Fasting & Ramadan

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

That man and the people of his city should not fast as an atonement except that they know (for certain) that the people of a certain city of Muslims had fasted on Sunday. In that case they should keep fast...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not fast one day or two days just before Ramadan, except in the case of a man who has been in the habit of observing the particular fast, for he may fast...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

She never saw the Prophet (ﷺ) fasting the whole month except Sha'ban which he combined with Ramadan.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

On the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): People differed among themselves on the last day of Ramadan (about the appearance of the moon of Shawwal). Then two bedouins came and witnessed before the Prophet...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The people looked for the moon, so I informed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that I had sighted it. He fasted and commanded the people to fast.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The difference between our fasting and that of the people of the Book is eating shortly before dawn.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) invited me to a meal shortly before dawn in Ramadan saying: Come to the blessed morning meal.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: How good is the believers meal of dates shortly before dawn.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The adhan (call to prayer) of Bilal should not prevent you from taking a meal shortly before dawn, not does the whiteness of horizon (before dawn) in this way (vertically) until it spreads out horizontally.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The summons (adhan) of Bilal should not restrain one of you from taking a meal shortly before dawn, for he utters adhan or calls (for prayer) so that the man at prayer may...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

When the verse "Until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black thread" was revealed, I took a white rope and a black rope, and placed them beneath my pillow ; and then I looked at...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: When the night approaches from this side and the day retreats on that side, and the sun sets - according to the version of Musaddad - he who fasts has reached the time to break...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

We went along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was fasting. When the sun set, he said to Bilal: Bilal, come down and prepare barley beverage for us. He said: Messenger of Allah, would that you waited for...