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bayhaqi:8072Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Khāliq b. ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Khāliq al-Muʾadhhin > Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Karābīsī > al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Bajalī > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > ʿAwf > Khilās And Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said: "If one of you observes fasting for a day and forgets and eats or drinks, then let him complete his fast, for indeed it is Allah who provides him with food and drink."  

البيهقي:٨٠٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الْخَالِقِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ الْمُؤَذِّنُ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَجَلِيُّ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ وَمُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمًا وَنَسِيَ فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī

Accidentally eating or drinking does not break one's fast

bukhari:1933ʿAbdān > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody eats or drinks forgetfully then he should complete his fast, for what he has eaten or drunk, has been given to him by Allah."  

البخاري:١٩٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَسِيَ فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

ahmad:9136Hawdhah > ʿAwf > Khilās And Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ and narrated by Al-Hasan, the Prophet ﷺ said, "If one of you forgets and eats or drinks while fasting, let him complete his fast, for indeed Allah has fed and quenched him."  

أحمد:٩١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ وَمُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا صَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ يَوْمًا فَنَسِيَ فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

ahmad:10665Rawḥ > ʿAwf And Hishām > Muḥammadʿan Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever eats out of forgetfulness while fasting, let him complete his fast, for it is Allah Who has fed him and given him to drink." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1673)   

أحمد:١٠٦٦٥حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ وَهِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ شَرِبَ نَاسِيًا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

ahmad:10369Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever eats out of forgetfulness while fasting, let him complete his fast, for it is Allah Who has fed him and given him to drink." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1673)   

أحمد:١٠٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَوْ شَرِبَ نَاسِيًا وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

darimi:1767ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > Jarīr > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

If anyone forgets that he is fasting and eats or drinks he should complete his fast, for it is only Allah Who has fed him and given him drink. (Using translation from Muslim 1155)  

الدارمي:١٧٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ نَسِيَ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَأَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَسَقَاهُ»  

ibnhibban:3519ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Hishām > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "If a fasting person eats or drinks forgetfully, then let him complete his fast, for indeed Allah has provided him with food and drink."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥١٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَكَلَ الصَّائِمُ نَاسِيًا وَشَرِبَ نَاسِيًا فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَسَقَاهُ»  

bayhaqi:8071Abū Aḥmad ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Mihrajānī And ʾAbū Naṣr Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Fāmī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Bakr al-Sahmī > Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If one of you forgets and eats or drinks while fasting, he should complete his fast, for it is only Allah who has fed him and given him drink."  

البيهقي:٨٠٧١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ وَأَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْفَامِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ ثنا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَسِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ وَسَقَاهُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