The Book on Fasting

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Prophet said: "When one of you is invited to eat then let him respond, if he is fasting then let him pray." Meaning: supplicate.

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Prophet said: "When one of you is invited (to a meal) and he is fasting, then let him said: 'Indeed I am fasting.'"

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The Prophet was cupped while he was fasting."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous fast is the fast of my brother Dawud. He would fast a day, and not fast (the next) day. He would not flee at the time of engagement (with the enemy)."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"I witnessed Umar bin Al-Khattab on the Day of Nahr beginning with the Salat before the Khutbah. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah prohibit fasting on these two days. As for the Day of Fitr, then it...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The Messenger of Allah prohibited two fasts: Fasting the Day of Adha and the Day of Fitr."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Messenger of Allah said: "The Day of Arafah, the Day of Nahr, and the Days of Tashriq are Eid for us. The people of Islam, and they are days of eating and drinking,"

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Prophet said: "The cupper and the one cupped have broke the fast."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"the Messenger of Allah was cupped while he was fasting and in Ihram."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

The Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed your Lord said: 'Every good deed is rewarded with ten of the same up to seven hundred times over. Fasting is for Me, and I shall reward for it.' Fasting is a shield from...