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Darussalam · Volume 2
6. The Chapters On Fasting From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 153
Source no. 798 · Volume 2 · Page 298
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٤ / ٢٢)
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798. Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said: "When the following was revealed: 'And for those upon whom it is difficult, (they may) feed a poor person' – if one of us wanted to we would not fast, and pay the ransom, until the Āyah after it was revealed abrogating it."(Sahīh) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣahīh Gharīb. Yazid (one of the narrators) is Ibn Abī 'Ubaid, the freed slave of Salamah bin Al-Akwa'.
٧٩٨ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ: «لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: {وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ} كَانَ مَنْ أَرَادَ مِنَّا أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيَفْتَدِيَ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا فَنَسَخَتْهَا». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ. وَيَزِيدُ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ.
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According to the majority, it was allowed in the early era of Islam for the people who were able to fast, instead of fasting, if they want to feed a poor person for each day as ransom, they could do so. Later this rule was abrogated by the following Verse which is: 'So, whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramaḍān) must observe fast that month.'