Sunan Abu Dawood Fasting

Narration
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Ibn Abbas explained the following Qur'anic verse: "O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for thos
people offered night prayer, they were asked to abstain from food and drink and (intercourse with) women, they kept fast till
wife after he had offered the night prayer, and he did not break his fast. So Allah, the Exalted, intended to make it (fasting) eas
Allah, the Glorified, said: "Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves." By this Allah benefited the people an
l Bara’ (bin Azib) said
Salamah bin Al Akwa said “After the revelation of the verse “For those who can do it(with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding o
Ibn ‘Abbas explain the Qur’anic verse “For those who can do it(with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent”
Ibn ‘Abbas said “The verse concerning the payment of ransom stands valid for pregnant and sucking woman.”
Explaining the verse; "For those who can do it (with hard-ship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent," he said: This w
able to keep fast; they were allowed to leave the fast and instead feed an indigent person for each fast; (and a concession) to
themselves).
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: The month consists of twenty-nine days, but do not fast till you sight it (the moon) and do not break you
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Apostle of Allaah(‫ )ﷺ‬as saying “The month consists of twenty nine days, but do not fast till you sight it
Narrated Ayyub :
'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote (a letter) to the people of Basrah: It has reached us from the Messenger of Allah ( ‫)ﷺ‬, like the trad
The best calculation is that when we sight the moon of Sha'ban on such-and-such date, fasting will being on such-and-such da
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
We kept fast for twenty-nine days along with the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬more often than we kept fast for thirty days.
Narrated Abu Bakrah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: The two months of 'Id (festival), Ramadan and Dhu al-Hijjah, are not defective.
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: The end of Ramadan is on the day when you end it, and the 'Id (festival) of sacrifice is on the day when y
whole of Mina is the place of sacrifice, and all the roads of Mecca are the place of sacrifice, and the whole of Muzdalifah is the
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to count the days in Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then he fasted w
cloudy he counted thirty days and then fasted.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Do not fast (for Ramadan) before the coming of the month until you sight the moon or complete the nu
the number (of thirty days).
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan except in the case of a man who has been in the h
it (the moon). Then fast until you sight it. If a cloud appears on that day (i.e. 29th of Ramadan) then complete the number thir
days
Narrated 'Imran bin Husain:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬asked a man: Did you fast the last day of Sha'ban ? He replied: No. He said: If you did not observe
two days.
Narrated Mu'awiyah:
AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah said: Mu'awiyah stood among the people at Dayr Mustahill lying at the gate of Hims. He sa
fast in advance. Anyone who likes to do so may do it. Malik ibn Hubayrah as-Saba'i stood up and asked: Mu'awiyah, did you he
is this something on the basis of your opinion? He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: Fast the month (in the
Sulaiman b. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashqi said about this tradition that al-Walid said:
I heard Abu 'Amr al-Auza'i say: The word sirrahu means beginning of the month.
Narrated Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Wahid:
On the authority of Abu Mushir. He said: Sa'id, that is, Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz said: The meaning of the word sirraha is "in the beginni
Narrated Kuraib:
That Umm al-Fadl, daughter of al-Harith, sent him to Mu'aqiyah in Syria. He said: I came to syria and performed her work. The
moon on the night of Friday. When I came to Median towards the end of the month (of Ramadan), Ibn 'Abbas asked me about
it on the night of Friday. He asked: Did you sight it yourself ? I said: Yes, and the people sighted it. They fasted and Mu'awiyah
then we have been fasting until we complete thirty days or we sight it. Then I said: Are the sighting of the moon by Mu'awiyah
Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬commanded us to do so.
Al-Hasan said about a person who was in a certain city. He fasted on Monday, and twp persons bore witness that they had sig
That man and the people of his city should not fast as an atonement except that they know (for certain) that the people of a c
keep fast as an atonement.
Narrated Ammar:
AbuIshaq reported on the authority of Silah: We were with Ammar on the day when the appearance of the moon was doubtfu
from (eating) it. Ammar said: He who keeps fast on this day disobeys AbulQasim (i.e. the Prophet) (‫)ﷺ‬.
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan, except in the case of a man who
on that day.
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
She never saw the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬fasting the whole month except Sha'ban which he combined with Ramadan.
AbdulAziz ibn Muhammad said: Abbad ibn Kathir came to Medina and went to the assembly of al-Ala'. He caught hold of his h
from his father on the authority of AbuHurayrah who reported the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: When the middle of Sha
tradition on the authority of AbuHurayrah from the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
Husayn ibn al-Harith al-Jadli from the tribe of Jadilah Qays said: The governor of Mecca delivered a speech and said: The Mess
rites of hajj after sighting the moon. If we do not sight it and two reliable persons bear witness, we should perform the rites of
I then asked al-Husayn ibn al-Harith: Who was the governor of Mecca? He replied: I do not know. He then met me later on and
Hatib. The governor then said: There is among you a man who is more acquainted with Allah and His Apostle than I. He witnes
hand to a man. Al-Husayn said: I asked an old man beside me: Who is that man to whom the governor has alluded?
He said: "This is Abdullah ibn Umar, and he spoke the truth. He was more acquainted with Allah than he. He (Abdullah ibn Um
(to do).
Narrated Rib'i b. Hirash:
On the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬: People differed among themselves on the last day of Ram
bedouins came and witnessed before the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬swearing by Allah that they had sighted moon the previous evening. So
fast. The narrator Khalaf has added in his version: "and that they should proceed to the place of prayer (for 'Id)".
A bedouin came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said: I have sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, of Ramadan. He
He again asked: Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes. and he testified that he had sighte
fast tomorrow.
Narrated Ikrimah:
Once the people doubted the appearance of the moon of Ramadan, and intended neither to offer the tarawih prayer nor to ke
sighted the moon. He was brought to the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah, and that I am th
sighted the moon. He commanded Bilal who announced to the people to offer the tarawih prayer and to keep fast.
The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded th
Narrated 'Amr b. al-'As:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: The difference between our fasting and that of the people of the Book is eating shortly
Narrated Al-Irbad ibn Sariyyah:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬invited me to a meal shortly before dawn in Ramadan saying: Come to the blessed morning meal.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: How good is the believers meal of dates shortly before dawn.
Addressing (the people) Samurah b. Jundub reported the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying:
The adhan (call to prayer) of Bilal should not prevent you from taking a meal shortly before dawn, not does the whiteness of h
horizontally.
Narrated 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: The summons (adhan) of Bilal should not restrain one of you from taking a meal shortly
man at prayer may return, and the man asleep may get up. Dawn is not (the whiteness) which indicates thus (in perpendicular
the spread of whiteness vertically - until it indicates thus - and Yahya spread out two ring-fingers of his (demonstrating the spr
Narrated Talq ibn Ali al-Yamami:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Eat and drink; let not the white and ascending light prevent you from (eating and drinking); s
Narrated 'Adi b. Hatim:

