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nasai:2347Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr b. Musāwir al-Marwazī > Ḥammād > Marwān Abū Lubābah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He does not want to break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He does not want to fast."'  

النسائي:٢٣٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ  


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nasai:2351al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > Mālik Waʿamrū b. al-Ḥārith Wadhakar Ākhar Qablahumā > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He will not break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He will not fast.' And I never saw the Messenger of Allah fast more in any month than in Shaban."  

النسائي:٢٣٥١أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَذَكَرَ آخَرَ قَبْلَهُمَا أَنَّ أَبَا النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يَصُومُ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي شَهْرٍ أَكْثَرَ صِيَامًا مِنْهُ فِي شَعْبَانَ  

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  

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:2151Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al-Madinah." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2346)  

أحمد:٢١٥١حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ  

ahmad:25556ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Marwān Abū Lubābah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I heard Aisha say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast until we would say he doesn't want to break the fast, and he would break his fast until we would say he doesn't want to fast. And he used to recite the Qur'an every night with the Banu Isra'il and Az-Zumar."  

أحمد:٢٥٥٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرِ  

ahmad:24388Ḥasan > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Abū Lubābah al-ʿUqaylī > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I heard Aisha saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast to the extent that we would say he would not break his fast, and he would break his fast to the extent that we would say he would not fast. And he used to recite in every night (prayer) the chapters of Bani Israel and Az-Zumar."  

أحمد:٢٤٣٨٨حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرِ  

nasai-kubra:2668Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr b. Musāwir al-Amrwazī > Ḥammād > Marwān Abū Lubābah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He does not want to break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He does not want to fast."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2347)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ الَمرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ»  

nasai-kubra:11380Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr b. Musāwir > Ḥammād > Marwān Abū Lubābah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He does not want to break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He does not want to fast."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2347)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٣٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرَ»  

nasai-kubra:10480Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr b. Musāwir > Ḥammād > Marwān Abū Lubābah > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah used to fast until we said: 'He does not want to break his fast.' And he used not to fast until we said: 'He does not want to fast."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2347)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرَ