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778. Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not perform Wiṣāl" They said: "But you perform Wiṣāl O Messenger of Allāh." He said: "I am not like you are, indeed my Lord feeds me and gives me to drink." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from ‘Ali, Abū Hurairah, ‘Aīshah, Ibn ‘Umar, Jābir, Abū Sa‘eed, and Bashīr bin Al-Khaṣāsiyyah.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of
Anas is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge, they dislike Al-Wišāl fasting, and, it has been reported that ‘Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair would fast continuously for days without interruption.
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Commentary
Fasting consecutive days without ending the fast in the evening and without taking the predawn meal; spending nights like days without eating and drinking is a hard and demanding affair. There is a huge risk that the person will get so weak that it will be hard for him to fulfill his other duties and responsibilities. That is why the Prophet ﷺ prohibited his people fasting like this, so that the people would not put themselves in difficulty and hardship.