When the verse "Until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread" was revealed, I took a white rop
looked at them, byt they were not clear to me. So I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬. He laughed and said: Your pill
version of the narrator 'Uthman has: That is the blackness of night and whiteness of day.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: When any of you hears the summons to prayer while he has a vessel in his hand, he should not lay it do
Narrated 'Umar:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: When the night approaches from this side and the day retreats on that side, and the sun sets - acco
time to break it.
Narrated 'Abd Allah b. Abi Awfa:
We went along with the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬while he was fasting. When the sun set, he said to Bilal: Bilal, come down and
that you waited for the evening. He said: Come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, the say
He said: Come down and prepare barley drink for us. So he came down and prepared barley drink. The Messenger of Allah ( ‫ﷺ‬
this side, he who fasts has reached the time to break it ; and he pointed to the east with his finger.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Religion will continue to prevail as long as people hasten to break the fast, because the Jews and the Ch
Narrated Abu 'Atiyyah:

I and Masruq entered upon 'Aishah and we said: Mother of believers, there are two persons from the Companions of the Muh
pray while the other delays to break the fast and delays praying. She asked: Which of them hastens to break the fast and haste
the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬do.
Narrated Salman ibn Amir:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: When one of you is fasting, he should break his fast with dates; but if he cannot get any, then (he should
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to break his fast before praying with some fresh dates; but if there were no fresh dates, he h
mouthfuls of water.
Marwan ibn Salim al-Muqaffa' said:
I saw Ibn Umar holding his beard with his hand and cutting what exceeded the handful of it. He (Ibn Umar) said that the Proph
moist, and the reward is sure, if Allah wills.
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Zuhrah:
The Prophet of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to say when he broke his fast: O Allah, for Thee I have fasted, and with Thy provision I have bro
Narrated Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr :
We broke the fast one during Ramadan when it was cloudy in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (‫ ; )ﷺ‬then the sun rose. A
for it ? He replied: That was inevitable.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬prohibited perpetual fasting. They (the people) said: You keep perpetual fasting, Messenger of All
food and drink.
Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he shou
perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: If anyone does not abandon falsehood and action is accordance with it, Allah has no nee
The narrator Ahmad (b. Yunus) said: I learnt the chain of narrators from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, and a man by his side made me underst
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: Fast is a shield ; when one of you is fasting, he should neither behave in an obscene manner nor fo
am fasting.
Narrated Amir ibn Rabi'ah:
I have seen the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬using a tooth-stick while he was fasting. Musaddad added in his version: "more often t
Narrated A Companion of the Prophet:
AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬: I saw the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬commanding
of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬fasted himself.
Narrated AbuBakr:
A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬in al-Arj pouring water over his head whi
Narrated Laqit ibn Saburah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Snuff up water freely unless you are fasting.
Narrated Thawban:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: A man who cupped and a man who has himself cupped broke their fast. The narrator Shayban said in hi
Thawban, the client of the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬, told him that he heard the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬say this.
Narrated Shaddad ibn Aws:
The tradition mentioned above (No. 2361) has also been transmitted by Shaddad ibn Aws through a different chain of narrato
This version adds: While Shaddad ibn Aws was walking along with the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬....The narrator then transmitted the rest of
Narrated Shaddad b. Aws:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬came to a man at al-Baqi' while he was cupping on the 18th of Ramadan ; he (the Prophet) was ho
gets himself cupped break their fast.
Abu Dawud said: The narrator Khalid al-Hadhdha' transmitted a similar tradition from Abu Qilabah through a different chain o
Narrated Thawban, the client of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: A man who cups and a man who gets himself cupped break their fast.
Narrated Thawban:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: A man who cups and a man who gets himself cupped break their fast.
Abu Dawud said: Ibn Thawban transmitted a similar tradition from his father on the authority of Makhul through an chain of n
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬had himself cupped when he was fasting.
Abu Dawud said: Wuhaib b. Khalid narrated a similar tradition from Ayyub through a different chain of narrators. Ja'far b. Rabi
'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas.
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬had himself cupped when he was fasting and wearing ihram (pilgrim garb).
Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Laila:
A man from the Companions of the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬told me that the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬prohibited cupping and perpetual fa
Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetu
Narrated Anas:
We would not allow a man who was fasting to get himself cupped due to abomination of hardship.
Narrated A man from the Companions:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Neither vomiting, nor emission, nor cupping breaks the fast of the one who is fasting.
Narrated Ma'bad b. Hudhah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬commanded to apply collyrium mixed with musk at the time of sleep. He said: A man who is fasting should ab
Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Ma'in said to me: This tradition about the use of collyrium is munkar (i.e. contradicts the sound trad
Ubaid Allah b. Abu Bakr b. Anas reported on the authority of Anas b. Malik that he used to apply collyrium when he was fastin
Al-A'mash said:
I did not see any of our companions who abominated the use of collyrium by a man who fasting. Ibrahim would permit the ma
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: if one has a sudden attack of vomiting while one is fasting, no atonement is required of him, but if he vo
Narrated Ma'dan b. Talhah:
That Abu ad-Darda' narrated to him: The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬vomited and broke his fast. Then I met Thawban, the client o
him): Abu al-Darda has told me that the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬vomited and broke his fast. He said: He spoke the truth ; and
Narrated 'Aishah:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to kiss and embrace while he was fasting, but he was the one of you who had most control o
Narrated 'Aishah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to kiss (me) during the month of fasting.
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to kiss me when he was fasting and when I was fasting.
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
I got excited, so I kissed while I was fasting, I then said: Messenger of Allah, I have done a big deed; I kissed while I was fasting
while you are fasting. The narrator Isa ibn Hammad said in his version: I said to him: There is no harm in it. Then both of them
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to kiss her and suck her tongue when he was fasting.
A man asked the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬whether one who was fasting could embrace (his wife) and he gave him permission; but when a
whom he gave permission was an old man and the one whom he forbade was a youth.
Narrated 'Aishah and Umm Salamah, wives of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬would be overtaken by the dawn when he was in a state of sexual defilement. The narrator 'Abd A
intercourse and no owing to a dream (i.e. nocturnal emission), and would fast.
Abu Dawud said: How brief is this sentence uttered by the narrator, this is, "he was overtaken by daw when he was in the stat
overtaken by dawn in the state of sexual defilement when he was fasting.
Narrated 'Aishah, wife of Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:

