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darimi:1802Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] The Prophet (pbuh) sent a man on the day of Ashura who embraced Islam saying, "Indeed, today is the day of Ashura, so whoever has eaten or drank should complete the rest of his day, and whoever has not eaten or drank should observe fasting."

الدارمي:١٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ «إِنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ فَمَنْ كَانَ أَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ»

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bukhari:2007al-Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ ordered a man from the tribe of Bani Aslam to announce amongst the people that whoever had eaten should fast the rest of the day, and whoever had not eaten should continue his fast, as that day was the day of 'Ashura' .

البخاري:٢٠٠٧حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ ؓ قَالَ

أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْلَمَ أَنْ أَذِّنْ فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّ مَنْ كَانَ أَكَلَ فَلْيَصُمْ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيَصُمْ فَإِنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ

bukhari:7265Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man from the tribe of Al-Aslam, "Proclaim among your people (or the people) on the day of 'Ashura' (tenth of Muharram), 'Whosoever has eaten anything should fast for the rest of the day; and whoever has not eaten anything, should complete his fast.' "

البخاري:٧٢٦٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ أَذِّنْ فِي قَوْمِكَ أَوْ فِي النَّاسِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ أَنَّ مَنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيُتِمَّ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيَصُمْ

nasai:2321Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Yazīd > Salamah

"Salamah told us that the Messenger of Allah said to a man: 'Announce the day of Ashura. Whoever has eaten let him not eat for the rest of the day, and whoever has not eaten, let him fast."'

النسائي:٢٣٢١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ أَذِّنْ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ مَنْ كَانَ أَكَلَ فَلْيُتِمَّ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيَصُمْ

abudawud:2447Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Maslamah > ʿAmmih

AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his uncle that the people of the tribe Aslam came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said (to them): Did you fast on this day? They replied: No. He said: Complete the rest of your day, and make atonement for it.

أبو داود:٢٤٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ

أَنَّ أَسْلَمَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ صُمْتُمْ يَوْمَكُمْ هَذَا قَالُوا لاَ قَالَ فَأَتِمُّوا بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِكُمْ وَاقْضُوهُ

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِصَوْمِ بَعْضِ الْيَوْمِ مِنْ عَاشُورَاءَ لِمَنْ غَفَلَ عَنْ إِنْشَاءِ الصَّوْمِ لَهُ

ibnhibban:3619ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > al-Dawraqī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man who had embraced Islam to make an announcement among the people, saying, "Today is the day of Ashura. Whoever had eaten should not eat anything else for the remainder of the day, and whoever had not eaten or drunk anything should observe fasting."

ابن حبّان:٣٦١٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يُؤَذِّنُ فِي النَّاسِ «أَنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ فَمَنْ أَكَلَ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ شَيْئًا بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ فَلْيَصُمْ»