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ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَرِهَ ﷺ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ

ibnhibban:3552 – ʿUmar 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:٣٥٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad
bukhari:1946 – Ādam > 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:١٩٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

muslim:1115a – Abū 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:١١١٥a – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:14193 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd b. Zurārah al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Abu Nadhar, meaning Hashim, was on a journey when Yazid, meaning the son of Harun, was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. They saw a man whom people had gathered around and he had a shade over him. They said, 'This man is fasting.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is not righteousness to fast while traveling.'"  

أحمد:١٤١٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ يَعْنِي هَاشِمًا فِي سَفَرٍ قَالَ يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ ظُلِّلَ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا هَذَا رَجُلٌ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَالْبِرُّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:14794 – Abū Salamah > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Asʿad b. Zurārah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

the Messenger of Allah saw some people gathered around a man, so he asked (what was happening) and they said: "It is a man who is exhausted because of fasting." The Messenger of Allah said: "It is not righteousness to fast when traveling." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2257)   

أحمد:١٤٧٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ رَأَى نَاسًا مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فقَالَوا رَجُلٌ جَهَدَهُ الصِّيَامُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ الْبِرُّ الصِّيَامَ فِي السَّفَرِ  

ahmad:14410 – Ismāʿīl > 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:١٤٤١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:14426 – Yaḥyá 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:١٤٤٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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