11. Fasting
١١۔ كِتَابُ الصِّيَامِ
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I am undone. He asked him: What has happened to you ? He said: I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting). He asked: Can you set a slave free ? He said: No. He again asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months ? He said: No. He asked: Can you provide food for sixty poor people ? He said: No. He said: Sit down. Then a huge basket containing dates ('araq) was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He then said to him: Give it as sadaqah (i.e. alms). He said: Messenger of Allah, there is no poorer family than mine between the two lave plains of it (Medina). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed so that his eye-teeth became visible, and said: Give it to your family to eat. Musaddad said in another place: "his canine teeth". (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2390)
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلَكْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَمَا أَهْلَكَكَ؟ قَالَ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فِي رَمَضَانَ قَالَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُعْتِقُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَجِدْ مَا تُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهَذَا فَقَالَ أَفْقَرُ مِنَّا فَمَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا بَيْتٌ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ اذْهَبْ فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, the other man has had intercourse with his wife in Ramadan." The Prophet said to him, "Do you find a slave to free?" He replied, "No." The Prophet asked, "Can you fast for two consecutive months?" He replied, "No." The Prophet asked, "Do you find sixty needy people to feed?" He replied, "No." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a container of dates, and he said, "Give this in charity on his behalf." The man said, "The people of my household are more in need of it than us." The Prophet said, "Feed your family." Muhammad ibn Muslim said, "This was only permit for him. So whoever experiences a similar situation should do as he was commanded."
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْآخَرَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَجِدُ مَا تُحَرِّرُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ وَهُوَ الزِّنْبِيلُ فَقَالَ أَطْعِمْ هَذَا عَنْكَ فَقَالَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ مِنَّا قَالَ أَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً لِهَذَا فَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِثْلَ مَا أَصَابَ فَلْيَصْنَعْ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed adultery with my wife during Ramadan." He said, "Free a slave." The man replied, "I do not have the means to do so." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then fast for two consecutive months." The man replied, "I am unable to do that." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then feed sixty poor people." The man replied, "I cannot find sixty poor people." Then a basket containing fifteen kilograms of dates was brought to the Prophet ﷺ , and he said, "Take it and feed them on your behalf." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, the people in between our houses are more in need of it than us." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take it and feed your family, and that is how you will fulfill your obligation."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي وَقَعْتُ بِامْرَأَتِي فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ صُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمِكْتَلٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ قَالَ فَخُذْهَا فَأَطْعِمْهُ عَنْكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا قَالَ خُذْهُ فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ وَكَذَلِكَ
[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it is narrated that a man had relations with his wife during Ramadan. He then sought advice from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding this matter. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Do you have a slave whom you can free?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked him, "Are you able to fast for two consecutive months?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Feed sixty poor persons." Ibn Bukair added in his narration that they should be consecutive days.
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَقَعَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَاسْتَفْتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَلْ تَجِدُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ صِيَامَ شَهْرَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا زَادَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have ruined myself." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What happened?" The man replied, "I have harmed my family during Ramadan." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you have a slave?" The man replied, "No, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Can you fast for two consecutive months?" The man replied, "No, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Can you feed sixty poor people?" The man replied, "I cannot find them." Then, the Prophet ﷺ was brought a basket of dates and he said, "Go, give this in charity." The man said, "There are people poorer than me. By the One who has sent you with the truth, there are people in more need of this than us." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said, "Take it and give it to your family." Az-Zuhri said, "This ruling was only for that man. If a person harms his family during Ramadan today, he does not have any option but to make expiation."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلَكْتُ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ أَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَجِدُ رَقَبَةً؟ قَالَ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَفَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ أَفَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطْعِمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ قَالَ لَا أَجِدُهُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهَذَا فَقَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنِّي وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَّا قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا رُخْصَةً لِلرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ الْيَوْمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ
[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said that he was in need. The Prophet asked him what happened to him, and he said that he had a financial crisis because he supported his family during Ramadan. The Prophet then called for a basket called "Al-Arq" which contained dates, and he asked where the man was. The man stood up and the Prophet told him to take it as charity.
رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ احْتَرَقَ فَسَأَلَهُ مَا لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ أَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي فِي رَمَضَانَ قَالَتْ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِكْتَلٍ يُدْعَى الْعَرَقُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الْمُحْتَرِقُ؟ فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِهَذَا
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was sitting in the shade of a date palm tree when a man from the Banu Bayadah approached him. The man said, "I accidentally touched my wife in Ramadan and now I'm burnt (with guilt)." The Prophet ﷺ told the man to free a slave, but the man said he couldn't find one. The Prophet ﷺ then told him to feed sixty poor people, but the man said he didn't have enough food. The Prophet ﷺ was then brought a container of dates, containing twenty wasq (a unit of measurement) and told the man to give it as charity. The man said he didn't have any food for his family. The sheikh, Al-Ziyadat, mentioned that this narration indicates the accuracy of the memory of Abu Hurairah and others regarding this story. The mention of twenty wasq in the narration is a clear expression narrated by Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Zubair, and this hadith was also narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasir from Muhammad ibn Ja'far with some variations. In the end, Muhammad ibn Ja'far said, "I later found out that the charity given was actually twenty wasq of dates, as was narrated in the hadith of Abu Hurairah, and that is the most authentic version, and Allah knows best."
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَالِسًا فِي ظِلِّ فَارِعٍ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي بَيَاضَةَ فَقَالَ احْتَرَقْتُ وَقَعْتُ بِامْرَأَتِي فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فِيهِ عِشْرُونَ صَاعًا فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ فَقَالَ مَا نَجِدُ عَشَاءً لَيْلَةً قَالَ فَعُدْ بِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الزِّيَّادَاتُ الَّتِي فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ تَدُلُّ عَلَى صِحَّةِ حِفْظِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَمَنْ دُونَهُ لِتِلْكَ الْقِصَّةِ وَقَوْلُهُ فِيهِ عِشْرُونَ صَاعًا بَلَاغٌ بَلَّغَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَقَدْ رَوَى الْحَدِيثَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ بِبَعْضٍ مِنْ هَذَا يَزِيدُ وَيَنْقُصُ وَفِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَحُدِّثْتُ بَعْدُ أَنَّ تِلْكَ الصَّدَقَةَ كَانَتْ عِشْرِينَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