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Sunan Abu DawudFasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Sunan Abu Dawud 2374

Chapter: Regarding The Allowance For That

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2374

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ وَالْمُوَاصَلَةِ وَلَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُمَا إِبْقَاءً عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي

أُوَاصِلُ إِلَى السَّحَرِ وَرَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِي ‏"

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Laila:

A man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited cupping and perpetual fasting, but he had not made them unlawful showing mercy on his Companions. Thereupon he was asked: Messenger of Allah, you observe perpetual fast till dawn. He replied: I observe perpetual fast till dawn (for) my Lord gives me food and drink.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2374).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( إِبْقَاء عَلَى أَصْحَابه ) : مُتَعَلِّق بِقَوْلِهِ نَهَى , وَحَدِيث عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن أَبِي لَيْلَى أَخْرَجَهُ أَيْضًا عَبْد الرَّزَّاق قَالَ فِي الْفَتْح وَإِسْنَاده صَحِيح , وَالْجَهَالَة بِالصَّحَابِيِّ لَا تَضُرّ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ اِبْن أَبِي شَيْبَة عَنْ وَكِيع عَنْ الثَّوْرِيّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ هَذَا وَلَفْظه عَنْ أَصْحَاب مُحَمَّد صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ; قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَهَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَآله وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْحِجَامَة لِلصَّائِمِ وَكَرِهَهَا لِلضَّعْفِ أَيْ لِئَلَّا يَضْعُف. وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ أَنَس عِنْد الدَّارَقُطْنِيِّ قَالَ فِي الْفَتْح : رُوَاته كُلّهمْ مِنْ رِجَال الْبُخَارِيّ. وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيد الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ " رَخَّصَ النَّبِ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 2374
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2374
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2374
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2374

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 662

Abu Hurairah (RAA) narrated, The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us from practicing wisal in fasting (i.e. fasting continuously without breaking one’s fast in the evening or eating before the following dawn). So a man said to him, ‘But you practice wisal O Messenger of Allah!’ The Prophet Allah (ﷺ)…

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: { نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-عَنِ اَلْوِصَالِ, فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ: فَإِنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ تُوَاصِلُ? قَالَ: " وَأَيُّكُمْ…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 7241

The Prophet (ﷺ) fasted Al-Wisal on the last days of the month. Some people did the same, and when the news reached the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, "If the month had been prolonged for me, then I would have fasted Wisal for such a long time that the most exaggerating ones among you would have given up…

لَوْ مُدَّ بِيَ الشَّهْرُ لَوَاصَلْتُ وِصَالاً يَدَعُ الْمُتَعَمِّقُونَ تَعَمُّقَهُمْ، إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ، إِنِّي أَظَلُّ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ ‏"

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