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Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2306

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ibn Abbas explained the following Quranic verse: "O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you" During the lifetime of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), when the people offered night prayer, they were a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2311

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Explaining the verse; "For those who can do it (with hard-ship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent," he said: This was a concession granted to the aged man and woman who were able to keep fast; they were allowed to leave the fast a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2312

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The month consists of twenty-nine days, but do not fast till you sight it (the moon) and do not break your fast till you sight it. If the weather is cloudy, calculate it thirty days. When the twenty-ninth of S...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2315

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: We kept fast for twenty-nine days along with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) more often than we kept fast for thirty days. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2317

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The end of Ramadan is on the day when you end it, and the 'Id (festival) of sacrifice is on the day when you sacrifice. The whole of Arafah is the place of staying, and the whole of Mina is the place of sacrifice, a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2318

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to count the days in Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then he fasted when he sighted the new moon of Ramadan; but if the weather was cloudy he counted thirty days and then fast...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2319

Narrated Hudhayfah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not fast (for Ramadan) before the coming of the month until you sight the moon or complete the number (of thirty days); then fast until you sight the moon or complete the number (of thirty days). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2320

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan except in the case of a man who has been in the habit or observing a fast (on that day); and do not fast until you sight it (the moon). Then fast until you ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2322

Narrated Mu'awiyah: AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah said: Mu'awiyah stood among the people at Dayr Mustahill lying at the gate of Hims. He said: O people, we sighted the moon on such-and-such day. We shall fast in advance. Anyone who likes to do so may do it. Malik ibn Huba...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2327

Narrated Ammar: AbuIshaq reported on the authority of Silah: We were with Ammar on the day when the appearance of the moon was doubtful. (The meat of) goat was brought to him. Some people kept aloof from (eating) it. Ammar said: He who keeps fast on this day disobeys AbulQas...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2329

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: She never saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) fasting the whole month except Sha'ban which he combined with Ramadan. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2330

Narrated AbuHurayrah: AbdulAziz ibn Muhammad said: Abbad ibn Kathir came to Medina and went to the assembly of al-Ala'. He caught hold of his hand and made him stand and said: O Allah, he narrates a tradition from his father on the authority of AbuHurayrah who reported the A...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2331

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Husayn ibn al-Harith al-Jadli from the tribe of Jadilah Qays said: The governor of Mecca delivered a speech and said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) took a pledge from us that we should perform the rites of hajj after sighting the moon. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2333

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: A bedouin came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: I have sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, of Ramadan. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Do you testify that...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2334

Narrated Ikrimah: Once the people doubted the appearance of the moon of Ramadan, and intended neither to offer the tarawih prayer nor to keep fast. A bedouin came from al-Harrah and testified that he had sighted the moon. He was brought to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2335

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded the people to fast. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2337

Narrated Al-Irbad ibn Sariyyah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) invited me to a meal shortly before dawn in Ramadan saying: Come to the blessed morning meal. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2341

Narrated Talq ibn Ali al-Yamami: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Eat and drink; let not the white and ascending light prevent you from (eating and drinking); so eat and drink until the red light spreads horizontally. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2343

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When any of you hears the summons to prayer while he has a vessel in his hand, he should not lay it down till he fulfils his need. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2346

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Religion will continue to prevail as long as people hasten to break the fast, because the Jews and the Christians delay doing so. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2348

Narrated Salman ibn Amir: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you is fasting, he should break his fast with dates; but if he cannot get any, then (he should break his fast) with water, for water is purifying. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2349

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to break his fast before praying with some fresh dates; but if there were no fresh dates, he had a few dry dates, and if there were no dry dates, he took some mouthfuls of water. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2350

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Marwan ibn Salim al-Muqaffa' said: I saw Ibn Umar holding his bread with his hand and cutting what exceeded the handful of it. He (Ibn Umar) told that the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said when he broke his fast: Thirst has gone, the arteries are m...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2351

Narrated Mu'adh ibn Zuhrah: The Prophet of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say when he broke his fast: O Allah, for Thee I have fasted, and with Thy provision I have broken my fast. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2357

Narrated Amir ibn Rabi'ah: I have seen the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) using a tooth-stick while he was fasting. Musaddad added in his version: "more often than I could count." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2358

Narrated A Companion of the Prophet: AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman reported on the authority of a Companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): I saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanding the people while he was travelling on the occasion of the conquest of Mecca not to obser...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2359

Narrated AbuBakr: A man who narrated his tradition to me said: I have seen the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) in al-Arj pouring water over his head while he was fasting, either because of thirst or because of heat. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2360

Narrated Laqit ibn Saburah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Snuff up water freely unless you are fasting. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2361

Narrated Thawban: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man who cupped and a man who has himself cupped broke their fast. The narrator Shayban said in his version: AbuQilabah told me that AbuAsma' ar-Rahbi told him that Thawban, the client of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2362

Narrated Shaddad ibn Aws: The tradition mentioned above (No. 2361) has also been transmitted by Shaddad ibn Aws through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: While Shaddad ibn Aws was walking along with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)....The narrator then transm...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2367

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had himself cupped when he was fasting and wearing ihram (pilgrim garb). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2370

Narrated A man from the Companions: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Neither vomiting, nor emission, nor cupping breaks the fast of the one who is fasting. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2374

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: if one has a sudden attack of vomiting while one is fasting, no atonement is required of him, but if he vomits intentionally he must make atonement. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2378

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to kiss me when he was fasting and when I was fasting. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2379

