Fasting & Ramadan

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Al- Madinah, and he found the Jews observing a fast. He said: ‘What is this?’ They said: ‘This is the day when Allah saved Musa and drowned Pharaoh, so Musa fasted this day in gratitude.’...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“Has anyone among you eaten today?” We said: “Some of us have eaten and some of us have not.” He said: “Complete the rest of your day (i.e., do not eat for the rest of the day), whoever has eaten...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“If I live until next year, I will fast the ninth day (of Muharram) too.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“That was a day when the people of the Ignorance used to fast. So whoever among you wants to fast may do so, and whoever does not want to may leave it.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“Fasting the day of ‘Ashura’, I hope, will expiate for the sins of the previous year.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“He used to make sure he fasted on Mondays and Thursdays.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“O Messenger of Allah, why do you fast on Mondays and Thursdays?” He said: “On Mondays and Thursdays Allah forgives every Muslim except two who have forsaken one another. He says: ‘Leave these two until they reconcile.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, I am the man who came to you last year.’ He said: ‘Why do I see your body so thin (and weak)?’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allah!...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘Which fasting is better after the month of Ramadan?’ He said: ‘The month of Allah which is called Muharram.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade fasting Rajab.

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“Fast Shawwal.” So he forsook the sacred months and he continued to fast Shawwal until he died.

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“For everything there is Zakat and the Zakat of the body is fasting.” (A narrator in one of the chains) Muhriz added in his narration: "And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Fasting is half of patience.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“Whoever gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will have a reward like theirs, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) broke his fast with Sa’d bin Mu’adh and said: ‘Aftara ‘indakumus-saimun, wa akala ta’amakumul-abrar, wa sallat ‘alaikumul- mala’ikah (May fasting people break their fast with you, may the righteous eat your food, and may the...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and we brought food for him. Some of those who were with him were fasting, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If food is eaten in the presence of one who...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Bilal: ‘Come and eat, O Bilal.’ He said: ‘I am fasting.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘We are eating our provision, but most of Bilal’s provision is in Paradise. Do you realise,...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“If anyone of you is invited to eat when he is fasting, let him say: ‘I am fasting.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“Whoever is invited to eat when he is fasting, let him accept the invitation; and if he wants to let him eat, and if he wants let him not eat.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

There are three whose supplications are not turned back: A just ruler, and a fasting person until he breaks his fast. And, the supplication of one who has been wronged is raised by Allah up to the clouds on the...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Fasting

“When the fasting person breaks his fast, his supplication is not turned back.” (One of the narrators) Ibn Abi Mulaikah said: "When he broke his fast, I heard 'Abdullah bin 'Amr say: 'O Allah! I ask You by Your mercy,...