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Sunan an-Nasai 2316 — Fidyah Abrogation
Interpreting the saying of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime: "And as for those who can fast with difficulty,(e.g. an old man), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed a Miskin (poor person) (for every day)"
Fidyah for Fasting: Salamah's Report on Abrogation
Sunan an-Nasai : 2316
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2316
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا بَكْرٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ - عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، مَوْلَى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ { وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ } كَانَ مَنْ أَرَادَ مِنَّا 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 with difficulty, (e.g. an old man), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed a miskin (poor person) (for every day). Those among us who did not want to fast would pay the fidyah, until the verse after it was revealed and abrogated this.
[2] Al-Baqarah 2:184.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2316In-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 227English translation : Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 2318
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2316
This Hadith focuses on fidyah for fasting and the verse about those who can fast with difficulty. Salamah bin Al-Akwa' said that when the verse was revealed, a person among them who did not want to fast could pay the fidyah by feeding a poor person. Then, according to this narration, the verse after it was revealed and abrogated that earlier option. For searches like fidyah for fasting hadith and verse about feeding poor person fasting, this Hadith presents a report about how the practice changed. The explanation should stay close to the text: it mentions an initial choice, payment of fidyah, and later abrogation.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report mentions an earlier option to pay fidyah instead of fasting.
- The fidyah mentioned is feeding a poor person.
- Salamah states that a later verse abrogated that earlier option.
