Fasting & Ramadan

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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 Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raided us. I reached (for he said went) to the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

We went out along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for some battle in intense heat, so much so that one of us placed his hand on his head, or placed his palm on his head, due to intense heat,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone is on a journey and Ramadan comes... He then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Ibn 'Umar used to go out to al-Ghabah (jungle), but he neither broke his fast, nor shortened his prayer.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

I attended the 'Id (prayer) along with 'Umar. He offered prayer before the sermon. He then said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited fasting on these two days. As regards Id al-Adha, you eat the meat of your sacrificial animals....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade fasting on two days, al-Fitr (breaking the fast of Ramadan) and al-Adha (the day of sacrifice), and wearing a tight single garment the raising of which discloses private parts, and sitting with one's legs...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Eat. He said: I am fasting. 'Amr said: Eat, these are the days on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to command us to break fast, and forbid us to keep fast. The narrator Malik said: These are the...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: None of you must fast on Friday unless he fasts the day before or the day after.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

That the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon her on Friday while she was fasting. He asked: Did you fast yesterday ? She said: No. He again asked: Do you intend to fast tomorrow ? She said: No. He said: So break...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

When it was mentioned to Ibn Shihab (al-Zuhri) that fasting on Saturday had been prohibited, he would say: This is a Himsi tradition.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

I always concealed it, but I found that it became known widely, that is, the tradition on Ibn Busr about fasting on Saturday. Abu Dawud said: Malik said: This is a false (tradition).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

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

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

He said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about keeping fast on Monday and Thursday. He said: On it I was born, and on it the Qur'an was first revealed to me.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) met me and said: Have I not been informed that you told: I shall stand at prayer all the night, and I shall fast during the day ? He said: I think so. Yes, Messenger...