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Regarding Continuous Voluntary Fasting

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2425 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 321

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2425. It was reported from 'Abdullāh bin Ma'bad Az-Zimmānī, from Abū Qatādah who said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! How do you fast?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ got angry at what he said. When ‘Umar observed this (his anger), he said: ‘We are satisfied with Allāh as our Lord, Islam as our religion and Muhammad as our Prophet. We seek refuge in Allāh from the anger of Allāh and the anger of His Messenger.’ Umar kept on repeating these words until the anger of Prophet ﷺ receded. He then said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! What about a person who fasts continuously?’ He said: ‘He is neither fasting, nor breaking fast.’ — in his narration, Musad-dad said: “He has never fasted nor broke his fast, or; he has neither fasted, nor broke fast.” Ghailān (one of the narrators) was in doubt. — “He said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! What about a person who fasts two days, and does not fast one day?’ He said: ‘Is there anybody who can do that?’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! What about a person who fasts for a day, and breaks his fast for a day?’ He said: ‘That is the fast of Dāwud.’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! What about a person who fasts for a day and breaks his fast for two days?’ He said: ‘I wish I could do that.’ Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘(Fasting) three days from every month, and Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān, this is fasting all the time. And fasting the Day of ‘Arafah; I hope from Allāh that it may expiate for (the sins of) the preceding and the following year. And fasting the Day of ‘Āshūrā’; I hope from Allāh that it may atone for the sins of the preceding year.” (Sahīh)

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2425 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ تَصُومُ؟، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ قَالَ: رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا، نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ، وَمِنْ غَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عُمَرُ يُرَدِّدُهَا حَتَّى سَكَنَ غَضَبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ؟، قَالَ: «لَا صَامَ وَلَا أَفْطَرَ»، قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: «لَمْ يَصُمْ وَلَمْ يُفْطِرْ»، أَوْ «مَا صَامَ وَلَا أَفْطَرَ» - شَكَّ غَيْلَانُ - قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَصُومُ يَوْمَيْنِ وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا؟، قَالَ: «أَوَ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ؟»، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا، وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا؟، قَالَ: «ذَلِكَ صَوْمُ دَاوُدَ»، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا، وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي طُوِّقْتُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ، فَهَذَا صِيَامُ الدَّهْرِ كُلِّهِ، وَصِيَامُ عَرَفَةَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ، وَالسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهُ، وَصَوْمُ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ»،

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  1. 1

    [1] It appears to mean he was not narrating it, considering it to be not correct, but later he would narrate that he heard it, after he found it was being spread about.

  2. 2

    [2] Meaning, the Hadīth of 'Abdullāh bin Busr, no. 2421.