Volume 8, Book 79, Number 699:
Narrated Ka’b bin ‘Ujra:
I came to the Prophet and he said to me, “Come near.” So I went near to him and he said, “Are your
lice troubling you?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “(Shave your head and) make expiation in the form of
fasting, Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice.” (The sub-narrator) Aiyub said, “Fasting
should be for three days, and the Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given to
six poor persons.”
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 700:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet said, “What is the matter with
you?” He said, “I had sexual relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet
said, “Have you got enough to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for
two successive months?” The man said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?”
The man said, “No.” Then the Prophet said to him, “Sit down,” and he sat down. Afterwards an ‘Irq, i.e.,
a big basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet and the Prophet said to him, “Take this and
give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than we?” On that, the Prophet smiled till his pre –
molar teeth became visible, and then told him, “Feed your family with it.” (See Hadith No. 157, Vol 3)
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 701:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet said to him, “What is the mat –
ter?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet
said to him?” “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for
two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said,
“No.” Then an Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The Prophet said (to the man),
“Take this (basket) and give it in charity.” That man said, “To poorer people than we, O Allah’s
Apostle? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth! There is no house in between the two mountains
(of the city of Medina) poorer than we.” So the Prophet said (to him), “Go and feed it to your family.”
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Volume 8, Book 79, Number 702:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
A man came to the Prophets and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet said, “What is the matter with
you?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan” The Prophet
said to him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for
two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said,
“I have nothing.” Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and the
Prophet said (to him), “Take this basket and give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than
we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina’s) two mountains who is poorer than we.” The
Prophet then said, “Take it and feed your family with it.”
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 703:
Narrated Al-Ju’aid bin Abdur-Rahman:
As-Sa’ib bin Yazid said, “The Sa’ at the time of the Prophet was equal to one Mudd plus one-third
of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul Aziz.”
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 704:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Proph –
et, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of
the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, “Malik said to us, ‘Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and
we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!’ Malik further said, to me, ‘If a
ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you
measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?’ I replied, ‘We would give it according to the
Mudd of the Prophet’ On that, Malik said, ‘Then, don’t you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of
the Prophet ultimately?'”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 695:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
While the Prophet was delivering a sermon, he saw a man standing, so he asked about that man.
They (the people) said, “It is Abu Israil who has vowed that he will stand and never sit down, and he
will never come in the shade, nor speak to anybody, and will fast.” The Prophet said, “Order him to
speak and let him come in the shade, and make him sit down, but let him complete his fast.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 696:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
that he was asked about a man who had vowed that he would fast all the days of his life then the
day of ‘Id al Adha or ‘Id-al-Fitr came. ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: You have indeed a good example in
Allah’s Apostle. He did not fast on the day of ‘Id al Adha or the day of ‘Id-al-Fitr, and we do not in –
tend fasting on these two days.