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ahmad:14426Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey when he saw a man covered in dust. He asked, "What is this?" They replied, "He is fasting." He said, "Fasting is not considered righteousness, nor is the righteous fasting while traveling."  

أحمد:١٤٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا عَلَيْهِ زِحَامٌ قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا صَائِمٌ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ أَوِ الْبِرَّ الصَّائِمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1946Ādam > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the man) is fasting." The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey."  

البخاري:١٩٤٦حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلاً قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا فَقَالُوا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

muslim:1115aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Abū Bakr > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

What is the matter with him? They said: He is a person observing fast. Whereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It is no righteousness that you fast on journey.  

مسلم:١١١٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلاً قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا لَهُ قَالُوا رَجُلٌ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ  

nasai:2262ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

the Messenger of Allah saw a man who was being shaded on a journey. He said: "It is not righteousness to fast when traveling."  

النسائي:٢٢٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَسَنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

abudawud:2407Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Saʿd b. Zurārah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ saw a man who had been put in the shade and saw a crowd of people around him (in the course of a journey). He said: Fasting while on journey is not part of righteousness.  

أبو داود:٢٤٠٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَسَنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً يُظَلَّلُ عَلَيْهِ وَالزِّحَامُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:15282ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥasan b. ʿAli > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ saw a man who had been put in the shade and saw a crowd of people around him (in the course of a journey). He said: Fasting while on journey is not part of righteousness. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2407)   

أحمد:١٥٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصُومَ فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:14410Ismāʿīl > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd b. Zurārah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He heard Jabir bin Abdullah say: "While we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we saw a crowd and a man who was shaded. So he asked about him and they said, 'He is fasting.' He then said, 'It is not righteousness to fast while traveling.'"  

أحمد:١٤٤١٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلًا قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ  

darimi:1750Hāshim b. al-Qāsim And ʾAbū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Dhakar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was traveling and saw a crowd, and there was a man sitting in the shade. He asked, "What is this?" They answered, "This is a fasting person." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting while traveling is not from righteousness."  

الدارمي:١٧٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلٌ قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» قَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَرِهَ ﷺ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ

ibnhibban:3552ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Asʿad b. Zurārah al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man who was surrounded by people and had shade provided for him, so he said, "What is this?" They said, "A man who is fasting." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Righteousness is not that you fast while traveling."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ وَقَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟ » قَالُوا رَجُلٌ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ»  

bayhaqi:8153Abū Bakrmuḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Yʿnī Ibn Saʿd b. Zurārah al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was on a journey when he saw a man being shaded. He asked about him and they said he was fasting. He replied, "Fasting while traveling is not considered righteousness."  

البيهقي:٨١٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا يُظَلَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا هُوَ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