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ahmad:12624Abū Kāmil Wāsmuh Muẓaffar b. Mudrik > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to fast until it would be said, "He had kept fasting" and would break his fast until it would be said, "He had broken his fast."  

أحمد:١٢٦٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ وَاسْمُهُ مُظَفَّرُ بْنُ مُدْرِكٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ صَامَ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ أَفْطَرَ أَفْطَرَ  


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muslim:1158[Chain 1] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Abū Khalaf > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Nāfiʿ > Bahz > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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).  

مسلم:١١٥٨وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ قَدْ صَامَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ  

abudawud:2430Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > ʿĪsá > ʿUthmān / Ibn Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣiyām Rajab > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast.  

أبو داود:٢٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبَ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ  

ahmad:13174Rawḥ > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to fast until it was said that he had fasted, and he would break his fast until it was said that he had broken his fast.  

أحمد:١٣١٧٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ وقَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ  

ahmad:3009Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣawm Rajab Kayf Tará Fīh > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2430)  

أحمد:٣٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ  

hakim:1590Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Maḥbūbī > Saʿīd b. Masʿūd > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Muṭarrif from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever fasts the whole year as if they didn't fast at all or as if they didn't break their fast."  

الحاكم:١٥٩٠أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ مَا صَامَ وَمَا أَفْطَرَ» أَوْ «لَا صَامَ وَلَا أَفْطَرَ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَشَاهِدُهُ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»