Volume 3, Book 31, Number 177:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Aufa”
We were traveling with Allah’s Apostle and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he said to
(someone), “Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us.” He replied, “O Allah’s Apostle! (Will you
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wait) till it is evening?” The Prophet again said, “Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us.” He
replied, “O Allah’s Apostle! It is still daytime.” The Prophet said again, “Get down and mix Sawiq with
water for us.” So, he got down and carried out that order. The Prophet then said, “When you see night
falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast,” and he beckoned with his finger to –
wards the east.
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 178:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The people will remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking
of the fast.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 171:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Sometimes I missed some days of Ramadan, but could not fast in lieu of them except in the month
of Sha’ban.” Said Yahya, a sub-narrator, “She used to be busy serving the Prophet .”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 172:
Narrated Abu Said:
The Prophet said, “Isn’t it true that a woman does not pray and does not fast on menstruating? And
that is the defect (a loss) in her religion.”
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Volume 3, Book 31, Number 173:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever died and he ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then
his guardians must fast on his behalf.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 174:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A man came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! My mother died and she ought to have
fasted one month (for her missed Ramadan). Shall I fast on her behalf?” The Prophet replied in the
affirmative and said, “Allah’s debts have more right to be paid.” In another narration a woman is re –
ported to have said, “My sister died…”
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: A woman said to the Prophet “My mother died and she had vowed to fast but
she didn’t fast.” In another narration Ibn ‘Abbas is reported to have said, “A woman said to the Proph –
et, “My mother died while she ought to have fasted for fifteen days.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 175:
Narrated Umar bin Al-Khattab:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side and the
sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 166:
Narrated Abu Ad-Darda:
We set out with Allah’s Apostle on one of his journeys on a very hot day, and it was so hot that one
had to put his hand over his head because of the severity of heat. None of us was fasting except the
Prophet and Ibn Rawaha.
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