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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ وَمَا قَبْلَهَا» يُرِيدُ مَا قَبْلَهَا سَنَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطْ

ibnhibban:3632 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ said, "Fasting on the day of Arafah, I hope for Allah to expiate the sins of the previous and upcoming year, and fasting on the day of Ashura, I hope for Allah to expiate the sins of the previous year."

ابن حبّان:٣٦٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ وَالسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهُ وَصِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ»

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Fasting on the Day of Arafah forgives all prior and the future year sins

tirmidhi:749 – Qutaybah And ʾAḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī > Abū Qatādah

the Prophet said: "Fast the Day of Arafah, for indeed I anticipate that Allah will forgive (the sins) of the year after it, and the year before it."

الترمذي:٧٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ وَالسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَهُ

قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَقَدِ اسْتَحَبَّ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ صِيَامَ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ إِلاَّ بِعَرَفَةَ

ibnmajah:1730 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī > Abū Qatādah

“Fasting on the Day of ‘Arafah, I hope from Allah, expiates for the sins of the year before and the year after.”

ابن ماجة:١٧٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلاَنُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ وَالَّتِي بَعْدَهُ

ahmad:22621 – ʿAffān > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad al-Zimmānī > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), it was narrated that a man said to him, "Have you seen fasting on the day of Arafah?" The Prophet replied, "I hope that Allah will expiate the sins of the previous year and the coming year for it." The man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about fasting on the day of Ashura?" He replied, "I hope that Allah will expiate the sins of the previous year for it."

أحمد:٢٢٦٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلَانُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ الزِّمَّانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَرَأَيْتَ صِيَامَ عَرَفَةَ؟ قَالَ أَحْتَسِبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ وَالْبَاقِيَةَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ صَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ؟ قَالَ أَحْتَسِبُ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ السَّنَةَ

suyuti:15298a –
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السيوطي:١٥٢٩٨a –

"صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ، إِنِّي أَحْتَسِبُ عَلَى الله أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ الْسَّنَةَ الَّتِي قَبْلَهُ، والسَّنَةَ الَّتِي بَعْدَه".

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