A man said to Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬: Messenger of Allah, I was overtaken by dawn while I was sexually defiled, and I want to
dawn while I am in the state of sexual defilement ; I also want to keep fast. I take a bath and I keep fast. The man said: Messen
and future sins. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬became angry and said: I swear by Allah, I hope I shall be the most fearful of you o
A man came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said: I am undone. He asked him: What has happened to you ? He said: I had intercourse
a slave free ? He said: No. He again asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months ? He said: No. He asked: Can you provide f
huge basket containing dates ('araq) was brought to the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬. He then said to him: Give it as sadaqah (i.e. alms). He sa
the two lave plains of it (Medina). The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬laughed so that his eye-teeth became visible, and said: Give it t
teeth".
This tradition has also been transmitted by al-Zuhri through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Al-Zuhri added in
This was a special concession for him. If a man commits this act today, the expiation is necessary for him.
Abu Dawud said: Al-Laith b. Sa'd, al-Awza'i, Mansur b. al-Mu'tamir and 'Irak b. Malik have narrated this tradition like the one n
Beg pardon of Allah.

(A man broke his fast intentionally) during Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬commanded him to emancipate a slave, or f
provide. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Sit down. Thereafter a huge basket of dates ('araq) was brought to the Messenger o
Messenger of Allah, there is no poorer than I. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬thereupon laughed so that his canine teeth became
Abu Dawud said: Ibn Juraij narrated it from al-Zuhri in the wordings of the narrator Malik that a man broke his fast. This versio
provide food for sixty poor men.
Abu Hurairah said:
A man came to the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬. He broke his fast during Ramadan. He then narrated the rest of this tradition adding: Then a h
said: Eat it yourself and your family and keep one fast and beg pardon of Allah.

A man came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬during Ramadan in the mosque. He said: Messenger of Allah, I am burnt. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬ask
my wife. He said: Give sadaqah (alms). He said: I swear by Allah, I possess nothing with me, and I cannot do this. He said: Sit do
driving his donkey loaded with food. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Where is the man who was burnt just now ? Thereupon
sadaqah (alms). He asked: Messenger of Allah, to others than us ? By Allah. we are hungry, we have nothing (to eat). He said: E
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by 'Aishah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:
A huge basket containing twenty sa's (of dates) was brought.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: If anyone breaks his fast one day in Ramadan without a concession granted to him by Allah, a perpetual
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators similar to the
Abu Dawud said:
Sufyan and Shu'bah differed among themselves on the name of the narrator Ibn al-Mutawwas and Abu al-Mutawwas.
A man came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said: Messenger of Allah, I ate and drank in forgetfulness when I was fasting. Hie said: Alla
Narrated 'Aishah:
If I had some part of the fast of Ramadan to make up, I would not be able to atone for it except in Sha'ban.
Narrated 'Aishah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: If anyone dies when some fast is due from him (i.e. which he could not keep) his heir must fast on h
Abu Dawud said: This applies to the fast which a man vows ; and this is the opinion of Ahmad b. Hanbal.
If a man falls ill during Ramadan and he dies, while he could not keep the fast, food will be provided (for the poor men) on his
some vow which he could not fulfill, his heir must atone on his behalf.
Narrated 'Aishah:
Hamzat al-Aslami asked the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬: Messenger of Allah, I am a man who keeps perpetual fast, may I fast while on a journ
Narrated Hamzat al-Aslami:

