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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مُبَاحٌ لَهُ أَنْ يَصُومَ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامَ الثَّلَاثَ مِنْ أَيِّ الشَّهْرِ شَاءَ

ibnhibban:3654al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

"I heard Mu'adhah saying to Aishah: 'Did the Messenger of Allah fast three days of every month?' She replied in the affirmative. So she said: 'Which of them would he fast?' She said: 'Which of them he would fast was not noticeable.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 763)   

ابن حبّان:٣٦٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ «أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ؟ » قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ «مِنْ أَيِّهِ؟ » قَالَتْ لَمْ يُبَالِ مِنْ أَيِّهِ صَامَ  


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muslim:1160Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah al-ʿAdawiyyah

Yes I said to her: Which were (the particular) days of the month on which he observed fast? She said: He was not particular about the days of the month on which to observe fast.  

مسلم:١١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي مُعَاذَةُ الْعَدَوِيَّةُ

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ يَصُومُ  

abudawud:2453Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

I asked 'Aishah: Would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fast three days every month ? She replied: Yes. I asked: Which days in the month he used to fast ? She replied: He did not care which days of the month he fasted.  

أبو داود:٢٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَىِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ  

tirmidhi:763Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah

"I heard Mu'adhah saying to Aishah: 'Did the Messenger of Allah fast three days of every month?' She replied in the affirmative. So she said: 'Which of them would he fast?' She said: 'Which of them he would fast was not noticeable.'"  

الترمذي:٧٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاذَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّهِ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ كَانَ لاَ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَيِّهِ صَامَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ قَالَ وَيَزِيدُ الرِّشْكُ هُوَ يَزِيدُ الضُّبَعِيُّ وَهُوَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ وَهُوَ الْقَسَّامُ وَالرِّشْكُ هُوَ الْقَسَّامُ بِلُغَةِ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ
ahmad:25127Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast three days of each month.” I said: “Which were they?” She said: “He did not care which days they were.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1709)  

أحمد:٢٥١٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْمُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّهِ؟ فَقَالَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَيِّهِ كَانَ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ مُخَيَّرٌ فِي صَوْمِ الْأَيَّامِ الثَّلَاثَةِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، أَيَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِهِ صَامَ

ibnhibban:3657Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Yazīd al-Rishk > Muʿādhah > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast three days of each month.” I said: “Which were they?” She said: “He did not care which days they were.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1709)  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ» قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّهِ؟ قَالَتْ «لَمْ يَكُنْ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَيِّهِ كَانَ»