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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الصيامBook of Fasting
الْفَصْلُ الْأَوَّلُ النَّهْيُ عَنْهُ وَإِبَاحَتُهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ خُصُوصِيَّةً لَهُFirst Section: Prohibition of Continuous Fasting and Its Permissibility as a Special Privilege for the Prophet
Hadith 3815
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((لَا تُوَاصِلُوا))، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ، قَالَ: ((إِنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ، إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِي))، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا عَنِ الْوِصَالِ، فَوَاصَلَ بِهِمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَيْنِ وَلَيْلَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَأَوُا الْهِلَالَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ الْهِلَالُ لَزِدْتُكُمْ)) كَالْمُنَكِّلِ بِهِمْ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Do not observe continuous fasting (wisal). But the Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! You yourself observe wisal. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I am not like you; I spend the night in such a state that my Lord feeds me and gives me drink. Nevertheless, the people did not refrain from wisal. (As a result,) the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, observed continuous fasting with them for two days and two nights, then the moon was sighted. Then the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: If the moon had not appeared, I would have continued wisal even more. In fact, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was making this a lesson-giving punishment for them.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The question is whether this hadith should be used as evidence for the permissibility of wisal (continuous fasting without breaking the fast at sunset) or its impermissibility. If we consider the point that, had the prohibition here been for the sake of making it unlawful (haram), then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would not have allowed the Companions to persist in wisal, then it is possible to deduce permissibility from this. However, if we reflect from the perspective that permission was granted only so that it would become a lesson through a punitive experience, then the meaning of impermissibility will be extracted. The greater inclination is towards the first opinion, as one Companion says: The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam forbade cupping and wisal, out of compassion for his Companions, and did not declare them unlawful (haram). (Abu Dawud: 2374)
