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4316. It was narrated that b n Al- Hawtakiyyah said: "Umar, may Allih be pleased with him, said: 'Who was present with us on the day when we stopped at Al- ~ihah?'['] Abfi @an said: 'I was. A rabbit was brought to the Messenger of Allih g , and the man who brought it said: I saw it bleeding (menstruating). T h e Prophet +g did not eat, then he said: "Eat." A man said: "I am fasting." He said: "What fast are you observing?" He said: "Three days each month." H e said: "Why don't you fast the bright shining days, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."' (Hasan)
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'Nights brightly illuminated throughout by the moon or the moonlit nights': Even so, fasting these days is meritorious. Why? Allāh knows best! It is possible that due to the full moon, human temperament might probably be remaining full of agility and vitality, during these nights and days; for instance, the sea. Mention here is made of the nights, but the days are meant, because fasts are during the days, not the nights. Well, the fast begins in darkness.