I said: Messenger of Allah. I am a master of mounts and I use them ! I myself travel on them and I rent them. This month, that
I find myself strong enough (to fast) as I am young, and I find that it is easier for me to fast than to postpone it, and i becomes
Allah, if I fast, or if I break ? He replied: Whichever you like, Hamzah.
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬left Medina for Mecca till he reached 'Usfan, He then called for a vessel (of water). It was raised to his mouth
to say: The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬fasted and he broke his fast. He who likes may fast and he who likes may break.
Narrated Anas :
We travelled along with the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬during Ramadan. Some of us were fasting and other broke their fast. Those who faste
their fast did not find fault with those who fasted.
Narrated Qaza'ah:
I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri while he was giving his legal opinion to the people who bent down on him. So I waited to see hi w
keeping fast while travelling. He said: we went out along with the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬in Ramadan in the year of conquest of Mecca. T
certain stage. He said: You have come near your enemy; the breaking of fast will bring you more strength. Then morning came
Khudri) said: We then proceeded and alighted at a stage. He said: You are going to attack your enemy tomorrow morning ; bre
do not keep fast). This resolution (of breaking the fast) took place (due to the announcement) from the Messenger of Allah ( ‫ﷺ‬
Abu Sa'id said: Then I found myself keeping fast along with the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬before and after that.
Narrated Jabir b. 'Abd Allah :

The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬saw a man who had been put in the shade and saw a crowd of people around him (in the course of a journey
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
A man from Banu Abdullah ibn Ka'b brethren of Banu Qushayr (not Anas ibn Malik, the well-known Companion), said: A contin
reached (for he said went) to the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬who was taking his meals. He said: Sit down, and take some from thi
about prayer and fasting. Allah has remitted half the prayer to a traveller, and fasting to the traveller, the woman who is suckl
mentioned both (i.e. suckling and pregnant women) or one of them. I was grieved for not taking the food of the Messenger of
Narrated Abu al-Darda:
We went out along with the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬for some battle in intense heat, so much so that one of us placed his hand
one of us fasted except the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬and 'Abd Allah b. Rawahah.
Narrated Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq al-Hudhali:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: If anyone has a riding beast which carries him to where he can get sufficient food, he should
Narrated Salamah b. al-Muhabbaq:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: If anyone is on a journey and Ramadan comes... He then narrated the rest of the traditi
Narrated AbuBusrah al-Ghifari,:
Ja'far ibn Jubayr said: I accompanied AbuBusrah al-Ghifari, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬, in a boat proceeding f
then his meal was brought to him. The narrator Ja'far said in his version: He did not go beyond the houses (of the city) but he c
not see the houses? AbuBusrah said: Do you detest the sunnah (practice) of the Messenger of Allah (‫ ?)ﷺ‬The narrator Ja'far sa
Narrated Dihyah:
Mansur al-Kalbi said: Dihyah ibn Khalifah once went out from a village of Damascus at as much distance as it measures betwee
then broke his fast and the people broke their fast along with him. But some of them disliked to break their fast. When he cam
thing of which I could not even think to see. The people detested the way of the Messenger of Allah ( ‫ )ﷺ‬and his Companions.
make me die.
Nafi' said:
Ibn 'Umar used to go out to al-Ghabah (jungle), but he neither broke his fast, nor shortened his prayer.
Narrated AbuBakrah:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: One of you should not say: I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night in the whole of
(the narrator) said: He must have slept a little and taken rest.
Narrated Abu 'Ubaid:
I attended the 'Id (prayer) along with 'Umar. He offered prayer before the sermon. He then said: The Messenger of Allah ( ‫ )ﷺ‬p
the meat of your sacrificial animals. As for 'Id al-Fitr, you break (i.e. end) your fast.
