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ahmad:18822ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2374)  

أحمد:١٨٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ

حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ وَالْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا إِبْقَاءً عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَقَالَ إِنْ أُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَرَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  


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abudawud:2374Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink.  

أبو داود:٢٣٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ وَالْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُمَا إِبْقَاءً عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ وَرَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:23084Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Baʿḍ Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ﷺ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only prohibited cupping for the fasting person and engaging in marital relations while fasting. However, he did not prohibit them from being practiced by others. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, but you engage in cupping?" He replied, "I am not like any of you, for my Lord feeds me and gives me to drink."  

أحمد:٢٣٠٨٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ وَالْوِصَالِ فِي الصِّيَامِ؛ إِبْقَاءً عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُمَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:18823ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2374)   

أحمد:١٨٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ وَالْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ وَإِنَّ رَبِّي ﷻ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:18836ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá

A man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2374)   

أحمد:١٨٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ وَالْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ قَالَ إِنْ أُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ فَرَبِّي ﷻ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  

bayhaqi:8266Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān > Abū Dāwud al-Ḥafarī > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿĀbis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > a man from Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ﷺ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , prohibited continuous blood-letting and cupping for the fasting person to keep him healthy, but he did not forbid them. It was said to him (the Prophet), "You experience cupping." He replied, "Indeed, my Lord has kept me nourished and quenched."  

البيهقي:٨٢٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَالْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ إِبْقَاءً عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُمَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي