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ahmad:11251Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Bishr b. Ḥarb Qālasamiʿt Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding constant companionship. It was then asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about you? What do you do?' He replied: 'I am not like any of you. I am fed and given drink.'"  

أحمد:١١٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ

قَالَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَا لَكَ أَنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1962ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Al-Wisal. The people said (to him), "But you practice it?" He said, "I am not like you, for I am given food and drink by Allah."  

البخاري:١٩٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

muslim:1102aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

You yourself fast uninterruptedly, whereupon he said: I am not like you. I am fed and supplied drink (by Allah).  

مسلم:١١٠٢aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

abudawud:2360ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited perpetual fasting. They (the people) said: You keep perpetual fasting, Messenger of Allah. He said: My position is not like that you yours. I am provided with food and drink.  

أبو داود:٢٣٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

malik:18-41Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting for two days or more without breaking the fast in between. They said, "But Messenger of Allah, you practise wisal." He replied, "I am not the same as you. I am fed and given to drink."  

مالك:١٨-٤١حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

ahmad:13088Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "Do not consecutively fast." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, but you consecutively fast." He said, "Indeed, I am not like any of you. Indeed, I am provided with food and drink (during the night)."  

أحمد:١٣٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُوَاصِلُوا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

ahmad:6125ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

You yourself fast uninterruptedly, whereupon he said: I am not like you. I am fed and supplied drink (by Allah). (Using translation from Muslim 1102a)  

أحمد:٦١٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَتُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

ahmad:5917Isḥāq > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ forbade meeting together. It was said, "Don't you communicate?" He said, "Indeed, I am fed and given drink."  

أحمد:٥٩١٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقِيلَ أَوَلَسْتَ تُوَاصِلُ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

ahmad:4721Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued to fast in Ramadan, so people continued to fast. They said, "You forbade us from fasting continuously, but you continue to fast." He said, "I am not like any of you. I am fed and offered drink."  

أحمد:٤٧٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

وَاصَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَوَاصَلَ النَّاسُ فَقَالُوا نَهَيْتَنَا عَنِ الْوِصَالِ وَأَنْتَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

ahmad:4752Wakīʿ > al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ forbade intimate relations during fasting. It was said to him, 'Certainly, you do it.' He replied, 'I am not like any of you. Indeed, my Lord provides me with food and drink.'"  

أحمد:٤٧٥٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فِي الصِّيَامِفَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:26054Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Abū Bakr ʿĀṣim a freed slave of Liquraybah b. Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Quraybah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade intimacy during fasting, so I said to him, "Do you not engage in it?" He replied, "I am not like any of you. I spend the night being fed and watered."  

أحمد:٢٦٠٥٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَاصِمٍ مَوْلًى لِقُرَيْبَةَ بِنْتِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ قُرَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فِي الصَّوْمِفَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

darimi:1746Saʿīd b. al-Rabīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not continue." It was said, "Indeed, you do that." He said, "I am not like any one of you. I am fed and provided with drink."  

الدارمي:١٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا» قِيلَ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فِي الصِّيَامِ

ibnhibban:3579Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not continue to fast." They said, "Indeed, you continue to fast." He said, "I am not like any of you. I am fed and given drink."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا» قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى»  

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السيوطي:٢٥٤٤٧a

"لَا تُوَاصِلُوا، قَالُوا: إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ، قَالَ: إِنِّى لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُم، إِنِّى أُطعَمُ وأُسْقَى".  

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