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: I became gay and happy, so I kissed while I was fasting, I then said: Apostle of Allah, I have done a big deed; I kissed while I was fasting. He said: What do you think if you rinse your mouth with water while you are fasting. The narrator Isa i...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2380

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to kiss her and suck her tongue when he was fasting. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2381

Narrated AbuHurayrah: A man asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) whether one who was fasting could embrace (his wife) and he gave him permission; but when another man came to him, and asked him, he forbade him. The one to whom he gave permission was an old man and the one w...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2390

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone breaks his fast one day in Ramadan without a concession granted to him by Allah, a perpetual fast will not atone for it. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2402

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: A man from Banu Abdullah ibn Ka'b brethren of Banu Qushayr (not Anas ibn Malik, the well-known Companion), said: A contingent from the cavalry of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) raided us. I reached (for he said went) to the Apostle of Allah...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2404

Narrated Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq al-Hudhali: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone has a riding beast which carries him to where he can get sufficient food, he should keep the fast of Ramadan wherever he is when it comes. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2406

Narrated AbuBusrah al-Ghifari,: Ja'far ibn Jubayr said: I accompanied AbuBusrah al-Ghifari, a Companion of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), in a boat proceeding from al-Fustat (Cairo) during Ramadan. He was lifted (to the boat), then his meal was brought to him. The...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2407

Narrated Dihyah: Mansur al-Kalbi said: Dihyah ibn Khalifah once went out from a village of Damascus at as much distance as it measures between Aqabah and al-Fustat during Ramadan; and that is three miles. He then broke his fast and the people broke their fast along with him....

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2409

Narrated AbuBakrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: One of you should not say: I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night in the whole of Ramadan. I do not know whether he disliked the purification; or he (the narrator) said: He must have slept a litt...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2413

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The day of Arafah, the day of sacrifice, the days of tashriq are (the days of) our festival, O people of Islam. These are the days of eating and drinking. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2415

Narrated As-Samma' sister of Abdullah ibn Busr: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothing but a grape skin or a piece of wood from a tree, he should chew it. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2419

Narrated AbuQatadah: A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: How do you fast, Apostle of Allah? The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) became angry at what he said. When Umar observed this (his anger), he said: We are satisfied with Allah as Lord, with Isla...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2422

Narrated Abdullah ibn al-Harith ; or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah: The father or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah visited the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He then went away and came to him (again) after one year when his condition and appearance had changed. He said...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2425

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The month most liked by the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2426

Narrated Muslim al-Qurashi: I asked or someone asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about perpetual fasting. He replied: You have a duty to your family. Fast during Ramadan and the following month, and every Wednesday and Thursday. You will then have observed a perpetual fa...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2430

Narrated Usamah ibn Zayd: The client of Usamah ibn Zayd said that he went along with Usamah to Wadi al-Qura in pursuit of his camels. He would fast on Monday and Thursday. His client said to him: Why do you fast on Monday and Thursday, while you are an old man? He said: The ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2431

Narrated One of the wives of the Prophet: Hunaydah ibn Khalid narrated from his wife on the authority of one of the wives of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) who said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to fast the first nine days of Dhul-Hijjah, Ashura' and three ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2434

Narrated AbuHurayrah: Ikrimah said: We were with AbuHurayrah in his house when he narrated to us: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited fasting on the day of Arafah at Arafah. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2441

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Maslamah: AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his uncle that the people of the tribe Aslam came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said (to them): Did you fast on this day? They replied: No. He said: Complete the rest of your day, and make a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2443

Narrated Qatadah Ibn Malhan al-Qaysi: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2444

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to fast three days every month. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2445

Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin: The apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to fast three days every month: Monday, Thursday and Monday in the next week. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2446

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: Hunaydah al-Khuza'i reported on the authority of her mother who said: I entered upon Umm Salamah and asked her about fasting. She said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to command me to fast three days every month beginning ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2446

@Book 13, Number 2446a: Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: According to the version of an-Nufayli, Aisha said: The Property (peace_be_upon_him) used to pass by a patient while he was observing i'tikaf (in the mosque), but he passed as usual, and did not stay asking about him. A...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2448

Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who does not determine to fast before dawn does not fast. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2450

Narrated Umm Hani: On the days of the conquest of Mecca, when Mecca was captured, Fatimah came and sat on the left side of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), and Umm Hani was on his right side. A slave-girl brought a vessel which contained some drink; she gave it to h...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2451

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Some food was presented to me and Hafsah. We were fasting, but broke our fast. Then the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered upon us. We said to him: A gift was presented to us; we coveted it and we broke our fast. The Apostle of Allah...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2453

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: A woman came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) while we were with him. She said: Apostle of Allah, my husband, Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal, beats me when I pray, and makes me break my fast when I keep a fast, and he does not offer the dawn prayer unt...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2457

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to observe i'tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he did not observe i'tikaf. When the next year came, he observed i'tikaf for twenty nights (i.e. days). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2467

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The sunnah for one who is observing i'tikaf (in a mosque) is not to visit a patient, or to attend a funeral, or touch or embrace one's wife, or go out for anything but necessary purposes. There is no i'tikaf without fasting, and there is no i'...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2468

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took a vow in the pre-Islamic days to spend a night or a day in devotion near the Ka'bah (in the sacred mosque). He asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) about it. He said: Observe i'tikaf (i.e. spend a night o...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 13: 2469

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The tradition mentioned above (No. 2468) has also been transmitted by Abdullah ibn Budayl through a different chain of narrators in a similar way. This version adds: While he (Umar) was observing i'tikaf (in the sacred mosque), the people uttered ...