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malik:18-24Mālik > Suma a freed slave of Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman from one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered everyone to break the fast on the journey he made in the year of the conquest saying, "Be strong for your enemy," while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept on fasting. Abu Bakr said that the one who related this to him said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pouring water over his head at al-Arj, either from thirst or from the heat. Then some one said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 'Messenger of Allah, a group of people kept on fasting when you did.' Then when the Messenger of Allah was at al-Kadid, he asked for a drinking-bowl and drank, and everyone broke the fast."  

مالك:١٨-٢٤وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُمَىٍّ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فِي سَفَرِهِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ بِالْفِطْرِ وَقَالَ تَقَوَّوْا لِعَدُوِّكُمْ وَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْعَرْجِ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ أَوْ مِنَ الْحَرِّ ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ طَائِفَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ صَامُوا حِينَ صُمْتَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْكَدِيدِ دَعَا بِقَدَحٍ فَشَرِبَ فَأَفْطَرَ النَّاسُ  


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abudawud:2365ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Suma a freed slave of Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ: I saw the Prophet ﷺ commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted himself. Narrated AbuBakr: A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in al-Arj pouring water over his head while he was fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat.  

أبو داود:٢٣٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُمَىٍّ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فِي سَفَرِهِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ بِالْفِطْرِ وَقَالَ تَقَوَّوْا لِعَدُوِّكُمْ وَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْعَرْجِ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمَاءَ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ أَوْ مِنَ الْحَرِّ  

ahmad:16602ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik b. Anas > Sumay > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] From a companion of the Prophet ﷺ, it is narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted during a journey in the year of victory, and he ordered his companions to break their fast. He said, "Verily, you will encounter an enemy, so strengthen yourselves." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, the people have already observed their fast because of your fasting." When he reached the outskirts of Kadeed, he broke his fast. The one who narrated it said, "I indeed saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pouring water over his head due to the heat while he was fasting."  

أحمد:١٦٦٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَامَ فِي سَفَرٍ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْإِفْطَارِ وَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَلْقَوْنَ عَدُوًّا لَكُمْ فَتَقَوَّوْا فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَامُوا لِصِيَامِكَ فَلَمَّا أَتَى الْكَدِيدَ أَفْطَرَ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مِنَ الْحَرِّ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ  

ahmad:15903Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Sumay > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ: I saw the Prophet ﷺ commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted himself. Narrated AbuBakr: A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in al-Arj pouring water over his head while he was fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2365)   

أحمد:١٥٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالْفِطْرِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَقَالَ تَقَوَّوْا لِعَدُوِّكُمْ وَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْعَرْجِ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمَاءَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ أَوْ مِنَ الْحَرِّ ثُمَّ قِيلَ  

ahmad:23191ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik > Sumay > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] "About a man from the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was fasting during his journey in the year of the conquest. He ordered his companions to break their fast and said, 'You will soon encounter your enemy, so strengthen yourselves.' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, people have already fasted because of your fasting.' When they reached Al-Qadid, he broke his fast. The one who informed me said, 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pouring water on his head due to the heat while he was fasting.'"  

أحمد:٢٣١٩١حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَامَ فِي سَفَرِهِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْإِفْطَارِ وَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ تَلْقَوْنَ عَدُوَّكُمْ فَتَقَوَّوْا فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَامُوا لِصِيَامِكَ فَلَمَّا أَتَى الْكَدِيدَ أَفْطَرَ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مِنَ الْحَرِّ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ  

bayhaqi:8150Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥīrī Fī Ākharīn Qālūā

[Machine] Abu Al-Abbas Al-Asamm reported that Ar-Rabi'u reported that Ash-Shafi'i reported that Malik reported from Sumayy, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, who reported from Abu Bakr ibn Abdur-Rahman, who reported from some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , that the Prophet ﷺ commanded the people during his journey in the year of the conquest to break their fast and said, "Prepare yourselves for your enemy." The Prophet ﷺ then fasted. Abu Bakr, meaning Ibn Abdur-Rahman, said: "The one who informed me said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pour water over his head from a jug when he was thirsty or because of the heat, so it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, some people are fasting when you are not fasting.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard this, he called for a vessel, drank from it, and the people broke their fast."  

البيهقي:٨١٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحِيرِيُّ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا

ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فِي سَفَرِهِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ بِالْفِطْرِ وَقَالَ تَقَوَّوْا لِعَدُوِّكُمْ وَصَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْعَرْجِ يَصُبُّ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ الْمَاءَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ أَوْ مِنَ الْحَرِّ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ طَائِفَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ صَامُوا حِينَ صُمْتُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْكَدِيدِ دَعَا بِقَدَحٍ فَشَرِبَ فَأَفْطَرَ النَّاسُ  

bayhaqi:8261Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Abū Naṣr al-Marwazī > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > al-Qaʿnabī Fīmā Qaraʾ > Mālik > Sumay a freed slave of Abū Bakr > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ: I saw the Prophet ﷺ commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to observe fast. He said: Be strong for your enemy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fasted himself. Narrated AbuBakr: A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in al-Arj pouring water over his head while he was fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2365)   

البيهقي:٨٢٦١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي نَصْرٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُمَيٍّ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فِي سَفَرِهِ بِالْفِطْرِ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَقَالَ تَقَوَّوْا لِعَدُوِّكُمْ وَصَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ 8261 قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَالَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْعَرْجِ يَصُبُّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمَاءَ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ أَوْ قَالَ مِنَ الْحَرِّ