Fasting & Ramadan

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Fasting

I was shown Lailat-ul-Qadr; then I was made to forget it, and saw that I was prostrating in water and clay in the morning of that (night). He (the narrator) said: There was a downpour on the twenty-third night and...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Fasting

Look for (and in the words of Waki, seek) Lailat-ul-Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan.

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Fasting

I thu asked Ubayy b. Ka'b (Allah be pleased with him): Your brother (in faith) Ibn Mas'ud says: He who stands (for the night prayer) throughout the year would find Lailat-ul-Qadr, whereupon he said: May Allah have mercy upon him;...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Fasting

By Allah, I know well about it. Shu'ba said: To the best of my knowledge it was the twenty-seventh night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. Shu'ba doubted these words: That it was...

Sahih Muslim

The Book of Fasting

We were talking about Lailat-ul-Qadr in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: He who amongst you remembers (the night) when the moon arose and it was like a piece of plate (at the fag end...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Ibn Abbas explained the following Qur'anic verse: "O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you" During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), when the people offered night prayer, they were asked...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Al Bara’ (bin Azib) said “When a man fasted and slept, he could not eat till (another nigh) like it.” Sarmah bin Qais Al Ansari came to his wife while he was fasting and asked her Do you have something...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Salamah bin Al Akwa said “After the revelation of the verse “For those who can do it(with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent, is one of us intended to leave fast and pay ransom, he...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Ibn ‘Abbas explain the Qur’anic verse “For those who can do it(with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent” said “If one of them wished to pay ransom by providing food to an indigent person he...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Ibn ‘Abbas said “The verse concerning the payment of ransom stands valid for pregnant and sucking woman.”

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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;...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Ibn ‘Umar reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote (a letter) to the people of Basrah: It has reached us from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), like the tradition narrated by Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ). This version adds: The best calculation is...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

We kept fast for twenty-nine days along with the Prophet (ﷺ) more often than we kept fast for thirty days.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: The two months of 'Id (festival), Ramadan and Dhu al-Hijjah, are not defective.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...