8. Book of Virtues (7/9)
٨۔ كتاب الفضائل ص ٧
"Qul Huwa Allahu ahad [Say: He is Allah, (the) One] is equivalent to one third of the Quran."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad is equal to a third of the Qur'an."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ) تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed there is a Surah in the Qur'an of thirty Ayat, which intercedes for a man until he is forgiven. It is [Surah] Tabarak Alladhi Biyadihil-Mulk."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ سُورَةً مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً شَفَعَتْ لِرَجُلٍ حَتَّى غُفِرَ لَهُ وَهِيَ سُورَةُ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
8.5 Desirability of Assembling for the Recitation of the Noble Qur'an
٨۔٥ باب استحباب الاجتماع على القراءة:
Virtues of those who gather in the masājid for the remembrance of Allah
from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "No people get together in a house of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah, and learning it together among themselves, but sakīnah (tranquility) comes down upon them, Mercy envelops them, angels surround them, and Allah makes a mention of them among those who are with Him."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ، وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، إِلاَّ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ، وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ، وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ، وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ۔»
"No people sit in a gathering remembering Allah, But the angels surround them, mercy covers them, tranquility descends upon them and Allah remembers them before those who are with Him."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ يَشْهَدَانِ بِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ إِلاَّ حَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَتَغَشَّتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَتَنَزَّلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ
He bears witness, from Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri, that they bear witness, from the Messenger of Allah, that he said: “There is no group that remembers Allah, except that the angels encompass them, mercy covers them, and tranquility descends upon them: and Allah remembers (mentions) them before those who are with Him.”
أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا شَهِدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ حَفَّتْ بِهِمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ
8.6 The Merits of Ablutions (Wudu')
٨۔٦ باب فضل الوضوء:
Once I went up the roof of the mosque, along with Abu Huraira. He perform ablution and said, "I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "On the Day of Resurrection, my followers will be called "Al-Ghurr-ul- Muhajjalun" from the trace of ablution and whoever can increase the area of his radiance should do so (i.e. by performing ablution regularly).' "
رَقِيتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي يُدْعَوْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ غُرًّا مُحَجَّلِينَ مِنْ آثَارِ الْوُضُوءِ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يُطِيلَ غُرَّتَهُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ
The Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said: He who performed ablution well, his sins would come out from his body, even coming out from under his nails.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ خَرَجَتْ خَطَايَاهُ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَظْفَارِهِ
8.7 The Excellence of Adhan
٨۔٧ باب فضل الآذان
8.8 The Excellence of As-Salat (The Prayer)
٨۔٨ باب فضل الصلوات
8.9 Excellence of the Morning (Fajr) and 'Asr Prayers
٨۔٩ باب فضل صلاة الصبح والعصر
8.10 The Excellence of Proceeding towards the Mosque Walking
٨۔١٠ باب فضل المشي إلى المساجد:
8.11 The Excellence of waiting for As-Salat (The Prayer)
٨۔١١ باب فضل انتظار الصلاة:
8.12 The Excellence of Performing Salat (Prayers) in Congregation
٨۔١٢ باب فضل صلاة الجماعة
8.13 Urging to Observe 'Isha' and Fajr Prayers in Congregation
٨۔١٣ باب الحث على حضور الجماعة في الصبح والعشاء
8.14 Strict Orders for Observance of Obligatory Salat
٨۔١٤ باب الأمر بالمحافظة على الصلوات المكتوبات والنهي الأكيد والوعيد الشديد في تركهن:
8.15 The Excellence of Standing in the First Row (In Salat)
٨۔١٥ باب فضل الصف الأول والأمر بإتمام الصفوف الأُول، وتسويتها والتراص فيها
8.16 The Excellence of Optional Prayers (Sunnah Mu'akkadah) along with the Obligatory Prayers
٨۔١٦ باب فضل السنن الراتبة مع الفرائض وبيان أقلها وأكملها وما بينهما
8.17 Emphasis on Performing two Rak'ah Sunnah before Dawn (Fajr) Prayer
٨۔١٧ باب تأكيد ركعتي سنة الصبح:
8.18 Briefness to be Adopted in Performing the two Rak'ah Sunnah before Fajr Prayer, their time and the Surah to recite in them
٨۔١٨ باب تخفيف ركعتي الفجر وبيان ما يقرأ فيهما، وبيان وقتهما.
