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1. Ubaidullah narrated on the authority of the same chain of transmitters that the Messenger of Allah made a mention of Ramadan and said The month may consist of twenty nine days and it may be thus thus and thus and he further said Calculate it but he did not say thirty
2. Abu Huraira Allah be pleased with him narrated that the Messenger of Allah may peace he upon him made a mention of the new moon and in this connection said Observe fast when you see it the new moon and break fast when you see it the new moon of Shawal but when the actual position of the month is concealed from you on account of cloudy sky then count thirty days
3. He asked on which night we had seen it and when we told him we had seen it on such and such night he said the Prophet of Allah had said Verily Allah deferred it till the time it is seen so it is to be reckoned from the night you saw it
4. Ibn Massuod Allah be pleased with him reported Allah Messenger as saying The Adhan of Bilal should not restrain anyone among you from eating Sahur last meal before daybreak during the month of Ramadan for he announces Adhan or he calls at the fag end of the night to make him turn who stands for prayer among you and to awaken those who are sleeping among you
5. The call of Bilal may not mislead any one of you and he may under the wrong impression gathered from it refrain from taking meal before the commencement of the fast for the streaks of this whiteness which are vertical indicate the false dawn and the true dawn with which the fast commences is that when the streaks of light are spread
6. Samura Bin Jundub reported Allah Messenger as saying The Adhan of Bilal should not mislead you nor the whiteness of the pillar of dawn for it is not the whiteness of the true dawn but that of the false dawn which is vertical like a pillar and you can eat food till the streaks of whiteness spread like it
7. Samura Bin Jundub addressed and narrated from the Messenger of Allah having said these words Neither the call of Bilal should mislead you nor this whiteness of false dawn till the true dawn appears or he said till the dawn breaks
8. Abu Atiya reported I and Misruq went to Aisha Allah be pleased with her and Masruq said to her There are two persons among the Companions of Muhammad none of whom abandons the good but one of them hastens to observe sunset prayer and break the fast and the other delays in observing the sunset prayer and in breaking the fast whereupon she said Who hastens to observe sunset prayer and break the fast He said It is Abdullah
9. But he got down in obedience to the command of the Holy Prophet and prepared a barley meal for him and he the Holy Prophet drank that liquid meal and then said When you see the night approaching from that side west and he pointed towards the east with his hand then the observer of the fast should break it
10. Aisha Allah be pleased with her reported Allah Messenger used to kiss his wives while fasting and embraced them while fasting but he had the greatest mastery over his desire among you
11. So we came to Abu Huraira and Abu Bakr had been with us throughout and Abdulrahman made a mention of it to him whereupon Abu Huraira said Did they the two wives of the Holy Prophet tell you this He replied Yes Upon this Abu Huraira said They have better knowledge
12. Abu Bakr reported that Marwan sent him to Umm Salama to ask whether a person should observe fast who is in a state of junub and the dawn breaks upon him whereupon she said that the Messenger of Allah was at times junbi on account of intercourse and not due to sexual dream and the dawn broke upon him but he neither broke the fast nor recompensed
13. Aisha added that he the person had said Messenger of Allah the time of prayer overtakes me as I am in a state of junub should I observe fast in this state Upon this the Messenger of Allah said At times the time of prayer overtakes me while I am in a state of junub and I observe fast in that very state whereupon he said Messenger of Allah you are not like us Allah has pardoned all your sins the previous ones and the later ones
14. Humaid Bin Abdulrahman reported that Abu Huraira had narrated to him that the Messenger of Allah commanded the person who broke the fast in Ramadan to free a slave or observe fasts for two consecutive months or feed sixty poor persons
15. But neither these words are found Give charity give charity nor his words during the day time
16. A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters by different narrators except this difference that in the hadith transmitted by Taimi and Umar Bin Amir and Hisham the date of setting out is th and in the hadith transmitted by Saeed it is the th and in the one transmitted by Shuba it is the th or th
17. Neither the observer of the fast had any grudge against one who broke it nor the breaker of the fast had any grudge against one who had fasted They knew that he who had strength enough to bear its rigour fasted and that was good and they also found that he who felt weakness and could not bear the burden broke it and that was also good
18. Abu Darda reported We were with the Messenger of Allah on some of his journeys on an intensely hot day so much so that a person would place his hand on his head in order to protect himself against excessive heat and none amongst us was fasting but the Messenger of Allah and Abdullah Bin Rawaha
19. This hadith is narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters but he made no mention in the first part of the hadith that the Messenger of Allah used to observe fast and said about the second part that he abandoned the fast of Ashura and he who wished observed the fast and who wished otherwise abandoned it and he did not hold it as the words of the Messenger of Allah as mentioned in the narration transmitted by Jarir
20. Abdullah Bin Umar Allah be pleased with them reported that the day of Ashura was mentioned before the Messenger of Allah and he said It is a day when the people in the pre Islamic days need to observe fast so he who wishes to observe fast should do so and he who wishes to abandon it should do so
21. Thereupon he said Is not today the day of Ashura He Abdulrahman said Do you know what the day of Ashura is He said What is it He said It is a day on which the Messenger of Allah used to observe fast before the fasting in the month of Ramadan became obligatory
22. Upon this he said Fast was observed on this day before the fasting in Ramadan was made obligatory but when it was made obligatory fasting on the day of Ashura was abandoned
23. Rubayi daughter of Muawidh Bin Afra said that the Messenger of Allah sent a person on the morning of Ashura to the villages of Ansar around Medina with this message He who got up in the morning fasting without eating anything he should complete his fast and he who had had his breakfast in the morning he should complete the rest of the day without food
24. He said I heard from him Abu Saeed a hadith which impressed me and I said to him Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah Thereupon he said Is it possible that I should say about the Messenger of Allah that which I have not heard I heard him saying It is not proper to fast on two days Adha and Fitr at the end of Ramadan
