English translation
2325. It was narrated that ‘Āishah’ said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ passed by my door. He said: ‘Do you have anything (to eat)?’ I said: ‘I do not have anything.’ He said: ‘Then I am fasting.’” She said: “Then he passed by my door a second time and we had been given some Hais. I brought it to him and he ate, and I was surprised. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, you entered upon me and you were fasting, then you ate Hais.’ He said: ‘Yes, O ‘Āishah. The one who observes a fast other than in Ramaḍān, or making up a missed Ramaḍān fast, is like a man who allocated some of his wealth to give in charity; if he wishes he may go ahead and give it, and if he wishes he may keep it.’” (Hasan)