8.19 Desirability of Lying down on one's right side after the Sunnah of Fajr Prayer
٨۔١٩ باب استحباب الاضطجاع بعد ركعتي الفجر على جنبه الأيمن والحث عليه سواء كان تهجد بالليل أم لا.
8.20 Sunnah of Zuhr Prayer
٨۔٢٠ باب سنة الظهر:
8.21 Sunnah of the 'Asr Prayer
٨۔٢١ باب سنة العصر:
8.22 Sunnahs of Maghrib Prayer
٨۔٢٢ سنة المغرب بعدها وقبلها
8.23 Sunnah of Friday Prayer
٨۔٢٣ باب سنة الجمعة:
8.24 Desirability of offering Nawfil (Voluntary or Optional) Prayers at Home
٨۔٢٤ باب استحباب جعل النوافل في البيت سواء الراتبة وغيرها، والأمر بالتحول للنافلة من موضع الفريضة أو الفصل بينهما بكلام
8.25 Witr Prayer, its Time and Ruling
٨۔٢٥ باب الحث على صلاة الوتر وبيان أنه سنة مؤكدة وبيان وقته:
8.26 Merit of the (Optional) Duha (Forenoon) Prayer
٨۔٢٦ باب فضل صلاة الضحى وبيان أقلها وأكثرها وأوسطها والحث على المحافظة عليها:
8.27 Time for the Duha (Forenoon Optional) Prayer
٨۔٢٧ باب: تجويز صلاة الضحى من ارتفاع الشمس إلى زوالها والأفضل أن تصلى عند اشتداد الحر وارتفاع الضحى:
8.28 Encouragement to Perform Tahiyyat al-Masjid
٨۔٢٨ باب الحث على صلاة تحية المسجد بركعتين وكراهية الجلوس قبل أن يصلي ركعتين في أي وقت دخل سواء صلى ركعتين بنية التحية أو صلاة فريضة أو سنة راتبة أو غيرها:
The encouragement to pray two rakahs upon entering the mosque and the dislike of sitting before performing them, regardless of the time of entry, is emphasized. These two rakahs can be performed with the intention of the greeting of the mosque or through obligatory, regular Sunnah, or other prayers.
8.29 The Excellence of Performing two Rak'ah of Voluntary Prayer after Ablution
٨۔٢٩ باب استحباب ركعتين بعد الوضوء:
8.30 Virtue of Jumuah (Friday) Prayer
٨۔٣٠ باب فضل يوم الجمعة
and its obligation, and the necessity of performing ablution for it, and wearing nice clothes and hastening towards it, and making supplications on Friday, and sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ and in it is an explanation of the hour of acceptance and the recommendation to increase the remembrance of Allah Almighty after Friday.
ووجوبها والاغتسال لها، والطيب والتبكير إليها والدعاء يوم الجمعة، والصلاة على النبي، ﷺ ، وفيه بيان ساعة الإجابة واستحباب إكثار ذكر الله تعالى بعد الجمعة
8.31 The Desirability of Prostrating out of Gratitude
٨۔٣١ باب استحباب سجود الشكر عند حصول نعمة ظاهرة أو اندفاع بلية ظاهرة:
8.32 Virtue of Doing Qiyam al-Layl (Standing in Prayer at Night)
٨۔٣٢ فضل قيام الليل
8.33 The Excellence of Optional (Tawawih) Prayer during Ramadan
٨۔٣٣ باب استحباب قيام رمضان وهو التراويح:
8.34 The Superiority of Lailat-ul-Qadr (the Night of Decree)
٨۔٣٤ باب فضل قيام ليلة القدر وبيان أرجى لياليها:
8.35 The Excellence of using Miswak (Tooth-Stick)
٨۔٣٥ باب فضل السواك وخصال الفطرة:
8.36 The Excellence and Obligation of the Payment of Zakat
٨۔٣٦ باب تاكيد وجوب الزكاة وبيان فضلها وما يتعلق بها:
8.37 Virtues of Fasting During Ramadan
٨۔٣٧ باب وجوب صوم رمضان وبيان فضل الصيام وما يتعلق به:
Allah, the Most High, said: "O believers, fasting has been prescribed upon you as it was prescribed upon those before you..." until His statement: "The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran was revealed as guidance for mankind, and with clear proofs of guidance and the Criterion. So whoever witnesses the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey, then ˹let him make up˺ an equal number of other days." (Baqarah 2:183-185)
As for the ahadith, they have been discussed in the preceding section.
