12. Book of Fasting
١٢۔ كِتَابُ الصَّوْمِ
[Machine] A man fasted in Ramadan, so the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to atone by freeing a slave, or fasting for two consecutive months, or feeding sixty poor people. He said, "I cannot find a way to do any of these." So the Prophet ﷺ was brought some dates, and he said, "Take this and give it in charity." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I cannot find anyone poorer than me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed until his molar teeth were visible, then he said, "Eat it all."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَفْطَرَ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ بِعِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ صِيَامِ شَهْرَيْنِ أَوْ إِطْعَامِ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقِ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ «خُذْ هَذَا فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ أَحَدًا أَحْوَجَ مِنِّي فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كُلْهُ»
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I am undone. He asked him: What has happened to you ? He said: I had intercourse with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting). He asked: Can you set a slave free ? He said: No. He again asked: Can you fast for two consecutive months ? He said: No. He asked: Can you provide food for sixty poor people ? He said: No. He said: Sit down. Then a huge basket containing dates ('araq) was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He then said to him: Give it as sadaqah (i.e. alms). He said: Messenger of Allah, there is no poorer family than mine between the two lave plains of it (Medina). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed so that his eye-teeth became visible, and said: Give it to your family to eat. Musaddad said in another place: "his canine teeth". (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2390)
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلَكَتُ فَقَالَ «وَمَا شَأْنُكَ»؟ قَالَ وَقَعَتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَجِدُ مَا تُعْتِقُ بِهِ رَقَبَةً»؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ «أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطْعِمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «اجْلِسْ» فَأُتِيَ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ وَهُوَ الْمِكْتَلُ الضَّخْمُ قَالَ «خُذْ هَذَا فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ عَلَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَفْقَرُ مِنَّا قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ قَالَ «خُذْهُ وَأَطْعِمْهُ عِيَالَكَ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَ السَّائِلِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ: وَقَعَتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي، أَرَادَ بِهِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him that he had committed adultery with his wife during Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah asked him, "Can you find a slave to free?" The man replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah asked, "Can you fast for two consecutive months?" The man replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah asked, "Can you feed sixty poor people?" The man replied, "I cannot find." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him dates and instructed him to give them in charity. The man then mentioned his need to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he instructed him to take the dates for himself.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ «هَلْ تَجِدُ رَقَبَةً؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ صِيَامَ شَهْرَيْنِ؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «تُطْعِمُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ » قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ فَأَعْطَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرًا وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَاجَتَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ هُوَ
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُجَامِعَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْإِطْعَامَ لَهُ أَنْ يُعْطَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ رُبْعُ الصَّاعِ وَهُوَ الْمُدُّ
[Machine] "A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have been ruined!' He asked, 'What happened?' The man said, 'I accidentally slept with my wife during a day in the month of Ramadan.' The Prophet said, 'Free a slave.' The man replied, 'I cannot afford it.' The Prophet said, 'Then fast for two consecutive months.' The man said, 'I am unable to do that.' The Prophet said, 'Then feed sixty poor people.' The man said, 'I cannot find that many.' The Prophet then brought a basket filled with fifteen saa' worth of dates and said, 'Then give this in charity.' The man replied, 'I swear, the poorest person in my family is more in need of it than my family.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled until his teeth were visible and said, 'Take it and seek forgiveness from Allah, and feed your family with it.'"
رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتُ قَالَ «وَيْحَكَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ وَقَعَتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ «فَصُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قَالَ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ «أَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ «فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» قَالَ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْ أَهْلِي فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ وَقَالَ «خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرِ اللَّهَ وَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَمَرَ الْمُوَاقِعَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ بِالْكَفَّارَةِ مَعَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ
[Machine] A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have lost everything!" He asked: "And what is that?" The man said: "It fell upon my wife on a day in the month of Ramadan." He said: "Free a slave." The man said: "I do not have one." The Prophet said: "Then fast for two consecutive months." The man said: "I am not capable of doing so." He said: "Then feed sixty poor people." The man said: "I cannot find them." So, the Prophet ﷺ was brought a basket of dates and he said: "Take this and give it in charity." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is on someone other than my family." The Prophet ﷺ laughed until his teeth were visible, and then he said: "Take it and seek forgiveness from your Lord."
رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتُ قَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ وَقَعَتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْ رَقَبَةً» قَالَ مَا أَجِدُهَا قَالَ «صُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ» قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ قَالَ «فَأَطْعِمْ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا» قَالَ لَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فَقَالَ «خُذْهُ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى غَيْرِ أَهْلِي فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا بَيْنَ طُنُبَيِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَحَدٌ أَفْقَرُ مِنِّي فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «خُذْهُ وَاسْتَغْفَرْ رَبِّكَ»
ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ الْكَفَّارَةِ عَلَى الْمُوَاقِعِ أَهْلَهُ مُتَعَمِّدًا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that he had accidentally burned his wife during Ramadan. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a container called "al-'araq" containing dates. He said, "Where is the person who got burned?" The man stood up and said, "I will give charity with this."
أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ احْتَرَقَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمِكْتَلٍ يُدْعَى الْعَرَقُ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ الْمُحْتَرِقُ» فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ «تَصَدَّقْ بِهَذَا»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَمَرَ هَذَا بِالْإِطْعَامِ بَعْدَ أَنْ عَجَزَ عَنِ الْعِتْقِ، وَعَنْ صِيَامِ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ
While we were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ a man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have been ruined." Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked what was the matter with him. He replied "I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was fasting." Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He replied in the negative. Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet ﷺ kept silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet ﷺ . He asked, "Where is the questioner?" He replied, "I (am here)." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity." The man said, "Should I give it to a person poorer than I? By Allah; there is no family between its (i.e. Medina's) two mountains who are poorer than I." The Prophet ﷺ smiled till his premolar teeth became visible and then said, 'Feed your family with it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1936)
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتُ قَالَ «وَمَا لَكَ»؟ قَالَ وَقَعْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَلْ تَجِدُ رَقَبَةً تُعْتِقُهَا؟ » قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَهَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ؟ » قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «هَلْ تَجِدُ إِطْعَامَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا؟ » قَالَ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ وَالْعَرَقُ الْمِكْتَلُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ آنِفًا؟ خُذْ هَذَا التَّمْرَ فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهِ» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَفْقَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا بَيْنَ لَا بَتَيْهَا يُرِيدُ الْحَرَّتَيْنِ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَفْقَرُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ أَنْيَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُوَاقِعَ أَهْلَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ إِذَا وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ، فَفَرَّطَ فِيهِ إِلَى أَنْ نَزَلَتِ الْمَنِيَّةُ بِهِ قُضِيَ الصَّوْمُ عَنْهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ
“A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my sister has died and she owed a fast of two consecutive months.’ He said: ‘Do you not think that if your sister owed a debt, you would pay it off for her?’ She said: ‘Of course.’ He said: ‘The right of Allah is greater.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1758)
جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أُخْتِي مَاتَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتِ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أُخْتِكِ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتِ تَقْضِينَهُ؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَحَقُّ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ»