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ahmad:20489Yazīd > Hammām And ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "None of you should say, 'I fasted the entire month of Ramadan'. Qatadah said, 'Allah knows best. I fear for His ummah (nation) regarding boasting.' Affan said, 'Or he said, there must be someone who is lying or unaware.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ وَعَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْقُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَخَشِيَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ التَّزْكِيَةَ قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَوْ قَالَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ رَاقِدٍ أَوْ غَافِلٍ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
nasai:2109[Chain 1] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Muhallab b. Abū Ḥabībah [Chain 2] ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > al-Muhallab b. Abū Ḥabībah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

'I fasted Ramadan' or 'I prayed Qiyam throughout the whole month."' I do not know whether he dislike self-praise or he said: "Inevitably there will be heedlessness and sleep." (Da 'if)  

النسائي:٢١٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْمُهَلَّبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ ح وَأَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ صُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ وَلاَ قُمْتُهُ كُلَّهُ وَلاَ أَدْرِي كَرِهَ التَّزْكِيَةَ أَوْ قَالَ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ غَفْلَةٍ وَرَقْدَةٍ اللَّفْظُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ  

abudawud:2415Musaddad > Yaḥyá > al-Muhallab b. Abū Ḥabībah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you should not say: I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night in the whole of Ramadan. I do not know whether he disliked the purification; or he (the narrator) said: He must have slept a little and taken rest.  

أبو داود:٢٤١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْمُهَلَّبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي صُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ وَ قُمْتُهُ كُلَّهُ فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَكَرِهَ التَّزْكِيَةَ أَوْ قَالَ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ نَوْمَةٍ أَوْ رَقْدَةٍ  

ahmad:20521Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should say, 'I have observed the entirety of Ramadan.'" Qatadah said, "Allah knows best. I fear that it may be considered boasting against His Ummah or it may be said, 'There must be a slumbering or an ignorant person.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي قُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَخَشِيَ التَّزْكِيَةَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ أَوْ يَقُولُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ رَاقِدٍ أَوْ غَافِلٍ  

ahmad:20416Yazīd > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasaniʿan Abū Bakarah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "None of you should say, 'I have fasted the entire month of Ramadan' or 'I have observed all of its fasts.'"

Al-Hasan and Yazid both said once: "Qatadah said: 'Only Allah knows, but I fear for His Ummah whether there should necessarily be someone that is either neglectful or complacent.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِعَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ وَلَا صُمْتُهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ وقَالَ يَزِيدُ مَرَّةً قَالَ قَتَادَةُ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَخَافَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ التَّزْكِيَةَ أَوْ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ رَاقِدٍ أَوْ غَافِلٍ ؟  

ahmad:20488Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd And ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'None of you should say, "I have observed Ramadan in its entirety." For Allah knows best and I fear that His Ummah (community) may boast about themselves.' Abd al-Wahhab said, 'Does Allah need His Ummah to boast about themselves? Or does he rather fear that they will fall into deep sleep or negligence?'"  

أحمد:٢٠٤٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَعَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي قُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ قَالَ فَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَخَشِيَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ أَنْ تُزَكِّيَ أَنْفُسَهَا قَالَ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ فَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَخَشِيَ التَّزْكِيَةَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ؟ أَوْ قَالَ لَابُدَّ مِنْ نَوْمٍ أَوْ غَفْلَةٍ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ قَوْلِ الْمَرْءِ: صُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ حَذَرَ تَقْصِيرٍ لَوْ كَانَ وَقَعَ فِي صَوْمِهِ

ibnhibban:3439Aḥmad b. Mukram b. Khālid al-Birtī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Muhallab b. Abū Ḥabībah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: One of you should not say: I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night in the whole of Ramadan. I do not know whether he disliked the purification; or he (the narrator) said: He must have slept a little and taken rest. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2415)   

ابن حبّان:٣٤٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُكْرَمِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُهَلَّبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنِّي صُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ كُلَّهُ وَقُمْتُهُ» قَالَ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَكَرِهَ التَّزْكِيَةَ أَمْ قَالَ «لَا بُدَّ مِنْ رَقْدَةٍ أَوْ غَفَلَةٍ»