.Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Sacrifices - 8th Dhul-Hijja 1425 (19 January 2005)
Abu Qatada (Radhiallaho anho) reported:
that a person came to the Messenger of Allah
(sallallaahu'alaihi wasallam) (may peace be upon him) and said:
How do you observe fast? The Messenger of Allah 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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