Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Fasting - 10th Dhul-Hijja 1426 (11 January 2006)
Abu Qatada (Radhiallaho anho) reported:
that a person came to the Messenger of Allah
(sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) and said: How do you observe
fast? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) felt
annoyed. When 'Umar (Radhiallaho anho) noticed his annoyance,
he said: We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with
Islam as our Code of Life, and with Muhammad as our Prophet.
We seek refuge with Allah from the anger of Allah and that
of His Messenger. 'Umar kept on repeating these words till
his (the Prophet's) anger calmed down. Then Umar said:
Messenger of Allah. what is the position of one who
perpetually observes fasts? Thereupon he said: He neither
fasted nor broke it, or he said: He did not fast and he
did not break it. He said: What about him who observes fast
for two days and breaks one day. There- upon he said: Is
anyone capable of doing it? He ('Umar) said: What is the
position of him who observes fast for a day and breaks on
the other day? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: That is
the fast of David (peace be upon him). He ('Umar) said: What
about him who observes fast one day and breaks it for two
days. Thereupon he (the Messenger of Allah) said: I wish, I
were given strength to observe that. Thereafter he said: The
observance of three days' fast every Month and that of
Ramadan every year is a perpetual fasting. I seek from Allah
that fasting on the day of 'Arafa may atone for the sins of
the preceding and the coming years. and I seek from Allah
that fasting on the day of Ashura may atone for the sins of
the preceding year.
Muslim Vol. 6 : No. 2602
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