قَالَ الله تَعَالَى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ﴾ إِلَى قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ﴾ الآية [البقرة: ١٨٣- ١٨٥]
وَأما الأحاديث فقد تقدمت في الباب الَّذِي قبله
8.38 Increase in Goodness for Charitable Giving and Good Deeds During Ramadan
٨۔٣٨ باب الجود وفعل المعروف والإكثار من الخير في شهر رمضان
and even more during its last ten nights
والزيادة من ذلك في العشر الأواخر منه
8.39 Prohibition to Fast After the Middle of Shaban
٨۔٣٩ باب النهي عن تقدم رمضان بصوم بعد نصف شعبان
Except for those who connect it with what is before it (i.e. first half), or ˹fasted˺ out of a regular habit. His ﷺ habit was to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, so it agreed with ˹the recommendation˺.
إلا لمن وصله بما قبله، أو وافق عادة كان عادته صوم الاثنين والخميس فوافقه
8.40 What is to Be Said Upon Sighting of a New Crescent Moon
٨۔٤٠ ما يقال عند رؤية الهلال
Dua when sighting the new crescent moon
that when the Prophet ﷺ would see a crescent moon, he would say:
allāhumma ahlilhu ʿalaynā bi-al-yumni wa-al-īmān, wa-al-salāmati wa-al-islām, rabbī wa-rabbuka Allāh
(O Allah, bring it over us with blessing and faith, and security and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.)”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى الْهِلاَلَ قَالَ:
«(اللَّهُمَّ أَهْلِلْهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلاَمَةِ وَالإِسْلاَمِ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ)»
8.41 Virtue of Suhur (Predawn meal) and Delaying It Until Fajr
٨۔٤١ فضل السحور وتأخيره ما لم يخشَ طلوع الفجر
Suhur is full of blessings
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take Suhur as there is a blessing in it."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً
Recommendation to eat suhur close to start of Fajr
they took the Suhur (predawn meal) with the Prophet ﷺ and then stood up for the (morning) prayer. I asked him: "How long was the interval between the two (Suhur and Fajr)?" He replied: "The interval between the two was just sufficient to recite fifty or sixty ayah."
«أَنَّهُمْ تَسَحَّرُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، قُلْتُ: كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ: قَدْرُ خَمْسِينَ أَوْ سِتِّينَ يَعْنِي آيَةً»
Recommendation to eat suhur close to start of Fajr
We took meal shortly before dawn along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We then stood up for ˹Fajr˺ prayer. I said: How much span of time was there between the two (Suhur and Fajr)? He said: ˹a span of reciting˺ fifty verses.
تَسَحَّرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قُمْنَا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ قَدْرُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا؟ قَالَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً۔
Recommendation to eat suhur until the adhan of Fajr
There were to callers of adhan for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Bilal and Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Bilal announces the adhan at night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum announces adhan." And he ˹the narrator˺ said: "The ˹period˺ between their ˹adhans˺ was not more than this that one climbing down ˹from the place of adhan˺ and the other one climbing up."
كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُؤَذِّنَانِ بِلاَلٌ وَابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الأَعْمَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ بِلاَلاً يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمَا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ هَذَا وَيَرْقَى هَذَا
The People of the Book did not eat suhur
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The difference between our ˹way of˺ fasting and that of the People of the Book is eating of the suhur.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَصْلُ مَا بَيْنَ صِيَامِنَا وَصِيَامِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَكْلَةُ السَّحَرِ
8.42 Virtue of Hastening to Break the Fast, and the Supplication to Say Upon Breaking It
٨۔٤٢ فضل تعجيل الفطر وما يفطر عليه وما يقوله بعد إفطاره
Recommendation to hasten breaking the fast
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking of the fast."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْفِطْرَ
The Prophet ﷺ hastened to break the fast
I and Misruq went to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) and Masruq said to her: There are two persons among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ none of whom abandons the good, but one of them hastens to observe sunset prayer and break the fast, and the other delays in observing the sunset prayer and in breaking the fast, whereupon she said: Who hastens to observe sunset prayer and break the fast? He said: It is 'Abdullah. Upon this she said: This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do.
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَمَسْرُوقٌ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهَا مَسْرُوقٌ: رَجُلاَنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ كِلاَهُمَا لاَ يَأْلُو عَنِ الْخَيْرِ: أَحَدُهُمَا يُعَجِّلُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالإِفْطَارَ، وَالآخَرُ يُؤَخِّرُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالإِفْطَارَ۔ فَقَالَتْ: مَنْ يُعَجِّلُ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالإِفْطَارَ؟ قَالَ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ: هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ
Most beloved servants are those who hasten to break the fast
the Messenger of Allah said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, said: 'Those of My worshippers who are most beloved to me are the quickest to break their fast.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ: «أَحَبُّ عِبَادِي إِلَىَّ أَعْجَلُهُمْ فِطْرًا۔»
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ اللَّيْلُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَأَدْبَرَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَغَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ
Hastening to break the fast when the night falls toward the west
We were in the company of the Prophet ﷺ on a journey and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he addressed somebody, "O so-and-so, get up and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (Will you wait) till it is evening?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (If you wait) till it is evening." The Prophet ﷺ said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "It is still daytime."(1) The Prophet ﷺ said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He got down and mixed Sawiq for them. The Prophet ﷺ drank it and then said, "When you see night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast."
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ فَلَمَّا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ الْقَوْمِ يَا فُلاَنُ قُمْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلَوْ أَمْسَيْتَ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا قَالَ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ نَهَارًا قَالَ انْزِلْ فَاجْدَحْ لَنَا فَنَزَلَ فَجَدَحَ لَهُمْ فَشَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اللَّيْلَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ هَا هُنَا فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ
Recommendation to break the fast with dates
the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you breaks his fast, then let him do so with dried dates. And whoever does not find dates, then water, for it is purifying."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى تَمْرٍ زَادَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ فَإِنَّهُ بَرَكَةٌ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيُفْطِرْ عَلَى مَاءٍ فَإِنَّهُ طَهُورٌ
Recommendation to break the fast with rutab (rutabah) dates
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to break his fast before praying with some rutabah dates; but if there were no rutabah dates, he had a few fully ripened dates, and if there were no fully ripened dates, he took some mouthfuls of water.
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُفْطِرُ عَلَى رُطَبَاتٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رُطَبَاتٌ فَعَلَى تَمَرَاتٍ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَسَا حَسَوَاتٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ
8.43 Safeguarding the Fast Through Controlling Negative Reactions
٨۔٤٣ أمر الصائم بحفظ لسانه وجوارحه عن المخالفات والمشاتمة ونحوها
Reward for fasting is up to Allah and its several other virtues
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.'
"Fasting is a shield (protection from the Hellfire and from committing sins). If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say: I am fasting."
"By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk."
