مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الصومBook of Fasting
Virtue of fasting three days each month besides Ramadan
Hadith 396
أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، نا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَنَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا، فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي لِيَطْعَمَ، فَقَالَ: لِلرَّسُولِ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ وَكَادُوا أَنْ يَفْرُغُوا جَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَى رَسُولِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ صَائِمٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: صَدَقَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ، وَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ)) ، فَقَدْ صُمْتُ ثَلَاثًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَأَنَا مُفْطِرٌ فِي تَخْفِيفِ اللَّهِ وَصَائِمٌ فِي تَضْعِيفِ اللَّهِ.
It is narrated from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. He stopped at a place and sent a messenger to him while he was praying, so that he could come and eat. He said to the messenger: I am fasting. When the food was served and it was near that they would finish, he also started eating. Then he looked towards his messenger, so he said: He had told me that he was fasting. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He spoke the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting in the month of patience and fasting three days of every month is equivalent to fasting forever." I have already fasted three days of the month. I am one who leaves fasting in Allah’s concession and fasts in Allah’s strengthening.
Hadith 397
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، نا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: تَضَيَّفْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ سَبْعًا، وَكَانَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَخَادِمُهُ يَعْتَقِبُونَ اللَّيْلَ أَثْلَاثًا، يَقُومُ هَذَا وَيَنَامُ هَذَا، وَيَقُومُ هَذَا وَيَنَامُ هَذَا، وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَمْرًا فَأَصَابَنِي سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ، فَكَانَ فِيهِ حَشَفَةٌ، مَا كَانَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا شَدَّتْ فِي مَضَاغِي، قَالَ: سُلَيْمَانُ: أَيْ كَانَ لَهَا قُوَّةٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، فَكَيْفَ تَصُومُ الشَّهْرَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَصُومُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثًا، فَإِنْ حَدَثَ بِي حَدَثٌ كَانَ لِي أَجْرُ شَهْرِي.
Abu Uthman al-Nahdi narrated: I hosted Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) for seven days; with him were his wife and his servant. They had assigned turns for the third parts of the night: one would stand (in prayer) while the other slept, and when this one stood, the other would sleep. And I heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed dates, and my share was seven dates. Among them was one spoiled, dry date, and it was the most beloved to me; it made my chewing of the dates stronger. Sulaiman said: That is, it had strength. The narrator said: I asked, "Abu Hurairah! How do you fast in the month?" He replied: "I fast three days at the beginning of the month, so if any issue arises for me, I have the reward for the whole month."
