سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابُ : ذِكْرِ الاِخْتِلاَفِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ فِي فَضْلِ الصَّائِمِChapter: Mentioning the differences in the reports from Muhammad bin Abi Yaqub in the Hadith of Abi Umamah About The Virtue Of Fasting
Hadith 2224
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الضَّعِيفُ شَيْخٌ صَالِحٌ وَالضَّعِيفُ لَقَبٌ لِكَثْرَةِ عِبَادَتِهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَصْرٍ ، عَنْ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا عِدْلَ لَهُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Umamah that he asked the Messenger of Allah:` "Which deed is best?" he said: "Take to fasting, for there is nothing equal to it."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
The narrator of this tradition is titled "Da‘eef" (weak), not because the narration itself is weak, but because he had become physically weak due to excessive worship.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2224
