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Hadith 1989

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَوْ قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ ، عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، " أَنَّ النَّاسَ شَكُّوا فِي صِيَامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِحِلَابٍ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ ، فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ " .
Narrated Maimuna: The people doubted whether the Prophet was fasting on the day of `Arafat or not, so I sent milk while he was standing at `Arafat, he drank it and the people were looking at him.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الصوم / 1989
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Abdullah ibn Wahb himself narrated this hadith to Yahya, or the students of Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated it to him; in both ways, the narration of the hadith is authentic.

Imam Bukhari rahimahullah did not mention in this chapter those ahadith which encourage fasting on the Day of Arafah, whereas he narrated the hadith which establishes that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam broke his fast on Arafah.
This is because those ahadith may not have met his conditions of authenticity.

However, Imam Muslim rahimahullah has narrated from Abu Qatadah radi Allahu anhu that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: Fasting on the Day of Arafah is an expiation for the sins of the previous year and the coming year. And some have said that the pilgrim (haji) should not fast on the Day of Arafah,
out of concern that he may become weak and thus be hindered in performing the rites of Hajj.

In this way, reconciliation is achieved between the ahadith of the chapter and those ahadith (regarding fasting on Arafah).
(Wahidi)
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 1989
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
From these narrations, it is understood that the pilgrims (hujjaj) should not fast on the Day of Arafah in the plain of Arafat on the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah.
It is narrated from Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade fasting on the Day of Arafah in the plain of Arafat.
(Musnad Ahmad: 304/2)
The wisdom mentioned for not fasting on this day is that fasting in the plain of Arafat may cause a person to become weak.
It is possible that due to this, he may become unable to engage in supplication (du'a), remembrance (dhikr), and other virtuous acts there.
And Allah knows best.

(2)
For those other than the pilgrims, fasting on this day is recommended (mustahabb). Thus, it is narrated from Abu Qatadah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
"The fast of the Day of Arafah expiates the sins of two years:
one past year and one coming year."
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, Hadith: 2746(1162))

(3)
Some contemporaries are of the opinion that for non-pilgrims, fasting on the Day of Arafah is recommended, even if it happens to be the 8th of Dhu al-Hijjah in our region. This opinion, for several reasons, is questionable.
➊ Not every person has the ability to determine the Day of Arafah, so he should be obligated to fast on the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah according to his own local calculation.
➋ In some places, there are differences in dates; for example, in our region (the Indian subcontinent), the Day of Arafah may fall on the 8th, while in some Western countries, the Day of Arafah could be on the 10th, in which case it would be Eid there, and fasting on Eid is prohibited. Therefore, linking the fast to the Day of Arafah in Saudi Arabia is questionable.
In our view, the preferred opinion is that we should rely on our own local sighting of the moon; whichever day is the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah according to our calculation, we should fast on that day, even if it is Eid in Saudi Arabia.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 1989