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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Suyūṭī
bukhari:1924Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Once the Prophet ﷺ ordered a person on 'Ashura' (the tenth of Muharram) to announce, "Whoever has eaten, should not eat any more, but fast, and who has not eaten should not eat, but complete his fast (till the end of the day).  

البخاري:١٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلاً يُنَادِي فِي النَّاسِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ أَنْ مَنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيُتِمَّ أَوْ فَلْيَصُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَلاَ يَأْكُلْ  

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  

muslim:1135Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥātim / Ibn Ismāʿīl > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

Salama b. al-Akwa' (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a person of the tribe of Aslam on the day of 'Ashura and commanded him to declare to the people to observe fast in case they had not observed it, and to complete fast till evening if they had taken food  

مسلم:١١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَصُمْ فَلْيَصُمْ وَمَنْ كَانَ أَكَلَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صِيَامَهُ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ  

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  

ahmad:16526Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > 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.' " (Using translation from Bukhārī 7265)  

أحمد:١٦٥٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ

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

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»  

hakim:6253Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Aṣam Biqanṭarah Baradān > Abū Qilābah > Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿAbdullāh b. Ghiyāth > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent a man who had embraced Islam on the day of Ashura, and he said, "Whoever has eaten or drank, let him complete his fast, and whoever has not eaten, let him fast for the rest of the day." It has been mentioned before that Asmaa' was the messenger in this narration, and it is also narrated that it was Hind.  

الحاكم:٦٢٥٣أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ بِقَنْطَرَةِ بَرَدَانِ ثَنَا أَبُو قِلَابَةَ ثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكَلَ فَلْيَصُمْ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِ» قَدْ تَقَدَّمَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ بِأَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ هُوَ الرَّسُولُ بِذَلِكَ وَرُوِيَ أَنَّهُ هِنْدٌ  

suyuti:2819a

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' . (Using translation from Bukhārī 2007)   

السيوطي:٢٨١٩a

"أَذِّنْ في النَّاسِ: أَنَّ مَنْ كان أكَلَ فليَصُمْ بقيَّةَ يوْمِه، ومَنْ لم يكنْ أَكَلَ فليَصُمْ، فإِنَّ اليَوْمَ يومُ عاشُوراءَ".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي عن سلمة بن الأكوع، [م] مسلم عن الرُّبيِّع بنتِ معوِّذ بن عفراء
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السيوطي:٦٠٢٤a

"إِنَّ اليوْمَ يوْمُ عَاشُوراءَ، فَمَنْ أكَلَ فَلا يأكُلْ شَيْئًا بقيَّةَ يوْمِه، ومنْ لَم يكُنْ أَكَل أوْ شَرِب فَليَصُمْ ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن سلمة بن الأَكوع ؓ