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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابٌ في صِيَامِ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِChapter: Fasting one day in the cause of Allah
Hadith 1717
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، بَاعَدَ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ النَّارَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا " .
´It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, Allah will keep the Fire away from his face the distance of seventy autumns (years) for that day.”
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : There is a difference of opinion regarding the interpretation of «خریف», and in another narration, there is mention of seventy years, so by «خریف» those very years are meant, that is, the person will be distanced from Hell by the extent of a journey of seventy years.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The absolute mujtahid, Hazrat Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, wishes to clarify that in the Qur'an and Hadith, the phrase "fi sabilillah" is most often used specifically for jihad.
In the mentioned hadith as well, what is meant is fasting while engaged in jihad, by which voluntary (nafl) fasting is intended, and it is this for which such a virtue is mentioned.
The reality is that the fast of a mujahid (one striving in Allah's cause) and the prayer of a mujahid hold a very lofty status.
The absolute mujtahid, Hazrat Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, wishes to clarify that in the Qur'an and Hadith, the phrase "fi sabilillah" is most often used specifically for jihad.
In the mentioned hadith as well, what is meant is fasting while engaged in jihad, by which voluntary (nafl) fasting is intended, and it is this for which such a virtue is mentioned.
The reality is that the fast of a mujahid (one striving in Allah's cause) and the prayer of a mujahid hold a very lofty status.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 2840
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
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If there is a fear of any kind of weakness arising from fasting, then for such combatants (mujahideen), not fasting is preferable. This was the practice of Abu Talhah radi Allahu anhu. However, if one is accustomed to fasting and there is no danger of any kind of weakness from it, then fasting while engaging in jihad carries great virtue, because in this there is a combination of two acts of worship.
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The mention of seventy years in the hadith is not for limitation, but rather for emphasis (exaggeration). By this, abundance is intended, meaning that person will be at an unlimited distance from the fire of Hell. This is why, in one narration of Sunan an-Nasa’i, a distance of one hundred years is mentioned. (: Sunan an-Nasa’i, Kitab as-Siyam, Hadith: 2256)
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If there is a fear of any kind of weakness arising from fasting, then for such combatants (mujahideen), not fasting is preferable. This was the practice of Abu Talhah radi Allahu anhu. However, if one is accustomed to fasting and there is no danger of any kind of weakness from it, then fasting while engaging in jihad carries great virtue, because in this there is a combination of two acts of worship.
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The mention of seventy years in the hadith is not for limitation, but rather for emphasis (exaggeration). By this, abundance is intended, meaning that person will be at an unlimited distance from the fire of Hell. This is why, in one narration of Sunan an-Nasa’i, a distance of one hundred years is mentioned. (: Sunan an-Nasa’i, Kitab as-Siyam, Hadith: 2256)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 2840
