

Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About The Atonement For Breaking The Fast During Ramadan

Abu Hurairah narrated that

A man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah; I am ruined!" He said: "What has ruined you?" He said: "I had sexual relations with my wife during Ramadan." He said: "Are you able to free a slave?" He said, "No." He said: "Then are you able to fast for two consecutive months?" He said, "No." He said: "Then are you able to feed sixty needy people?" He said, "No." He said: "Sit." So he sat. A big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet, and he said: "Give it in charity." So he said: "There is no one needier than us between its two mountains." So the Prophet laughing until his pre-molar teeth appeared, and he said: "Then take it to feed your family."

Chapter 29: What Has Been Related About The Siwak For The Fasting Person

Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi'ah narrated from his father who said

"I saw the Prophet - (a number of times) such that I was not able to count - using the Siwak while he was fasting."

Chapter 30: What Has Been Related About Kuhl For The Fasting Person

Anas bin Malik narrated that

a man came to the Prophet and said: "My eyes are bothering me, can I use Kuhl while I am fasting?" He said: "Yes."

Chapter 31: What Has Been Related About Kissing For The Fasting Person

Aishah narrated

"The Prophet would kiss during the month of fasting."

Chapter 32: What Has Been Related About Embracing For The Fasting Person

Aishah narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would fondle me while he was fasting, and he had the most control among you of his limb (li irbihi)."

Aishah narrated

"The Messenger of Allah would kiss and fondle while he was fasting, and he had the most control among you of his limbs."

Chapter 33: What Has Been Related About: There Is No Fast For The One Who Did Not Determine It During The (Preceding) Night

Hafsah narrated that

the Prophet said: "Whoever did not decide to fast before Fajr then there is no fast for him."

Chapter 34: What Has Been Related About Breaking The Voluntary Fast

Umm Hani narrated

"I was sitting with the Prophet when some drink was brought, so he drank from it, then he offered it to me and I drank it. Then I said: 'I have indeed sinned, so seek forgiveness for me.' He said: 'What is that?' I said: 'I was fasting, then I broke the fast.' He said: 'Were you performing a fast that you had to make up?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Then it is no harm for you.'"

Simak bin Harb narrated

"A person from the offspring of Umm Hani narrated to me - I met one of the most virtuous among them, and his name was Ja'dah, and Umm Hani was his grandmother - he narrated to me from his grandmother that the Messenger of Allah entered upon her and asked for some drink, and he drank. Then he offered it to her and she drank it. Then she said: "O Messenger of Allah! I was fasting." So the Messenger of Allah said: "The one fasting a voluntary fast is the trustee for himself; if he wishes he fasts, and if he wishes he breaks." Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "I said to him (Ja'dah), 'Did you hear this from Umm Hani?' He said: 'No Abu Salih and our family informed us of it from Umm Hani.'"

Chapter 35: Performing A Voluntary Fast Without Planning It The Night Before

Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, narrated

"The Messenger of Allah visited me one day and said: 'Do you have anything (to eat)?'" She said: "I said: 'No.' He said: 'Then I am fasting.'"

Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, narrated

"The Messenger of Allah came to me saying, 'Do you have anything for breakfast?' I said: 'No.' Then he said: 'I am fasting.'" She said: "One day he came to me and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah; I have received a gift for us.' He said: 'What is it?'" She said: "I said 'Hais' He said: 'I began the day fasting'" She said: "Then he ate."

Chapter 36: What Has Been Reported About: The Obligation On Him To Make Up

Aishah narrated

"Hafsah and I were both fasting when we were presented some food that we really wanted, so we ate from it. The Messenger of Allah came, and Hafsah beat me to him - she was the daughter of her father - and she said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We were both fasting when we were presented with some food that we wanted, so we ate from it.' He said: 'Make up another day in its place.'"

Chapter 37: What Has Been Related About Connecting Fasts Of Sha'ban To Ramadan

Umm Salamah narrated

"I did not see the Prophet fasting two consecutive months except for Sha'ban and Ramadan."

(Another chain, a Hadith similar to no. 736) for that, from Aishah,

from the Prophet.

Chapter 38: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Fast During The Second Half Of Sha'ban For The Sake of Ramdan

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "When a half of Sha'ban remains then do not fast."

Chapter 39: What Has Been Related About The Middle Night Of Sha'ban

Aishah narrated

"I could not find the Messenger of Allah one night. So I left and found him at Al-Baqi. He said: 'Did you fear that you had been wronged by Allah and His Messenger?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I thought that you had gone to one of your wives.' So he said: 'Indeed Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, descends to the lowest Heavens during the night of the middle of Sha'ban, to grant forgiveness to more than the number of hairs on the sheep of (Banu) Kalb.'"

Chapter 40: What Has Been Related About Fasting For Al-Muharram

Abu Hurairah narrated that

the Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is Allah's month Al-Muharram."