الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
العادات المباركةThe Blessed Customs
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي صِيَامِهِ تَطَوُّعًا
Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding His Voluntary Fasting
Hadith 11364
عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ الْأَيَّامَ يَسْرُدُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ الْأَيَّامَ حَتَّى لَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يَصُومَ إِلَّا يَوْمَيْنِ مِنَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِنْ كَانَا فِي صِيَامِهِ وَإِلَّا صَامَهُمَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْرٍ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ مَا يَصُومُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ تَصُومُ لَا تَكَادُ أَنْ تُفْطِرَ وَتُفْطِرُ حَتَّى لَا تَكَادُ أَنْ تَصُومَ إِلَّا يَوْمَيْنِ إِنْ دَخَلَا فِي صِيَامِكَ وَإِلَّا صُمْتَهُمَا قَالَ ”أَيُّ يَوْمَيْنِ؟“ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَوْمُ الْإِثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ قَالَ ”ذَانِكَ يَوْمَانِ تُعْرَضُ فِيهِمَا الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَأَحَبُّ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ“ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلَمْ أَرَكَ تَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْرٍ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ مَا تَصُومُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ قَالَ ”ذَاكَ شَهْرٌ يَغْفُلُ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ بَيْنَ رَجَبٍ وَرَمَضَانَ وَهُوَ شَهْرٌ يُرْفَعُ فِيهِ الْأَعْمَالُ إِلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ“
Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes fast continuously for several days, to the extent that it would be said that it seems he will not leave fasting now. But sometimes, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not fast for a long period except for two days in a week, and he would not fast as many voluntary fasts in any other month as he would in the month of Sha’ban. I asked: O Messenger of Allah! When you start fasting, you do not stop, and when you stop, you do not fast except for two days in a week? He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Which two days? I replied: Monday and Thursday. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: On these two days, the deeds of people are presented before Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and I like that my deeds are presented before Allah while I am in a state of fasting. I asked: Do you not fast as many voluntary fasts in any other month as you do in Sha’ban? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The month between Rajab and Ramadan, that is, Sha’ban, is such a month that people are heedless of it, whereas in this month, deeds are presented before Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and I like that my deeds are presented before Allah while I am fasting.
Hadith 11365
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنْ صَوْمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ مَا عَلِمْتُهُ صَامَ شَهْرًا حَتَّى يُفْطِرَ مِنْهُ وَلَا أَفْطَرَهُ حَتَّى يَصُومَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Shaqiq that he asked Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the voluntary fasts of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: To my knowledge, in whichever month the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed (voluntary) fasts, he would also leave some days without fasting, and in whichever month he did not fast, he would still observe some fasts in it. This remained his practice until his passing.
Hadith 11366
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرَ
Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes fast so frequently that we would say he will never stop fasting, but then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave fasting for such a long period that we would think he will never fast again. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Bani Isra'il and Surah Az-Zumar every night.
