5. Fasting
٥۔ كِتَابُ الصِّيَامِ
It is as if I can see ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ , riding the white mule of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he stood at the mountain pass of the Ansar during the Farewell Pilgrimage and said: O people, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ says: ʿThese are not the days of fasting, rather they are days of eating, drinking and remembering Allah.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 708)
لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ حِينَ قَامَ عَلَى شِعْبِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ أَيَّامَ صِيَامٍ إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ»
It is as if I can see ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ , riding the white mule of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he stood at the mountain pass of the Ansar during the Farewell Pilgrimage and said: O people, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ says: ʿThese are not the days of fasting, rather they are days of eating, drinking and remembering Allah.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 708)
كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ حِينَ وَقَفَ عَلَى شِعْبِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِأَيَّامِ صِيَامٍ إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ وَذِكْرٍ»
[Machine] It is as if I am looking at Ali ibn Abi Talib on the white riding animal of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , saying, "O people! Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The days of Tashriq are days of eating and drinking, not days of fasting.'" Ibn al-Hadīth contradicted him.
كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ أَيَّامَ التَّشْرِيقِ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ لَيْسَتْ بِأَيَّامِ صِيَامٍ» خَالَفَهُ ابْنُ الْهَادِ
Whilst we were in Mina, I saw ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “These days are for eating and drinking, so no one should fast these days.” And he went around to the people on his camel, shouting that, (Using translation from Aḥmad 567)
بَيْنَا نَحْنُ بِمِنًى إِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى جَمَلٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ هَذِهِ أَيَّامُ طُعْمٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَلَا يَصُمْ أَحَدٌ»