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What Has Been Related About Fasting Based Upon Testimony

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Darussalam · Volume 2

6. The Chapters On Fasting From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 69

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    Source no. 691 · Volume 2 · Page 191

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    ضعيف، ابن ماجة (١٦٥٢) // ضعيف سنن ابن ماجة برقم (٣٦٤) ، الإرواء (٩٠٧) ، ضعيف سنن النسائي (١٢١ / ٢١١٢) ، ضعيف أبي داود (٥٠٧ / ٢٣٤٠ و ٥٠٨ / ٢٣٤١) //

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691. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'I have seen the crescent.' So he said: 'Do you testify that none has the right to the worshipped but Allāh? Do you testify that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?'" He said: 'Yes.' So he said: 'O Bilāl! Announce to the people that they should fast tomorrow.'" (Da'if) (Another route) from Simāk (one of the narrators) that is similar (with this chain). Abū 'Eisā said: There is some differing (in the narration of) the Hadīth of Ibn 'Abbās. It was reported by Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and others from Simāk bin Ḥarb, from 'Ikrimah, from the Prophet ﷺ which is Mursal, and most of the companions of Simāk reported it from Simāk from 'Ikrimah from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form. This Hadīth is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge. They say that the testimony of one man is accepted for fasting. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Ahmad, (and the people of Al-Kūfah). Ishāq said that fasting is not begun without the testimony of two men, and there is no disagreement among the people of knowledge regarding breaking the fast; that it is not accepted in that case without the testimony of two men.

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٦٩١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ ، عَنْ ‌سِمَاكٍ ، عَنْ ‌عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ» إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْهِلَالَ، قَالَ: أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ؟ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: يَا بِلَالُ، أَذِّنْ فِي النَّاسِ أَنْ يَصُومُوا غَدًا. ٦٩١ (م) - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ ، عَنْ ‌زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ ‌سِمَاكٍ - نَحْوَهُ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ. حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِيهِ اخْتِلَافٌ. وَرَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلًا، وَأَكْثَرُ أَصْحَابِ سِمَاكٍ رَوَوْا عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مُرْسَلًا. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ؛ قَالُوا: تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَةُ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي الصِّيَامِ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَأَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ. قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: لَا يُصَامُ إِلَّا بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ. وَلَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْإِفْطَارِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُقْبَلُ فِيهِ إِلَّا شَهَادَةُ رَجُلَيْنِ.

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