Hadith 2348

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ ، وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُومَ ، وَمَا صَامَ شَهْرًا مُتَتَابِعًا غَيْرَ رَمَضَانَ مُنْذُ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:` "The Messenger of Allah would fast until we said he would not break his fast, and he would not fast until we said he does not want to fast. And he never fasted any month in full apart from Ramadan, from the time he came to Al-Madinah."
Hadith Reference سنن نسائي / كتاب الصيام / 2348
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: متفق عليه
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح البخاری/الصوم53 (1971)، صحیح مسلم/الصوم34 (1157)، سنن الترمذی/الشمائل42 (283)، سنن ابن ماجہ/الصوم30 (1711)، (تحفة الأشراف: 5447) ، مسند احمد 1/227، 231، 241، 271، 301، 321 سنن الدارمی/الصوم36 (1784) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Rajab is among the sacred months.
And in the light of this hadith, it can be said that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to fast abundantly in this month.
Or it may mean that, like other months, sometimes he would fast and sometimes he would not.
There is no specific ruling regarding this.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2430