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al Khudri :
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬forbade fasting on two days, al-Fitr (breaking the fast of Ramadan) and al-Adha (the day of sacrific
private parts, and sitting with one's legs drawn up and wrapped in one's garment, and forbade praying at two hours, after the
Abu Murrah, the client of Umm Hani, entered along with 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr upon his father 'Amr b. 'As and he brought food fo
Eat. He said: I am fasting. 'Amr said: Eat, these are the days on which the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to command us to brea
the day of al-tashriq (i.e. 11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah).
Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: The day of Arafah, the day of sacrifice, the days of tashriq are (the days of) our festival, O people of Islam
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: None of you must fast on Friday unless he fasts the day before or the day after.
Narrated As-Samma' sister of Abdullah ibn Busr:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothin
Narrated Juwairiyah, daughter of al-Harith:
That the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬entered upon her on Friday while she was fasting. He asked: Did you fast yesterday ? She said: No. He ag
So break your fast.
Narrated Al-Laith:
When it was mentioned to Ibn Shihab (al-Zuhri) that fasting on Saturday had been prohibited, he would say: This is a Himsi tra
Al-Auza'i said:
I always concealed it, but I found that it became known widely, that is, the tradition on Ibn Busr about fasting on Saturday.
Abu Dawud said: Malik said: This is a false (tradition).
Narrated AbuQatadah:
A man came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and said: How do you fast, Messenger of Allah? The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬became angry at
When Umar observed this (his anger), he said: We are satisfied with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad
from the anger of His Apostle. Umar continued to repeat these words till his anger cooled down. He then asked: Messenger of
He replied: May he not fast or break his fast. Musaddad said in his version: He has neither fasted nor broken his fast. The narra
He asked: What is the position of one who fasts two days and does not fast one day?
He said: Is anyone able to do that? He asked: What is the position of one who fasts every second day (i.e. fasts one day and do
He (the Prophet) said: This is the fast that David observed.
He asked: Messenger of Allah, what is the position of one who fasts one day and breaks it for two days? He replied: I wish I we
(‫ )ﷺ‬said: The observance of three days' fast every month and of one Ramadan to the other (i.e. the fast of Ramadan every yea
the day of Arafah may atone for the sins of the preceding and the coming year, and I seek from Allah that fasting on the day o
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version
He said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about keeping fast on Monday and Thursday. He said: On it I was born, and on it the Qur'a
Narrated 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'As:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬met me and said: Have I not been informed that you told: I shall stand at prayer all the night, and
Allah, I have said this. He said: Get up and pray at night and sleep ; fast and break your fast ; fast three days every month: that
have more power than that. He said: Then fast one day and break your fast one day. That is the most moderate fast ; that is th
Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: There is no fast more excellent that it.
Narrated Abdullah ibn al-Harith ; or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah:
The father or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah visited the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬. He then went away and came to him (again) a
He said: Messenger of Allah, do you not recognize me? He asked: Who are you? He replied: I am al-Bahili who came to you las
you were good in appearance? He said: I have only food at night since I departed from you.
Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Why did you torment yourself? Fast during Ramadan (the month of patience) and
(more) strength. He said: Fast two days. He again said: Increase it for me. He said: Fast three days. He again said: Increase it fo
during the inviolable months and then stop; fast during the inviolable months and then stop. He indicated by his three fingers,

