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bukhari:1946Ādam > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the man) is fasting." The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey."  

البخاري:١٩٤٦حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلاً قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا فَقَالُوا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  


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muslim:1115aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Abū Bakr > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

What is the matter with him? They said: He is a person observing fast. Whereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It is no righteousness that you fast on journey.  

مسلم:١١١٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلاً قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا لَهُ قَالُوا رَجُلٌ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ  

nasai:2262ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

the Messenger of Allah saw a man who was being shaded on a journey. He said: "It is not righteousness to fast when traveling."  

النسائي:٢٢٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَسَنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:14410Ismāʿīl > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd b. Zurārah > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He heard Jabir bin Abdullah say: "While we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we saw a crowd and a man who was shaded. So he asked about him and they said, 'He is fasting.' He then said, 'It is not righteousness to fast while traveling.'"  

أحمد:١٤٤١٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلًا قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:14426Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey when he saw a man covered in dust. He asked, "What is this?" They replied, "He is fasting." He said, "Fasting is not considered righteousness, nor is the righteous fasting while traveling."  

أحمد:١٤٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا عَلَيْهِ زِحَامٌ قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا صَائِمٌ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ أَوِ الْبِرَّ الصَّائِمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

darimi:1750Hāshim b. al-Qāsim And ʾAbū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Dhakar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was traveling and saw a crowd, and there was a man sitting in the shade. He asked, "What is this?" They answered, "This is a fasting person." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting while traveling is not from righteousness."  

الدارمي:١٧٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ وَأَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَجُلٌ قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟» قَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَرِهَ ﷺ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ

ibnhibban:3552ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Asʿad b. Zurārah al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man who was surrounded by people and had shade provided for him, so he said, "What is this?" They said, "A man who is fasting." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Righteousness is not that you fast while traveling."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ وَقَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا؟ » قَالُوا رَجُلٌ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ»  

nasai-kubra:2582ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá And Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥasan > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saw a shaded man while traveling and said, "Fasting during travel is not from righteousness." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said, "This hadith of Shu'bah is authentic."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَسَنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ «لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدِيثُ شُعْبَةَ هَذَا هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ  

bayhaqi:8153Abū Bakrmuḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Yʿnī Ibn Saʿd b. Zurārah al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was on a journey when he saw a man being shaded. He asked about him and they said he was fasting. He replied, "Fasting while traveling is not considered righteousness."  

البيهقي:٨١٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ أنبأ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا يُظَلَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا هُوَ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

bayhaqi:8154Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Ādam > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was on a journey when he saw a crowd and noticed a man who was shaded. The Prophet asked, "What is this?" They said, "This man is fasting." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fasting while traveling is not considered an act of righteousness."  

البيهقي:٨١٥٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى زِحَامًا وَرَأَى رَجُلًا قَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا هَذَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ الصَّوْمُ فِي السَّفَرِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيِّ