Hadith 4503

حَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ , أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ , عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ , عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ , عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ , عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ , عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ , قَالَ : دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَشْعَثُ وَهْوَ يَطْعَمُ , فَقَالَ : الْيَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءُ , فَقَالَ : " كَانَ يُصَامُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ رَمَضَانُ ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ رَمَضَانُ تُرِكَ فَادْنُ فَكُلْ " .
Narrated `Abdullah: That Al-Ash'ath entered upon him while he was eating. Al-Ash'ath said, "Today is 'Ashura." I said (to him), "Fasting had been observed (on such a day) before (the order of compulsory fasting in) Ramadan was revealed. But when (the order of fasting in) Ramadan was revealed, fasting (on 'Ashura') was given up, so come and eat."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب تفسير القرآن / 4503
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
In all these narrations, the obligation of fasting in Ramadan is mentioned.
This is the correspondence between the chapter and these narrations.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4503
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
In one narration, it is clarified that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (radi Allahu anhu) said:
"If you are not fasting, then eat with me."
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, Hadith: 2651(1127))

It is narrated from Jabir ibn Samurah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to command us to fast on the day of Ashura. Then, when the fasting of Ramadan was made obligatory, there was neither a command nor a prohibition regarding Ashura.
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Siyam, Hadith: 2652(1128))
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4503