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Sahih Bukhari 7242 — Forbidden Wisal Fasting
What uses of Al-Lau are allowed
وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً} .
Forbidden Al-Wisal Hadith: Continuous Fasting Has Limits
Sahih Bukhari : 7242
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7242
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْوِصَالِ، قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ. قَالَ " أَيُّكُمْ مِثْلِي، إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ ". فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ رَأَوُا الْهِلاَلَ فَقَالَ " لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ لَزِدْتُكُمْ ". كَالْمُنَكِّلِ لَهُمْ.
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Al-Wisal. The people said (to him), "But you fast Al-`Wisal," He said, "Who among you is like me? When I sleep (at night), my Lord makes me eat and drink. But when the people refused to give up Al-Wisal, he fasted Al-Wisal along with them for two days and then they saw the crescent whereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the crescent had not appeared I would have fasted for a longer period," as if he intended to punish them herewith.
[2] See Fath Al-Bari .Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7242In-book reference : Book 94, Hadith 17USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 90, Hadith 348
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 7242
This hadith directly answers searches like is wisal fasting allowed and Prophet forbade Al-Wisal hadith. Abu Huraira reports that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade Al-Wisal. The people said that he himself fasted Al-Wisal. He replied, “Who among you is like me? When I sleep, my Lord makes me eat and drink.” When they did not stop, he fasted with them for two days until the crescent was seen. He then said that if the crescent had not appeared, he would have continued longer, as a warning to them. The hadith makes the main teaching clear: people were not to use the Prophet's special case as a reason to continue a practice he had forbidden for them.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade Al-Wisal for the people.
- He explained that his condition was not like theirs.
- The people were corrected when they refused to stop.
- The hadith teaches limits in fasting and not copying what was special to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
