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[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast so much that we would say he does not break his fast, and he would break his fast so much that we would say he does not fast.

البيهقي:٨٤٢٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ وَأَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْفَامِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟
ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ عِيسَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبٍ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُوسَى

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abudawud:2430 – Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > ʿĪsá > ʿUthmān / Ibn Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣiyām Rajab > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast.

أبو داود:٢٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبَ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ

ahmad:12832 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd > Suʾil Anas

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2430)

أحمد:١٢٨٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ

عَنْ صَوْمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَطَوُّعًا قَالَ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ

ahmad:3009 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣawm Rajab Kayf Tará Fīh > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2430)

أحمد:٣٠٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