Darussalam · Volume 3
14. THE BOOK OF FASTINGSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2430 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 323
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Sahih
صحيح
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Sahih chain · qualified assessment
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم. وقد أخرجه بأسانيد أحدها إسناد المصنف، والبخاري مختصرًا دون السؤال)
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2430. It was reported from Uthman, meaning Ibn Ḥakīm, that he said: I asked Sa'eed bin Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: "Ibn 'Abbās informed me: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we would say (to ourselves): He will never break his fast. And he would go without fasting to such an extent that we would say: He will never fast.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
2430 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبٍ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ، وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ»
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Rajab is one of the four sacred months, and it can be said in the light of this Hadīth that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ fasted many days of this month. It may also mean that, like other months, in this month as well he fasted and did not fast, in turns. Thus there is no special ruling nor command concerning fasting during this month.