11. Fasting
١١۔ كِتَابُ الصِّيَامِ
A man asked the Prophet ﷺ whether one who was fasting could embrace (his wife) and he gave him permission; but when another man came to him, and asked him, he forbade him. The one to whom he gave permission was an old man and the one whom he forbade was a youth. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2387)
أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُبَاشَرَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ وَأَتَاهُ آخَرُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَنَهَاهُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي رَخَّصَ لَهُ شَيْخٌ وَالَّذِي نَهَاهُ شَابٌّ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ permitted the sheikh to change his direction of prayer (qibla) while fasting, but prohibited it for the young man. The sheikh said that he can handle it, but the young man will ruin his fast. Yahya ibn Zakariya narrated to us from Israel from Abu al-Anbas from Al-Agharr from Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet ﷺ similarly.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي الْقُبْلَةِ لِلشَّيْخِ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَنَهَى عَنْهَا الشَّابَّ وَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ يَمْلِكُ إِرْبَهُ وَالشَّابُّ يُفْسِدُ صَوْمَهُ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَنْبَسِ عَنِ الْأَغَرِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ
[Machine] Regarding the qibla while fasting, he permitted it and a young man forbid it in the year 8086 AH. With its chain of narration, Anba' Mis'ar reported from Habib, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas something similar to that.
عَنِ الْقُبْلَةِ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ وَنَهَى عَنْهَا شَابًّا 8086 وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ أنبأ مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
[Machine] About the direction of prayer for the fasting person, the elderly should have a wider range of leniency in it, while it is disliked for the young person.
عَنِ الْقُبْلَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ فَأَرْخَصَ فِيهَا لِلشَّيْخِ وَكَرِهَهَا لِلشَّابِّ
أَيْضًا اعْفُوا الصِّيَامَ
[Machine] He disliked facing and directly engaging with the fasting person.
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الْقُبْلَةَ وَالْمُبَاشَرَةَ لِلصَّائِمِ
[Machine] A sheikh who does not embarrass or make things difficult for people, and by Allah, there is no harm in that. Ibn Umar said, as for you, accept it, for there is no better than that for you.
شَيْخٌ عِنْدَهُ لِمَ تُحَرِّجُ النَّاسَ وَتُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاللهِ مَا بِذَلِكَ بَأْسٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَبِّلْ فَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ اسْتِكَ خَيْرٌ
[Machine] I said, "Wasn't the Messenger of Allah ﷺ engaged in physical relations?" She said, "Indeed, he had the most control among you to restrain himself."
لَا قُلْتُ أَلَيْسَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُبَاشِرُ؟ قَالَتْ كَانَ أَمْلَكَكُمْ لِإِرْبِهِ
[Machine] Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream, but he did not look at me. So, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what is my matter?' He turned to me and said, 'Are you not going forward (to the front) while you are fasting?' By the one in whose hand is my soul, I will not go forward (to the front) while I am fasting." A woman [named] Ummar ibn Hamza stood out to him alone. If this is true, then Umar ibn al-Khattab was stronger than what is assumed in terms of his desire to change the direction of qiblah (the direction Muslims face in prayer), and Allah knows best.
قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَرَأَيْتُهُ لَا يَنْظُرُنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا شَأْنِي؟ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَلَسْتَ الْمُقَبِّلَ وَأَنْتَ الصَّائِمُ؟ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا أُقَبِّلُ وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ امْرَأَةً مَا بَقِيتُ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ فَإِنْ صَحَّ فَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ كَانَ قَوِيًّا مِمَّا يُتَوَهَّمُ تَحْرِيكُ الْقُبْلَةِ شَهْوَتَهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