Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 13869 — Fasting on the day of Arafah

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about fasting on the day of Arafah. He said: I performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast that day; I performed Hajj with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too did not fast that day; I performed Hajj with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too did not fast that day; I performed Hajj with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too did not fast that day; and I myself do not fast it. As for you, I neither command you to fast it nor forbid you from it.