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah's month al-Muharram, and the most exc
Narrated 'Uthman b. Hakim:
I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast to s
and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast.
The month most liked by the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan.
Narrated Muslim al-Qurashi:
I asked or someone asked the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬about perpetual fasting. He replied: You have a duty to your family. Fast during Ram
Thursday. You will then have observed a perpetual fast.
Narrated Abu Ayyub:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: If anyone fasts during Ramadan, then follows it with six days in Shawwal, it will be like a perpetual
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast, and he would g
fast. I never saw the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬fast a complete month except in Ramadan, and I never saw his fast more in any m
The tradition mentioned above has alos been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same
He would fast all but a little of Sha'ban, rather he used to fast the whole of Sha'ban.
Narrated Usamah ibn Zayd:
The client of Usamah ibn Zayd said that he went along with Usamah to Wadi al-Qura in pursuit of his camels. He would fast on
Monday and Thursday, while you are an old man? He said: The Prophet of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast on Monday and Thursday. W
Allah) are presented (to Allah) on Monday and Thursday.
Narrated One of the wives of the Prophet:
Hunaydah ibn Khalid narrated from his wife on the authority of one of the wives of the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬who said: The Messenger
and three days of every month, that is, the first Monday (of the month) and Thursday.

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying: There is no virtue more to the liking of Allah in any day than in these days, that is, the fi
Messenger of Allah, not even the struggle in the path of Allah (Jihad) ? He said: (Yes), not even the struggle in the path of Allah
property, and does not return with any of them.
Aishah said:
I never saw the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬fasting during the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah.
Ikrimah said: We were with AbuHurayrah in his house when he narrated to us: The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬prohibited fasting
Umm al-Fadl, daughter of al-Harith, said:
On the day of 'Arafah some people near her argued whether the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬was fasting, some saying that he was
milk while he was observing the halt at 'Arafah on his camel, and he drank it.
Aishah said:
The Quraish used to fast on the day of 'Ashurah in pre Islamic days. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬would fast on it in pre-Islamic
on it and commanded to fast on it. When the fast of Ramadan was prescribed, that became obligatory, and (fasting on) 'Ashur
may leave it.
Ibn 'Umar said:
'Ashurah was a day on which we used to fast in pre-Islamic days. When (fasting of) Ramadan was prescribed, the Messenger o
fast on it.
Ibn 'Abbas said:

