Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 13873 — Fasting on the day of Arafah

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) on the day of Arafah while he was eating a pomegranate, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast on the day of Arafah; Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) gave him milk to drink, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) drank from it. Then he said: "May Allah curse so-and-so; they deliberately turned to the days of Hajj and erased its adornment." And he said: "The adornment of Hajj is the talbiyah."