25. Ibn Kaab Bin Malik reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah sent him and Aous Bin Hadathan during the days of Tashriq to make this announcement None but the believer would be admitted into Paradise and the days of Mina are the days meant for eating and drinking
26. Ibn Abbas Allah be pleased with them reported A woman came to the Messenger of Allah and said Messenger of Allah my mother has died and there is due from her a fast of vow should I fast on her behalf Thereupon he said You see that if your mother had died in debt would it not have been paid on her behalf She said Yes
27. When any one of you is fasting on a day he should neither indulge in obscene language nor raise the voice or if anyone reviles him or tries to quarrel with him he should say I am a person fasting
28. When the Messenger of Allah came back I said to him Messenger of Allah a present was given to us and in the meanwhile there came to us visitors a major Portion of it has been spent on them but I have saved something for you
29. Aisha the Mother of the Believers Allah be pleased with her reported that the Messenger of Allah used to fast so continuously that we said that he would not break and did not fast at all till we said that he would not fast
30. Aisha Allah be pleased with her reported The Messenger of Allah did not observe fast in any month of the year more than in the month of Shaban and used to say Do as many deeds as you are capable of doing for Allah will not become weary of giving you reward but you would be tired of doing good deeds and he also said The deed liked most by Allah is one to which the doer adheres constantly even if it is small
31. And when he observed fast he fasted so continuously that one would say that he would not break them and when he Abandoned he abandoned so continuously that one would say By Allah perhaps he would never fast
32. Uthman Bin Hakim AlAnsari said I asked Saeed Bin Jubair about fasting In Rajab and we were then passing through the month of Rajab whereupon he said I heard Ibn Abbas Allah be pleased with both of them as saying The Messenger of Allah used to observe fast so continuously that we were inclined to say that he would not break them and did not observe them so conti nuously that we were inclined to say that he would not observe fast
33. Anas Allah be pleased with him reported that the Messenger of Allah used to observe fast till it was said that he had observed fast he had observed fast perhaps never to break it and he did not fast till it was said that he had given up fast he had given up fast perhaps never to observe it
34. He said Your wife has a right upon you your visitor has a right upon you your body has a right upon you so observe the fast of David the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him for he was the best worshipper of Allah
35. I said I am capable of doing more than this whereupon he said Recite it every week and do not exceed beyond this for your wife has a right upon you your visitor has a right upon you your body has a right upon you
36. This hadith has been narrated by Yahya Bin Abu Kathir with the same chain of transmitters and he made this addition after these words During every month fasting for three days there is for you ten times for every good and that is perpetual fasting for three days would bring a reward for full thirty days
37. for there is share for your eyes share for your own self share for your family so observe fast and break it pray and sleep and observe fast for one day during the ten days and there is a reward for you for other nine days besides the tenth day of the fast
38. The Apostle of Allah however said He who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all he who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all he who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all
39. Abdullah Bin Amr Bin AlAs reported Allah Messenger as saying The best fasting in the eye of Allah is that of David for he fasted for half of the age he fasted on alternate days and the best prayer in the eye of Allah the Exalted and Majestic is that of David peace be upon him for he slept for half of the night and then stood for prayer and then again slept
40. Abu Qatada reported that Abu AlMalih informed me I went along with your father to Abdullah Bin Amr and he narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah was informed about my fasting and he came to me and I placed a leather cushion filled with fibre of date palms for him
41. He said Would five not suffice for you I said Messenger of Allah I am capable of observing more fasts He said Would seven fasts not suffice you I said Messenger of Allah I am capable of observing more fasts
42. Dont do that for your body has a share of its own in you your eye has a share of its own in you your wife has a share of her own in you
43. When Umar Allah be pleased with him noticed his annoyance he said We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Prophet
44. Umar said What about him who fasts for two days and does not fast one day He said Is anyone capable of doing that He Umar said What is the position of him who fasts for a day and doesnt fast on the other day Thereupon he the Holy Prophet said That is the fast of David peace be upon him
45. I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Arafa may atone for the sins of the preceding and the coming years and I seek from Allah that fasting on the day of Ashura may atone for the sins of the preceding year
46. some persons among you have seen it in a dream in the first week and some persons among you have been shown that it is in the last week so seek it in the last ten nights
47. Abu Saeed AlKhudri Allah be pleased with him reported that Allah Messenger spent in devotion in itikaf the middle ten nights of the month of Ramadan and when twenty nights were over and it was the twenty first night he went back to his residence and those who were along with him also returned to their respective residences
48. I said to him Did you hear the Messenger of Allah making mention of Lailat AlQadr He said Yes and added we were observing itikaf with the Messenger of Allah in the middle ten days of Ramadan and came out on the morning of the twentieth and the Messenger of Allah addressed us and said I was shown Lailat AlQadr but I forgot the exact night or I was caused to forget it so seek it in the last ten odd nights and I was shown that I was prostrating in water and clay
49. I said What is this ninth seventh and fifth He said When twenty one nights are over and the twenty second begins it is the ninth and when twenty three nights are over that which follows the last night is the seventh and when twenty five nights are over what follows it is fifth
50. Zirr Bin Habaish reported I thu asked Ubay Bin Kaab Allah be pleased with him Your brother in faith Ibn Massuod says He who stands for the night prayer throughout the year would find Lailat AlQadr whereupon he said May Allah have mercy upon him he said these words with the intention that people might not rely only on one night whereas he knew that it Lailat AlQadr is in the month of Ramadan and it is the twenty seventh night

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