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735. Āishah narrated: "Hafsah and I were both fasting when we were presented some food that we really wanted, so we ate from it. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came,
and Hafṣah beat me to him – she was the daughter of her father[1] – and she said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! We were both fasting when we were presented with some food that we wanted, so we ate from it.’ He said: ‘Make up another day in its place.’” (Ḍaʿīf)
Abū ‘Eisā said: Ṣāliḥ bin Abī Al-Akhḍār and Muḥammad bin Abī Hafṣah (also) narrated this Hadīth from Az-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from ‘Aishah. While Mālik bin Anas, Maʿmar, ‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Umar, Ziyād bin Saʿd and others among the Huffāẓ reported it from Az-Zuhri, from ‘Aishah, in Mursal form; they did not mention “from ‘Urwah” in it. This is more correct because it has been reported from Ibn Juraij that he said: “I asked Az-Zuhri: ‘Did ‘Urwah narrate this to you from ‘Aishah?’ He said: ‘I did not hear anything from ‘Urwah about this. Rather, during the Khilāfah of Sulaimān bin ‘Abdul-Mālik I heard from some people, from someone who asked ‘Aishah about this Hadīth.’”
This was narrated to us (with his chain) from Ibn Juraij, and he mentioned the Hadīth.
Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others followed this Hadīth, seeing that one has to make up a fast when it is broken, and this is the view of Mālik bin Anas.
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Footnotes
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[1] A dish made of cooking-butter, dried dates, and cheese.
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[1] Meaning, they raced to meet the Prophet ﷺ, but she was quicker than ‘Aishah, may Allāh be pleased with them.
Commentary
Most A'immah graded this Hadith as Weak, but the Ahnāf and Shāfi'i accept Mursal narrations as proof if the chain is authentic up to the person who made the Irsāl. So in their opinion making it up is compulsory, but it is proven through a collective and analytic study of the Aḥādīth that making it up is not compulsory, it is rather better.
