Hadith 1711

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ ، وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ ، وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا إِلَّا رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said:` “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast until we thought he would never stop fasting. And he used to not fast until we thought we would never fast. And he never fasted any complete month apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al- Madinah.”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الصيام / 1711
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Rajab is among the sacred months.
And in the light of this hadith, it can be said that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to fast abundantly in this month.
Or it may mean that, like other months, sometimes he would fast and sometimes he would not.
There is no specific ruling regarding this.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2430