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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  


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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  

ahmad:13461ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Suʾil Saʿīd > al-Wiṣāl Faʾakhbaranā > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not inform you of something? It was said to him, "Indeed, you are sociable (or you do communicate), O Messenger of Allah." He said, "I am not like any of you. Verily, my Lord feeds me and provides me with drink."  

أحمد:١٣٤٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ سُئِلَ سَعِيدٌ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَأَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا لَا تُوَاصِلُوا؟ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:14080Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ forbade being in constant companionship. It was said to him, "You associate with others." He said, "Indeed, I spend the night being fed and quenched by my Lord."  

أحمد:١٤٠٨٠حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالَ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:13282Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Misʿar > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do not continue a sentence after I have stopped speaking.' They said, 'Indeed, you do continue speaking.' He said, 'I am not like any one of you. Indeed, I spend the night while my Lord feeds me and gives me to drink.'"  

أحمد:١٣٢٨٢حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَا تُوَاصِلُوا قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي  

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:12740Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Rawḥ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not continue to fast." It was said, "But Messenger of Allah, you continue to fast." He said, "Indeed, I am not like any of you. Indeed, my Lord feeds me and gives me drink."  

أحمد:١٢٧٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَرَوْحٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُوَاصِلُوا فَقِيلَ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي  

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  

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: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»  

ibnhibban:3574al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not speak to me." They said, "But Prophet of Allah, you speak to us." He said, "I am not like any of you, for indeed my Lord feeds and quenches me."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا» قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي»  

nasai-kubra:3253Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ forbade them (his Companions) to observe Saum Wisal out of mercy for them. They said: You (Holy Prophet) yourself observe it. Upon this he said: I am not like you. My Lord feeds me and provides me drink. (Using translation from Muslim 1105)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٢٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْوِصَالِ رَحْمَةً قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي»