Hadith 3945

عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعُوا الطَّعَامَ وَكَادُوا أَنْ يَفْرُغُوا جَاءَ، فَقَالُوا: هَلُمَّ فَكُلْ فَأَكَلَ، فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ فَقَالَ: مَا تَنْظُرُونَ؟ فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ! لَقَدْ قَالَ: إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: صَدَقَ، وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ، وَثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ كُلِّهِ))، فَقَدْ صُمْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ فَأَنَا مُفْطِرٌ فِي تَخْفِيفِ اللَّهِ، صَائِمٌ فِي تَضْعِيفِ اللَّهِ
It is narrated from Abu Uthman that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. When he stopped at a place, people sent him an invitation to eat, while he was praying. He said: I am fasting. The people set the food, and when they were about to finish, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) came there. The people again invited him to eat, and this time he started eating. Seeing this situation, the people began to look with surprise at the first messenger, because he was the one who had conveyed the message of fasting. But he said: What are you looking at? By Allah! He had said that he was fasting. At that time, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He is telling the truth. The matter is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The fasts of the month of Ramadan and then three fasts of every month are equal to the fasts of the whole year.)) Acting upon this hadith, I had already kept three fasts at the beginning of this month, so now I am breaking my fast on the basis of Allah’s concession, while I had kept the fast to attain manifold reward from Allah.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب الصيام / 3945
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
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