English translation
1960. Narrated Ar-Rubaī' bint Mu'awwidh: The Prophet ﷺ sent a messenger to the village of the Anṣār in the morning of the day of 'Aṣhūra' (10th of Muḥarram) to announce: “Whoever has eaten something should not eat but complete the Ṣaum (fast), and whoever is observing the Ṣaum (fast) should complete it.” She further said, “Since then we used to observe Ṣaum (fast) on that day regularly and also make our boys (children etc.) to observe fasting. We used to make toys of wool for the boys (children etc.) and if anyone of them cried for food, he was given those toys till it was the time of the Iftār [breaking of the Ṣaum (fast)]”.
