سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابُ : مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ رَمَضَانَ قَدْ فَرَّطَ فِيهِChapter: One who dies owing a fast from Ramadan which he neglected
Hadith 1757
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرُ ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ شَهْرٍ فَلْيُطْعَمْ عَنْهُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِسْكِينٌ " .
´It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` ‘Whoever dies owing the fasts of a month, one poor person should be fed on his behalf for each day.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
Imam Tirmidhi rahimahullah has stated regarding this hadith that it is actually the legal verdict (fatwa) of Abdullah radi Allahu anhu; it is not authentically narrated as a statement of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam (Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Sawm, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Expiation, Hadith: 718).
(2)
The heading that Imam Ibn Majah rahimahullah has written for this hadith indicates that, in his view, if the deceased’s failure to make up the fasts was not due to negligence, but rather he did not get the opportunity to make them up, then there is no need to feed (the poor) on his behalf. For further details on this issue, see: Benefits and Issues of Hadith 1759.
(1)
Imam Tirmidhi rahimahullah has stated regarding this hadith that it is actually the legal verdict (fatwa) of Abdullah radi Allahu anhu; it is not authentically narrated as a statement of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam (Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Sawm, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Expiation, Hadith: 718).
(2)
The heading that Imam Ibn Majah rahimahullah has written for this hadith indicates that, in his view, if the deceased’s failure to make up the fasts was not due to negligence, but rather he did not get the opportunity to make them up, then there is no need to feed (the poor) on his behalf. For further details on this issue, see: Benefits and Issues of Hadith 1759.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1757
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Ash'ath bin Sawar al-Kindi is weak,
and moreover, it is more correct that this narration is mawquf.)
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Ash'ath bin Sawar al-Kindi is weak,
and moreover, it is more correct that this narration is mawquf.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 718
