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The Beginning Of The Ordainment Of Fasting

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2313 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 295

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2313. Ibn ‘Abbās said, regarding the following (Verse): O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you...[1] “During the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ, when the people prayed Al-Atamah (Ṣalat Al-‘Ishā) it became unlawful for them to eat and drink and have intercourse with women. They would fast till the next sunset. A man deceived himself by having intercourse with his wife after he had prayed ‘Ishā, and did not break his fast. So Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, intended to make that easier for those who remained, and grant them permission, and benefit. Allāh, the Glorious, said (the Verse): Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves...[2] And by this Allāh benefited people, a grant for them and ease.”[3] (Hasan) to the command of Allāh, abstains, from dawn to sunset, from all things that would invalidate his fast, such as food, drink, and sexual activity. These things are normally permitted in life but prohibited during the fast.

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2313 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَبُّوَيْهِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ} [البقرة: 183]، " فَكَانَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّوُا الْعَتَمَةَ حَرُمَ عَلَيْهِمُ الطَّعَامُ وَالشَّرَابُ وَالنِّسَاءُ، وَصَامُوا إِلَى الْقَابِلَةِ، فَاخْتَانَ رَجُلٌ نَفْسَهُ، فَجَامَعَ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَقَدْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ، وَلَمْ يُفْطِرْ، فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ذَلِكَ يُسْرًا لِمَنْ بَقِيَ وَرُخْصَةً وَمَنْفَعَةً، فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَهُ: {عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ} [البقرة: 187] الْآيَةَ، وَكَانَ هَذَا مِمَّا نَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهِ النَّاسَ وَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ وَيَسَّرَ "

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