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ahmad:5420 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Abū > a man > Ibn ʿUmar > Saʾalah > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah

[Machine] "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not fast. And we went out with Abu Bakr and he did not fast. And we went out with Umar and he did not fast. And we went out with Uthman and he did not fast. And I do not fast it nor do I command you or forbid you. If you wish, fast it, and if you wish, do not fast it."  

أحمد:٥٤٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ أَنْبَأَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُكَ وَلَا أَنْهَاكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَصُمْهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَصُمْهُ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:751 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah Waʾismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Najīḥ from his father > Suʾil Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah Biʿarafah

"Ibn Umar was asked about fasting (the Day of) Arafah (at Arafat). He said: 'I performed Hajj with the Prophet, and he did not fast it, and with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and with Umar, and he did not fast it, and with Uthman, and he did not fast it. I do no fast it, nor order it nor forbid it."  

الترمذي:٧٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ بِعَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ

حَجَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لاَ أَصُومُهُ وَلاَ آمُرُ بِهِ وَلاَ أَنْهَى عَنْهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَبُو نَجِيحٍ اسْمُهُ يَسَارٌ وقد سمع من ابن عمر
ahmad:5117 – Ismāʿīl > Ibn Abū Najīḥ from his father > Suʾil Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah

"Ibn Umar was asked about fasting (the Day of) Arafah (at Arafat). He said: 'I performed Hajj with the Prophet, and he did not fast it, and with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and with Umar, and he did not fast it, and with Uthman, and he did not fast it. I do no fast it, nor order it nor forbid it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 751)   

أحمد:٥١١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ

حَجَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ  

darimi:1806 – al-Muʿallá b. Asad > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ from his father > Suʾil Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah

"Ibn Umar was asked about fasting (the Day of) Arafah (at Arafat). He said: 'I performed Hajj with the Prophet, and he did not fast it, and with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and with Umar, and he did not fast it, and with Uthman, and he did not fast it. I do no fast it, nor order it nor forbid it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 751)   

الدارمي:١٨٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ

«حَجَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ مُجَانَبَةُ الصَّوْمِ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ إِذَا كَانَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ لِيَكُونَ أَقْوَى عَلَى الدُّعَاءِ

ibnhibban:3604 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Nujayḥ from his father > Suʾil Ibn ʿUmar > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah

"Ibn Umar was asked about fasting (the Day of) Arafah (at Arafat). He said: 'I performed Hajj with the Prophet, and he did not fast it, and with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and with Umar, and he did not fast it, and with Uthman, and he did not fast it. I do no fast it, nor order it nor forbid it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 751)   

ابن حبّان:٣٦٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ * قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي نُجَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ

«حَجَجْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ أَبَى بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ»  

nasai-kubra:2840 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ from his father > a man > Ibn ʿUmar > Suʾil > Ṣawm Yawm ʿArafah

"Ibn Umar was asked about fasting (the Day of) Arafah (at Arafat). He said: 'I performed Hajj with the Prophet, and he did not fast it, and with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and with Umar, and he did not fast it, and with Uthman, and he did not fast it. I do no fast it, nor order it nor forbid it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 751)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٨٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ

حَجَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُكَ وَلَا أَنْهَاكَ غَيْرَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَصُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَصُمْ»  

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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٣٠٣b –

" عَنْ أَبِى نُجَيْحٍ أنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَل ابن عُمَرَ عَنْ صَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ: حَجَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ، وَمَعَ أَبِى بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ، وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ، وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ، وَأَنَا لاَ أَصُومُهُ، وَلاَ آمُرُكَ وَلاَ أَنْهَاكَ عَنْهُ".  

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