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ibnmajah:1711Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast until we thought he would never stop fasting. And he used to not fast until we thought we would never fast. And he never fasted any complete month apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al- Madinah.”  

ابن ماجة:١٧١١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا إِلاَّ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:1969ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast till one would say that he would never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting till one would say that he would never fast. I never saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasting for a whole month except the month of Ramadan, and did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of Sha'ban.  

البخاري:١٩٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ إِلاَّ رَمَضَانَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ  

nasai:2183Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Yūsuf al-Ṣaydalānī Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah > Saʾaltuhā

""I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: 'The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said that he is going to fast (continually), and he used not to fast until we said: he is not going to fast. And he did not fast for a whole month from the time he came to Al-Madinah, apart from Ramadan."' '  

النسائي:٢١٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ الصَّيْدَلاَنِيُّ حَرَّانِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا

عَنْ صِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَلَمْ يَصُمْ شَهْرًا تَامًّا مُنْذُ أَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَمَضَانُ  

nasai:2346Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al-Madinah."  

النسائي:٢٣٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ  

nasai:2349Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

"I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: "The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: He is going to (continue to) fast, and he used not to fast until we said: He is not going to, and he did not fast for a whole month from the time he came to Al-Madinah, apart from Ramadan."'  

النسائي:٢٣٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صِيَامِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَمَا صَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا كَامِلاً مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلاَّ رَمَضَانَ  

abudawud:2430Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > ʿĪsá > ʿUthmān / Ibn Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣiyām Rajab > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast.  

أبو داود:٢٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبَ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ  

ahmad:12832Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd > Suʾil Anas

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2430)   

أحمد:١٢٨٣٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ

عَنْ صَوْمِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَطَوُّعًا قَالَ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ  

ahmad:3009Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣawm Rajab Kayf Tará Fīh > Ibn ʿAbbās

I asked Sa'id b. Jubair about fasting during Rajab. He said: Ibn 'Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast; and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2430)  

أحمد:٣٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ  

ahmad:2151Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al-Madinah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2346)  

أحمد:٢١٥١حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ  

ahmad:1998Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast until we thought he would never stop fasting. And he used to not fast until we thought we would never fast. And he never fasted any complete month apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al- Madinah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1711)  

أحمد:١٩٩٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا تَامًّا مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلا رَمَضَانَ  

ahmad:24757Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to such an extent that we thought that he would never break his fast, and he would go without fasting to such an extent that we thought he would never fast. I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fast a complete month except in Ramadan, and I never saw his fast more in any month than in Sha'ban. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2434)   

أحمد:٢٤٧٥٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَمَا اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا رَمَضَانَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي شَهْرٍ قَطُّ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ  

darimi:1780ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Sālim > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] I have not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ complete a month of fasting except for the month of Sha'ban. For he used to connect it with Ramadan so that they would be two consecutive months of fasting. He used to fast throughout the month, until we would say that he did not break his fast, and he would break his fast until we would say that he did not fast.  

الدارمي:١٧٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَامَ شَهْرًا تَامًّا إِلَّا شَعْبَانَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَصِلُهُ بِرَمَضَانَ لِيَكُونَا شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ وَكَانَ يَصُومُ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِالْإِيمَاءِ الَّذِي أَشَرْنَا إِلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:3648ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr a freed slave of ʿUmar b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast till one would say that he would never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting till one would say that he would never fast. I never saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasting for a whole month except the month of Ramadan, and did not see him fasting in any month more than in the month of Sha'ban. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1969)  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا رَمَضَانَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ»  

nasai-kubra:2504Muḥammad b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Hishām > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah > Saʾaltuhā

""I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: 'The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said that he is going to fast (continually), and he used not to fast until we said: he is not going to fast. And he did not fast for a whole month from the time he came to Al-Madinah, apart from Ramadan."' ' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2183)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٥٠٤أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهَا

عَنْ صِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَلَمْ يَصُمْ شَهْرًا تَامًّا مُنْذُ أَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَمَضَانَ»  

nasai-kubra:2667Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al-Madinah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2346)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ»  

nasai-kubra:2670Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > Saʾalt ʿĀʾishah

"I asked 'Aishah about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah. She said: "The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: He is going to (continue to) fast, and he used not to fast until we said: He is not going to, and he did not fast for a whole month from the time he came to Al-Madinah, apart from Ramadan."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2349)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صِيَامِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ «كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَمَا صَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا كَامِلًا مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَّا رَمَضَانَ»