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nasai-kubra:3309 – al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Khālid > Hishām > Ḥafṣah > Um al-Rāʾiḥ > Salmān b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you break your fast, break it with dates. If you do not find dates, then break it with water, for indeed water purifies."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ الرَّائِحِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَفْطَرْتَ فَأَفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ فَعَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ طَهُورٌ»  

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abudawud:2355 – Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > al-Rabāb > Salmān b. ʿĀmir ʿAmmihā

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you is fasting, he should break his fast with dates; but if he cannot get any, then (he should break his fast) with water, for water is purifying.  

أبو داود:٢٣٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ الرَّبَابِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَمِّهَا قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَائِمًا فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى التَّمْرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ التَّمْرَ فَعَلَى الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ طَهُورٌ  

ibnmajah:1699 – [Chain 1] ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān And Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > al-Rabāb Um al-Rāʾiḥ b. Ṣulayʿ > ʿAmmihā Salmān b. ʿĀmir

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification."  

ابن ماجة:١٦٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ الرَّبَابِ أُمِّ الرَّائِحِ بِنْتِ صُلَيْعٍ عَنْ عَمِّهَا سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرَةٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ  

ahmad:17874 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ḥafṣah > al-Rabāb Um al-Rāʾiḥ b. Ṣulayʿ > Salmān b. ʿĀmir al-Ḍabbī

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1699)  

أحمد:١٧٨٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنِ الرَّبَابِ أُمِّ الرَّائِحِ بِنْتِ صُلَيْعٍ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الضَّبِّيِّ

قال قال رسول الله ﷺ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى مَاءٍفَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ  

darimi:1743 – Abū al-Nuʿmān > Thābit b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > Ḥafṣah > al-Rabāb al-Ḍabbiyyah from her uncle Salmān b. ʿĀmir

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1699)   

الدارمي:١٧٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ الرَّبَابِ الضَّبِّيَّةِ عَنْ عَمِّهَا سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ طَهُورٌ»  

tabarani:6196 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > al-Rabāb > Salmān b. ʿĀmir

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1699)  

الطبراني:٦١٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ الرَّبَابِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَعَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3307 – Aḥmad b. Ḥarb > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Hishām > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > al-Rabāb > Salmān b. ʿĀmir

"When any one of you breaks his fast, let him break it with dates. If he cannot find dates, then let him break it with water, for it is a means of purification." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1699)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ الرَّبَابِ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَاءَ طَهُورٌ»