"There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «قَالَ اللَّهُ: كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلاَّ الصِّيَامَ، فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ۔»
«وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ وَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلاَ يَرْفُثْ وَلاَ يَصْخَبْ فَإِنْ سَابَّهُ أَحَدٌ أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ۔»
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ لِلصَّائِمِ۔»
«فَرْحَتَانِ يَفْرَحُهُمَا إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ رَبَّهُ فَرِحَ بِصَوْمِهِ۔»
Safeguarding oneself from bad actions while fasting is from the perfection of fasting
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting.)"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَةٌ فِي أَنْ يَدَعَ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ
8.44 Matters Related to Fasting
٨۔٤٤ في مسائل من الصوم
Accidentally eating or drinking does not break one's fast
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody eats or drinks forgetfully then he should complete his fast, for what he has eaten or drunk, has been given to him by Allah."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَسِيَ فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ فَلْيُتِمَّ صَوْمَهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَسَقَاهُ
Rinsing the mouth thoroughly is from the perfection of wudu except when one is fasting
From his father who said: "I said. 'O Messenger of Allah! Inform me about Wudu.' So he said: "Perform Wudu well, and go between the fingers, and perform Istinshaq extensively except when fasting."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ قَالَ أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ وَخَلِّلْ بَيْنَ الأَصَابِعِ وَبَالِغْ فِي الاِسْتِنْشَاقِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا
One may begin to fast even in a state of ritual impurity
At times Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to get up in the morning in the state of Janaba after having sexual relations with his wives. He would then take a bath and fast.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُدْرِكُهُ الْفَجْرُ وَهُوَ جُنُبٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ وَيَصُومُ
One may begin to fast even after having intimacy
I heard Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) narrating that he who is overtaken by dawn in a state of seminal emission should not observe fast. I made a mention of it to 'Abd al-Rahman b. Harith (i. e. to his father) but he denied it. 'Abd al-Rahman went and I also went along with him till we came to'A'isha and Umm Salama (Allah be pleased with both of them) and Abd al-Rahman asked them about it.
Both of them said: (At times it so happened) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up in the morning in a state of junub (but without seminal emission in a dream) and observed fast.
He (the narrator) said: We then proceeded till we went to Marwan and Abd al-Rahman made a mention of it to him. Upon this Marwan said: I stress upon you (with an oath) that you better go to Abu Huraira and refer to him what is said about it. So we came to Abu Huraira and Abu Bakr had been with us throughout and 'Abd al-Rahman made a mention of it to him, whereupon Abu Huraira said: Did they (the two wives of the Holy Prophet) tell you this? He replied: Yes Upon this (Abu Huraira) said: They have better knowledge. Abu Huraira then attributed that what was said about it to Fadl b. 'Abbas and said: I heard it from Fadl and not from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu Huraira then retracted from what he used to say about it. Ibn Juraij (one of the narrators) reported: I asked 'Abd al-Malik, if they (the two wives) said (made the statement) in regard to Ramadan, whereupon he said: It was so, and he (the Holy Prophet) (woke up in the) morning in a state of junub which was not due to the wet dream and then observed fast.
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصْبِحُ جُنُبًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حُلُمٍ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ
8.45 Virtue of Fasting in Muharram, Shaban, and the Sacred Months
٨۔٤٥ بيان فضل صوم المحرم وشعبان والأشهر الحرم
Best fast after Ramadan is Muharram and the best prayer after the fard is the night prayer
The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ
Shaban was the month most fasted by the Prophet ﷺ outside of Ramadan
The Prophet ﷺ never fasted in any month more than in the month of Sha'ban.
He used to say, "Do those deeds which you can do easily, as Allah will not get tired (of giving rewards) till you get bored and tired (of performing religious deeds)." The most beloved prayer to the Prophet ﷺ was the one that was done regularly (throughout the life) even if it were little. And whenever the Prophet ﷺ offered a prayer he used to offer it regularly.
لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَصُومُ شَهْرًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَصُومُ شَعْبَانَ كُلَّهُ
وَكَانَ يَقُولُ خُذُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا وَأَحَبُّ الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا دُووِمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّتْ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلاَةً دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهَا
Fasting in the Sacred Months; Ramadan is the Month of Patience
He (al-Bāhilī) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then went away and came back to him after a year, and his condition and appearance had changed. He said, “O Messenger of Allah, do you not recognize me?” He said, “Who are you?” He said, “I am the al-Bāhilī who came to you last year.” He said, “What has changed you, when you used to be of good appearance?” He said, “I have not eaten any food except at night since I left you.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Why have you tortured yourself?”
Then he said, “Fast the month of patience (i.e. Ramaḍān), and one day from every month.” He said, “Increase it for me, for I have strength.” He said, “Fast two days.” He said, “Increase it for me.” He said, “Fast three days.” He said, “Increase it for me.” He said, “Fast during the sacred months and leave off; fast during the sacred months and leave off; fast during the sacred months and leave off.” And he gestured with his three fingers, drawing them together and then releasing them.
أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَأَتَاهُ بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ وَقَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ حَالَتُهُ وَهَيْئَتُهُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمَا تَعْرِفُنِي؟ قَالَ: «وَمَنْ أَنْتَ؟» قَالَ: أَنَا الْبَاهِلِيُّ الَّذِي جِئْتُكَ عَامَ الأَوَّلِ۔ قَالَ: «فَمَا غَيَّرَكَ وَقَدْ كُنْتَ حَسَنَ الْهَيْئَةِ؟» قَالَ: مَا أَكَلْتُ طَعَامًا إِلاَّ بِلَيْلٍ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُكَ۔ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لِمَ عَذَّبْتَ نَفْسَكَ؟»
ثُمَّ قَالَ: «صُمْ شَهْرَ الصَّبْرِ، وَيَوْمًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ۔» قَالَ: زِدْنِي فَإِنَّ بِي قُوَّةً۔ قَالَ: «صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ۔» قَالَ: زِدْنِي۔ قَالَ: «صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ۔» قَالَ: زِدْنِي۔ قَالَ: «صُمْ مِنَ الْحُرُمِ وَاتْرُكْ، صُمْ مِنَ الْحُرُمِ وَاتْرُكْ، صُمْ مِنَ الْحُرُمِ وَاتْرُكْ۔» وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ الثَّلاَثَةِ فَضَمَّهَا ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهَا
8.46 Virtue of Fasting the First Ten Days of Dhu al-Hijjah
٨۔٤٦ فضل الصوم وغيره في العشر الأول من ذي الحجة
No deed is better than the one done during the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah
The Prophet ﷺ said, "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah)." Then some companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "Not even Jihad?" He replied, "Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah's sake) and does not return with any of those things."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَا الْعَمَلُ فِي أَيَّامِ الْعَشْرِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ فِي هَذِهِ۔» [يعني: أَيامَ العشرِ] قَالُوا: وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ؟ قَالَ: «وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ يُخَاطِرُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ بِشَىْءٍ۔»
8.47 Virtue of Fasting on the Day of 'Arafah, 'Ashura, and Tasu'a (ninth of Muharram)
٨۔٤٧ فضل صوم يوم عرفة وعاشوراء وتاسوعاء
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast ‘Ashura’, and he ordered (others) to fast it too.”
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ عَاشُورَاءَ وَيَأْمُرُ بِصِيَامِهِ
If I live till the next (year), I would definitely observe fast on the 9th, and the narration transmitted by Abu Bakr is:" He meant the day of Ashura."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَئِنْ بَقِيتُ إِلَى قَابِلٍ لأَصُومَنَّ التَّاسِعَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ
8.48 The Desirability of Fasting six Days in the Month of Shawwal
٨۔٤٨ باب استحباب صوم ستة أيام من شوال:
Reward for fasting Ramadan plus six days of Shawwal amounts to fasting a lifetime
He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then followed it with six (fasts) of Shawwal. it would be as if he fasted perpetually.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَهُ سِتًّا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ كَانَ كَصِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ
8.49 The Desirability of Observing Saum (Fasting) on Monday and Thursday
٨۔٤٩ باب استحباب صوم الاثنين والخميس:
It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ الاِثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ فِيهِ وُلِدْتُ وَفِيهِ أُنْزِلَ عَلَىَّ
the Messenger of Allah said: "Deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday, and I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ تُعْرَضُ الأَعْمَالُ يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ
"The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ
"The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ
8.50 The Desirability of Observing Three Days of Fasting in Every Month
٨۔٥٠ باب استحباب صوم ثلاثة أيام من كل شهر:
The Prophet’s ﷺ advice to Abu Hurayrah
My friend (the Prophet ﷺ ) advised me to observe three things: (1) to fast three days a month; (2) to pray two rakʿat of Duha prayer (forenoon prayer); and (3) to pray witr before sleeping.
أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلاَثٍ صِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَىِ الضُّحَى وَأَنْ أُوتِرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ
My Friend ﷺ instructed me in three (acts), and I would never abandon them as long as I live. (And these three things are): Three fasts during every month, the forenoon prayer, and this that I should not sleep till I have observed the Witr prayer.
أَوْصَانِي حَبِيبِي ﷺ بِثَلاَثٍ لَنْ أَدَعَهُنَّ مَا عِشْتُ بِصِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَصَلاَةِ الضُّحَى وَبِأَنْ لاَ أَنَامَ حَتَّى أُوتِرَ
" I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'The month of patience ( Ramadan) and three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime."' (Sahih).
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ شَهْرُ الصَّبْرِ وَثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ
Yes I said to her: Which were (the particular) days of the month on which he observed fast? She said: He was not particular about the days of the month on which to observe fast.
أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ يَصُومُ قَالَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُبَالِي مِنْ أَىِّ أَيَّامِ الشَّهْرِ يَصُومُ
"I heard Abu Dharr, at Ar-Rabadhah, saying: 'The Messenger of Allah said: if you want to fast at any time during the monthm then fast on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."'
لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صُمْتَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَصُمْ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
"The Messenger of Allah commanded us to fast three days of Al-Bid, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَصُومَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامِ الْبِيضِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
"The Messenger of Allah commanded us to fast the three days of Al-Bid, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَصُومَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامِ الْبِيضِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command us to fast the days of the white (nights): thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the month. He said: This is like keeping perpetual fast.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَصُومَ الْبِيضَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ قَالَ وَقَالَ هُنَّ كَهَيْئَةِ الدَّهْرِ
"The Messenger of Allah would not break fast on the days of Al-Bid whether he was a resident or traveling."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُفْطِرُ أَيَّامَ الْبِيضِ فِي حَضَرٍ وَلاَ سَفَرٍ
8.51 Virtue of Helping a Fasting Person to Break His Fast
٨۔٥١ فضل من فطر صائمًا
And the virtue of the one who is fasting in the eyes of the one eating from his food and the supplication of the one eating the food before him.
وفضل الصائم الذي يؤكل عنده ودعاء الآكل للمأكول عنده
The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever provides the food for a fasting person to break his fast with, then for him is the same reward as his (the fasting person's), without anything being diminished from the reward of the fasting person."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ شَيْئًا
"I heard a freed slave of ours called Laila narrated from [his (Habib's) grandmother] Umm Amarah bint Ka'b Al-Ansar, that the Prophet entered upon her and some food was brought to him. He said: 'Eat.' She said: 'I am fasting.' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Indeed the angels send Salat upon the fasting person when (others) eat in his presence, until they finish.' And perhaps he said: 'Until they have eaten their fill.'"
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَدَّمَتْ إِلَيْهِ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ كُلِي فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي صَائِمَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الصَّائِمَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ إِذَا أُكِلَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى يَفْرُغُوا وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ حَتَّى يَشْبَعُوا
The Prophet ﷺ came to visit Sa'd ibn Ubaydah, and he brought bread and olive oil, and he ate (them). Them). Then the Prophet ﷺ said: May the fasting (men) break their fast with you, and the pious eat your food, and the angels pray for blessing on you.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَاءَ إِلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ فَجَاءَ بِخُبْزٍ وَزَيْتٍ فَأَكَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الأَبْرَارُ وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