11. Fasting
١١۔ كِتَابُ الصِّيَامِ
[Machine] Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited fasting these two days: the day of your breaking the fast from your fasting, and the other day when you partake in your rituals.
إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ يَوْمَانِ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صِيَامِهِمَا يَوْمُ فِطْرِكُمْ مِنْ صِيَامِكُمْ وَالْآخَرُ يَوْمٌ تَأْكُلُونَ فِيهِ مِنْ نُسُكِكُمْ
I was present at Eid with ‘Umar, and he started with the prayer before the khutbah. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting on these two days. The day of al-Fitr is the day when you break your fast, and on the day of al-Adha, eat the meat of your sacrifices. (Using translation from Aḥmad 163)
شَهِدْتُ الْعِيدَ مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ أَمَّا يَوْمُ الْأَضْحَى فَتَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ نُسُكِكُمْ وَأَمَّا يَوْمُ الْفِطْرِ فَفِطْرُكُمْ مِنْ صِيَامِكُمْ
[Machine] That he would not come upon it a day but he would be fasting in it, and that happened to be the day of Eid al-Adha or the day of Eid al-Fitr. Ibn Umar said, "You had a good example in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." [Al-Ahzab 21] The Prophet ﷺ did not fast on the day of Eid al-Adha or the day of Eid al-Fitr, nor did he command their fasting.
أَنْ لَا يَأْتِيَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمٌ سَمَّاهُ إِلَّا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فِيهِ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ أَضْحَى أَوْ يَوْمَ فِطْرٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ} [الأحزاب 21] حَسَنَةٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى وَلَا يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ وَلَا يَأْمُرُ بِصِيَامِهِمَا
[Machine] He narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him and Aws ibn al-Hadathan during the days of Tashreeq and he announced that no one will enter Paradise except a believer. And the days of Mina are days of eating and drinking, their wording is similar.
أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ وَأَوْسَ بْنَ الْحَدَثَانِ أَيَّامَ التَّشْرِيقِ فَنَادَى أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَأَيَّامُ مِنًى أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ لَفْظُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ
[Machine] Amr, break your fast, for these are the days in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to instruct us to break our fast and prohibit us from fasting. So, Abdullah broke his fast and ate, and we ate with him.
لَهُ عَمْرٌو أَفْطِرْ فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامُ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا بِإِفْطَارِهَا وَيَنْهَى عَنْ صِيَامِهَا فَأَفْطَرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَكَلَ وَأَكَلْنَا مَعَهُ