Hadith 2018
وَفِي خَبَرِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ , عَنْ جَابِرٍ : فَغُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ , فَجَعَلَ يَنْضَحُ الْمَاءَ ، أَيْ : عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ : " لَيْسَ الْبِرُّ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ " أَيْ : لَيْسَ الْبِرُّ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ حَتَّى يُغْشَى عَلَى الصَّائِمِ , وَيُحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَنْ يُظَلَّلَ وَيُنْضَحَ عَلَيْهِ , إِذِ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَخَّصَ لِلْمُسَافِرِ فِي الْفِطْرِ , وَجَعَلَ لَهُ أَنْ يَصُومَ فِي أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ , وَأَعْلَمَ فِي مُحْكَمِ تَنْزِيلِهِ أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ بِهِمُ الْيُسْرَ لا الْعُسْرَ فِي ذَلِكَ , فَمَنْ لَمْ يَقْبَلْ يُسْرَ اللَّهِ ، جَازَ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَهُ : لَيْسَ أَخْذُكَ بِالْعُسْرِ ، فَيَشْتَدُّ الْعُسْرُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْبِرِّ . وَقَدْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ : لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ ، أَيْ : لَيْسَ كُلُّ الْبِرِّ هَذَا , قَدْ يَكُونُ الْبِرُّ أَيْضًا أَنْ تَصُومُوا فِي السَّفَرِ , وَقَبُولُ رُخْصَةِ اللَّهِ وَالإِفْطَارِ فِي السَّفَرِ . وَسَأُدَلِّلُ بَعْدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى صِحَّةِ هَذَا التَّأْوِيلِ . حَدَّثَنَا بِخَبَرِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، بُنْدَارٌ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ , عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man fainted, so water was sprinkled on him. (The Imam says:) The statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that "Fasting during travel is not righteousness" means that fasting during travel with such hardship that the fasting person faints, and shade has to be provided for him and water has to be sprinkled on him, this is not righteousness, because Allah Almighty has given the traveler the concession to leave the fast during travel and make it up after Ramadan. And Allah Almighty has said in His Book, the "Noble Qur'an," that He wants ease for His servants, He does not want to impose hardship and difficulty upon them. Therefore, for the person who does not accept Allah's ease, it is correct to say that your choosing hardship, in a situation where hardship becomes extremely difficult for you, is not righteousness. Similarly, it is also correct to interpret this narration to mean that your fasting during travel is not righteousness, i.e., it is not complete righteousness, rather sometimes your fasting during travel will be righteousness and sometimes accepting Allah's concession and not fasting during travel will be righteousness. I will soon present the evidence for this interpretation, inshaAllah.
