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"لَا تُوَاصِلُوا، فَأيُّكُم أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَليُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ، قَالُوا: إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ، قَالَ: إِنِّى لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُم، إِنِّى أَبِيتُ لي مُطْعِمٌ يُطعِمُنِى، وسَاقٍ يَسْقِينِى".  

[حم] أحمد والدارمى، [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان عن أبى سعيد

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1963ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > al-Layth > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd

That he had heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Do not fast continuously (practice Al-Wisal), and if you intend to lengthen your fast, then carry it on only till the Suhur (before the following dawn)." The people said to him, "But you practice (Al-Wisal), O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He replied, "I am not similar to you, for during my sleep I have One Who makes me eat and drink."  

البخاري:١٩٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِينِ  

bukhari:1967Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not fast continuously day and night (practice Al-Wisal) and if anyone of you intends to fast continuously day and night, he should continue till the Suhur time." They said, "But you practice Al-Wisal, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am not similar to you;. during my sleep I have One Who makes me eat and drink."  

البخاري:١٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِينِ  

muslim:1102aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

You yourself fast uninterruptedly, whereupon he said: I am not like you. I am fed and supplied drink (by Allah).  

مسلم:١١٠٢aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

abudawud:2360ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited perpetual fasting. They (the people) said: You keep perpetual fasting, Messenger of Allah. He said: My position is not like that you yours. I am provided with food and drink.  

أبو داود:٢٣٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أُطْعَمُ وَأُسْقَى  

abudawud:2361Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Bakr b. Muḍar > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink.  

أبو داود:٢٣٦١حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ بَكْرَ بْنَ مُضَرَ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنَّ لِي مُطْعِمًا يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقِيًا يَسْقِينِي  

malik:18-42Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Beware of wisal. Beware of wisal." They said, "But you practise wisal, Messenger of Allah." He replied, "I am not the same as you. My Lord feeds me and gives me to drink."  

مالك:١٨-٤٢وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْوِصَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْوِصَالَ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:11822Abū Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade excessive proximity, and said, "Whoever does not have a need for proximity, let him maintain distance from sorcery to sorcery." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, you practice proximity." He replied, "I am not like you. I have a sustainer who feeds me and a leg that quenches my thirst."  

أحمد:١١٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بُدٌّ مِنَ الْوِصَالِ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ مِنَ السَّحَرِ إِلَىالسَّحَرِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِينِي  

ahmad:11055Qutaybah > Bakr b. Muḍar > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbābʿan Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2361)  

أحمد:١١٠٥٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرِ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِينِي  

darimi:1747ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2361)   

الدارمي:١٧٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ إِلَى السَّحَرِ» قَالُوا إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِي مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْوِصَالَ الْمَنْهِيَّ عَنْهُ يُبَاحُ لِلْمَرْءِ اسْتِعْمَالُهُ مِنَ السَّحَرِ إِلَى السَّحَرِ

ibnhibban:3577ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Ibn Wahb > Ḥaywah Waʿumar b. Mālik Wadhakar ʿUmar Ākhar Maʿahumā > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, it is narrated that he forbade excessive socialization. It was said to him, "But you maintain frequent communication with people." He replied, "You are not like me. I have a sustainer who feeds me and gives me drink. So, whoever amongst you continues to maintain constant communication, it is from one magic spell to another."  

ابن حبّان:٣٥٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَذَكَرَ عُمَرُ آخَرَ مَعَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ قَالَ «لَسْتُمْ كَهَيْئَتِي إِنِّي أَبِيتُ لِيَ مُطْعِمٌ يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِيَنِي فَأَيُّكُمْ وَاصَلَ فَمِنْ سَحَرٍ إِلَى سَحَرٍ»  

bayhaqi:8379ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Ibn Milḥān > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Khabbāb > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Do not observe perpetual fasting. If any of you wants to observe perpetual fast, he should observe it until the dawn. They (the people) asked: You observe perpetual fast ? He replied: My position is not like that of yours. There is One Who gives me to eat, and there is One who gives me to drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2361)   

البيهقي:٨٣٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا ابْنُ مِلْحَانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تُوَاصِلُوا فَأَيُّكُمْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَاصِلَ فَلْيُوَاصِلْ حَتَّى السَّحَرَ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ إِنَّ لِي مُطْعِمًا يُطْعِمُنِي وَسَاقٍ يَسْقِيَنِي  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