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nasai-kubra:2614Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Azhar b. al-Qāsim > Hishām > Qatādah > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr al-Aslamī

he asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting while traveling. He said: "If," then he said something to the effect that: "If you want, then fast, and if you want, then do not fast. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2294)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦١٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَسْلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ «إِنْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا شِئْتَ صُمْتَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَفْطَرْتَ»  


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nasai:2294Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Azhar b. al-Qāsim > Hishām > Qatādah > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr al-Aslamī

he asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting while traveling. He said: "If," then he said something to the effect that: "If you want, then fast, and if you want, then do not fast.  

النسائي:٢٢٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الأَسْلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ إِنْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا إِنْ شِئْتَ صُمْتَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَفْطَرْتَ  

nasai:2296Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ḥamzah

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting while traveling. He said: 'If you wish to fast then fast, and if you wish not to fast then do not fast."'  

النسائي:٢٢٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَصُومَ فَصُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُفْطِرَ فَأَفْطِرْ  

nasai:2299Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Bakr > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr

he asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting while traveling. He said: "If you wish to fast then fast, and if you wish not to fast then do not fast."  

النسائي:٢٢٩٩أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَصُومَ فَصُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُفْطِرَ فَأَفْطِرْ  

nasai:2304Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr al-Aslamī

"Should I fast while traveling?" He said: "If you wish then fast, and if you wish then do not fast."  

النسائي:٢٣٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الأَسْلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَصُومُ فِي السَّفَرِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَصُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَفْطِرْ  

ahmad:16037Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Ḥamzah b. ʿAmr al-Aslamī

he asked the Messenger of Allah about fasting while traveling. He said: "If," then he said something to the effect that: "If you want, then fast, and if you want, then do not fast. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2294)   

أحمد:١٦٠٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَسْلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ؟ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ صُمْتَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَفْطَرْتَ