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Sahih Muslim 1145a — Ramadan Fasting Verse
The Saying of Allah Most High: "... And as for those who can fast with difficulty, they have) a choice either to fast or) to feed a Miskin (poor person) (for every day)" is Abrogated by His saying: "... So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month"...
Ramadan Fasting Verse Hadith and Abrogation
Sahih Muslim : 1145a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1145a
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُضَرَ - عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ { وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ} كَانَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ وَيَفْتَدِيَ . حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الآيَةُ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا فَنَسَخَتْهَا .
Salama bin Al-Akwa` Narrated from:
When this verse was revealed:"And as for those who can fast (but do not) expiation is the feeding of a needy person" (ii. 183), (he who liked to observe fast did observe it) and he who felt reluctant to observe it ate and expiated till the verse was revealed which abrogated it.
[1] Al-Baqarah 2:184. [2] Al-Baqarah 2:185. [1] Al-Baqarah 2:184.Reference : Sahih Muslim 1145aIn-book reference : Book 13, Hadith 191USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 6, Hadith 2547
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1145a
This Hadith explains a change connected to the Ramadan fasting verses. Salama ibn al-Akwa’ said that when the verse about those who can fast but do not, with expiation by feeding a needy person, was revealed, a person who wanted to break the fast could do so and give the expiation. This continued until the verse after it was revealed and abrogated it. The Hadith is focused on the order of revelation and the change in practice. For readers searching for Ramadan fasting verse hadith, this narration shows that the Companions understood one instruction first, then followed the later verse that replaced it.
What we learn from this hadith
- An earlier allowance involved feeding a needy person as expiation.
- The later verse abrogated that earlier allowance.
- The Companions followed the revealed guidance as it came.
- Changes in rulings were understood through revelation.