When the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬came to Medina, he found the Jews observing fast on the day of 'Ashurah; so they were asked about it
domination over Pharaoh. We fast on it out of reverence to him. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: We have a closer connectio
observed.
Ibn 'Abbas said:
When the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬on the day of 'Ashurah and commanded us to fast on it, they (i.e. Companions) said: Messenger of Alla
Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: When the next year comes, we shall fast on the 9th of Muharram. But the next year the Messeng
Al-Hakam b. al-A'raj said:
I came to Ibn 'Abbas who was leaning against his sheet of cloth in the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram). I asked him about
al-Muharram, count (the days). When the 9th of Muharram comes, fast from the morning. I said: Would Muhammad ( ‫ )ﷺ‬obse
Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Maslamah:
AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his uncle that the people of the tribe Aslam came to the Prophet ( ‫)ﷺ‬. He said (to t
the rest of your day, and make atonement for it.
Abd Allah b. 'And (b. al-'As) said:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said to me: The fast most liked by Allah is the one observed by Dawud (David), and the prayer dea
the night, and stand (in prayer) one-third of it, and sleep one-sixth of it. He would go without fasting one day, and fast the oth
Narrated Qatadah Ibn Malhan al-Qaysi:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to command us to fast the days of the white (nights): thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast three days every month.

Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin:
The apostle of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast three days every month: Monday, Thursday and Monday in the next week.
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
Hunaydah al-Khuza'i reported on the authority of her mother who said: I entered upon Umm Salamah and asked her about fas
fast three days every month beginning with Monday or Thursday.
Mu'adhah (al-'Adawiyyah) said:
I asked 'Aishah: Would the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬fast three days every month ? She replied: Yes. I asked: Which days in the m
the month he fasted.
Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: He who does not determine to fast before dawn does not fast.
Aishah said:
When the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬entered upon me, he would ask: Do you have food ? When we said: No, he would say: I am fasting. Wa
said: Messenger of Allah, some pudding (hair) has been presented to us and we have retained it for you. He said: Bring it to m
Narrated Umm Hani:
On the days of the conquest of Mecca, when Mecca was captured, Fatimah came and sat on the left side of the Messenger of
vessel which contained some drink; she gave it to him and he drank of it. He then gave it to Umm Hani who drank of it. She sa
to her: Were you making atonement for something? She replied: No. He said: Then it does not harm you if it was voluntary (fa
Some food was presented to me and Hafsah. We were fasting, but broke our fast. Then the Messenger of Allah ( ‫ )ﷺ‬entered u
we broke our fast. The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: There is no harm to you; keep a fast another day in lieu of it.
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying:
It is not allowable for a woman to keep (voluntary) fast when her husband is present without his permission, and she may not
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
A woman came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬while we were with him.
She said: Messenger of Allah, my husband, Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal, beats me when I pray, and makes me break my fast when I
rises.
He asked Safwan, who was present, about what she had said. He replied: Messenger of Allah, as for her statement "he beats m
prohibited her (to do so).
He (the Prophet) said: If one surah is recited (during prayer), that is sufficient for the people.
(Safwan continued:) As regards her saying "he makes me break my fast," she dotes on fasting; I am a young man, I cannot rest
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said on that day: A woman should not fast except with the permission of her husband.
(Safwan said:) As for her statement that I do not pray until the sun rises, we are a people belonging to a class, and that (our pr
awake until the sun rises. He said: When you awake, offer your prayer.
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying:
When one of you receives an invitation (for a meal), he should accept it. If he isn to fasting, he should eat, and if he is fasten, h
to Allah).
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Hafs b. Ghiyath from Hisham.
Abu Hurairah reported Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying:
When one of you is invited (to a meal), and he is fasting, he should say that he is fasting.
Aishah said:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to observe retirement (i'tikaf) to the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah took him, an
Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to observe i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he did not observe i'tikaf. When the ne
Aishah said:
When the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬intended to observe I'tikaf, he prayed the fajr prayer and then entered his place of seclusion
Ramadan. She said: He ordered to pitch a tent for him, and it was pitched. She said: The other wives of the Prophet ( ‫ )ﷺ‬also o
offered the fajr prayer, he saw the tents, and said: What is this ? Did you intend to do an act of virtue ? She said: He then orde
ordered to demolish their tents and they were demolished. He then postponed I'tikaf till the first ten days, that is of Shawwal.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Ishaq and al-Auza'i from Yahya b. Sa'id in a similar manner, and M
twenty days of Shawwal.
Ibn 'Umar said:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to observe I'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. Nafi' said: 'Abd Allah (b. 'Umar) showed me the p
I'tikaf.
Abu Hurairah said:
The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to observe I'tikaf during ten days of Ramadan every year. But when the year in which he died, he observ
Aishah said:
When the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the ho
A similar tradition has been transmitted by 'Aishah from the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬through a different chain of narrators.
Abu Dawud said:
And Yunus also narrated in a similar way from al-Zuhri, and no one supported Malik in his narration from 'Urwah from 'Umrah
Zuhri from 'Urwah on the authority of 'Aishah.
Aishah said:
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to observe I'tikaf in the mosque and put his head near me through the opening of the apartm
it while I was menstruating."
Safiyyah said:
When the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬was observing I'tikaf (in the mosque), I would come to him to visit him. I had a talk with him
up to accompany me (to my house). Her dwelling place was in the house of Usamah b. Zaid. Two men from the Ansar (helpers
they walked quickly. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Be at ease, she is Safiyyah daughter of Huyayy. They said: Be glory to Allah, Messen
inspire something in your mind, or he said: evil (the narrator doubted).
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Al Zuhri through a different chain of narrators. In this version she
gate of Umm Salamah, two men passed them. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect.
According to the version of Al Nufaili, A’ishah said “The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬used to pass by a patient while he was observing I’tikaf(in
him.”
According to the version of Ibn Isa she said “The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬would visit a patient while he was observing I’tikaf.”
The sunnah for one who is observing i'tikaf (in a mosque) is not to visit a patient, or to attend a funeral, or touch or embrace o
i'tikaf without fasting, and there is no i'tikaf except in a congregational mosque.
Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took a vow in the pre-Islamic days to spend a night or a day in devotion near the Ka'bah
Observe i'tikaf (i.e. spend a night or a day near the Ka'bah) and fast.
The tradition mentioned above (No. 2468) has also been transmitted by Abdullah ibn Budayl through a different chain of narra
This version adds: While he (Umar) was observing i'tikaf (in the sacred mosque), the people uttered (loudly): "Allah is most gre
of the Hawazin whom the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬has set free. He said: This slave-girl too? He sent her along with them.
A’ishah(may Allaah be pleased with her) said “One of the wives of the Apostle of Allaah(‫ )ﷺ‬observed I’tikaf along with him (in
would place a washbasin while she prayed.”
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Narration

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

Narrated 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud:

Narrated 'Adi b. Hatim:

Narrated Abu 'Atiyyah:

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

Narrated Shaddad ibn Aws:

Narrated Shaddad b. Aws:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:

Narrated 'Aishah and Umm Salamah, wives of the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:

Narrated 'Aishah, wife of Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

Narrated 'Aishah, wife of Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬:

Abu Dawud said:

Narrated Hamzat al-Aslami:

Narrated Jabir b. 'Abd Allah :

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

Narrated AbuBusrah al-Ghifari,:

Narrated As-Samma' sister of Abdullah ibn Busr:

He (the Prophet) said: This is the fast that David observed.

Narrated 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'As:

Narrated Abdullah ibn al-Harith ; or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah:

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

Narrated Usamah ibn Zayd:

Narrated One of the wives of the Prophet:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

Ibn 'Abbas said:

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Maslamah:

The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬used to fast three days every month.

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:

Narrated Umm Hani:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

A woman came to the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬while we were with him.

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬as saying:

Abu Dawud said:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

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Sunan Abi Dawud 2318 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2321 Sahih Maqtu

Sunan Abi Dawud 2322 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2323 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2324 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2325 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2326 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2327 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2328 Sahih

Sunan Abi Dawud 2330 Shadh Maqtu

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