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nasai:2177al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He will not fast.' And he used to fast Shaban, or most of Shaban."' '  

النسائي:٢١٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ وَكَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ أَوْ عَامَّةَ شَعْبَانَ  


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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  

malik:18-62Yaḥyá > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr a freed slave of ʿUmar b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast for so long that we thought he would never stop fasting, and he would go without fasting for so long that we thought he would never fast again. I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fast for a complete month except for Ramadan, and I never saw him do more fasting in any one month than he did in Shaban.'  

مالك:١٨-٦٢حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَكْمَلَ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ رَمَضَانَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي شَهْرٍ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ  

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:2046Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Saʾalt Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ṣawm Rajab Kayf Tará Fīh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] About fasting in the month of Rajab, how do you see it? He said, Ibn Abbas narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast until we would say, "He does not break his fast," and he would break his fast until we would say, "He does not fast."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٦حَدَّثَنَا 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  

tabarani:5805Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. Ismāʿīl al-Rāzī > ʿUmar b. ʿAlī b. Abū Bakr al-Rāzī from my father > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to fast until it was said he would not break his fast, and he would break his fast until it was said he would not fast. And he used to observe the most fasting in the month of Sha'ban.  

الطبراني:٥٨٠٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَا يَصُومُ وَكَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَوْمِهِ فِي شَعْبَانَ  

nasai-kubra:2498al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He will not fast.' And he used to fast Shaban, or most of Shaban."' ' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2177)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٤٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ صِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَكَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ أَوْ عَامَّةَ شَعْبَانَ»  

nasai-kubra:2920ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

"I asked Aishah: 'Tell me about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah.' She said: 'he used to fast until we said: he is going to fast until we said: He is not going to fast. He never fasted any month more than Shaban. He used to fast (all) of Shaban except a little, he used to fast all of Shaban."' ' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2179)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩٢٠أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ وَلَمْ أَرَهُ فِي شَهْرٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ صِيَامًا فِي شَعْبَانَ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا بَلْ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ كُلَّهُ