Volume 3, Book 31, Number 187:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said twice, “(O you people) Be cautious! Do not practice Al-Wisal.” The people said to
him, “But you practice Al-Wisal?” The Prophet replied, “My Lord gives me food and drink during my
sleep. Do that much of deeds which is within your ability.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 157:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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While we were sitting with the Prophet a man came and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have been
ruined.” Allah’s Apostle asked what was the matter with him. He replied “I had sexual intercourse
with my wife while I was fasting.” Allah’s Apostle asked him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?”
He replied in the negative. Allah’s Apostle asked him, “Can you fast for two successive months?” He
replied in the negative. The Prophet asked him, “Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?” He
replied in the negative. The Prophet kept silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of
dates was brought to the Prophet . He asked, “Where is the questioner?” He replied, “I (am here).” The
Prophet said (to him), “Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity.” The man said, “Should I give
it to a person poorer than I? By Allah; there is no family between its (i.e. Medina’s) two mountains
who are poorer than I.” The Prophet smiled till his pre-molar teeth became visible and then said,
‘Feed your family with it.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 158:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and said, “I had sexual intercourse with my wife on Ramadan (while
fasting).” The Prophet asked him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He replied in the negative.
The Prophet asked him, “Can you fast for two successive months?” He replied in the negative. He
asked him, “Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?” He replied in the negative. (Abu Huraira ad –
ded): Then a basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet and he said (to that man), “Feed (poor
people) with this by way of atonement.” He said, “(Should I feed it) to poorer people than we? There is
no poorer house than ours between its (Medina’s) mountains.” The Prophet said, “Then feed your
family with it.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 154:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “If somebody eats or drinks forgetfully then he should complete his fast, for what
he has eaten or drunk, has been given to him by Allah.” Narrated ‘Amir bin Rabi’a, “I saw the Prophet
cleaning his teeth with Siwak while he was fasting so many times as I can’t count.” And narrated Abu
Huraira, “The Prophet said, ‘But for my fear that it would be hard for my followers, I would have
ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak on every performance of ablution.” The same is nar –
rated by Jabir and Zaid bin Khalid from the Prophet who did not differentiate between a fasting and
a nonfasting person in this respect (using Siwak).
Aisha said, “The Prophet said, “It (i.e. Siwak) is a purification for the mouth and it is a way of seek –
ing Allah’s pleasures.” Ata’ and Qatada said, “There is no harm in swallowing the resultant saliva.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 128:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah said, ‘All the deeds of Adam’s sons (people) are for them, except fasting
which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.’ Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and
from committing sins. If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and
quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, ‘I am fasting.’ By Him in
Whose Hands my soul is’ The unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is bet –
ter in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at
the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be
pleased because of his fasting.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 133:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet or Abu-l-Qasim said, “Start fasting on seeing the crescent (of Ramadan), and give up
fasting on seeing the crescent (of Shawwal), and if the sky is overcast (and you cannot see it), com –
plete thirty days of Sha’ban.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 138:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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The Prophet said, “None of you should fast a day or two before the month of Ramadan unless he
has the habit of fasting (Nawafil) (and if his fasting coincides with that day) then he can fast that
day.”

Volume 3, Book 31, Number 121:
‘Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever gives two kinds (of things or property) in charity for Allah’s Cause,
will be called from the gates of Paradise and will be addressed, ‘O slaves of Allah! Here is prosperity.’
So, whoever was amongst the people who used to offer their prayers, will be called from the gate of
the prayer; and whoever was amongst the people who used to participate in Jihad, will be called
from the gate of Jihad; and whoever was amongst those who used to observe fasts, will be called
from the gate of Ar-Raiyan; whoever was amongst those who used to give in charity, will be called
from the gate of charity.” Abu Bakr said, “Let my parents be sacrificed for you, O Allah’s Apostle! No
distress or need will befall him who will be called from those gates. Will there be any one who will
be called from all these gates?” The Prophet replied, “Yes, and I hope you will be one of them.”
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