Jami at-Tirmidhi 768 — Prophet’s Balanced Fasting

Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 768

This Hadith gives a clear picture of the Prophet’s fasting habit outside Ramadan. Abdullah bin Shaqiq asked Aishah about the Prophet’s fasting. She said he would fast until they thought he had fasted, and he would stop fasting until they thought he had stopped. She also said the Messenger of Allah did not fast a complete month except Ramadan. This helps people searching for Prophet fasting pattern, Sunnah fasting outside Ramadan, and did Prophet fast whole month besides Ramadan. The Hadith shows balance. The Prophet sometimes fasted many days and sometimes left fasting for many days. But completing an entire month of fasting was mentioned only for Ramadan in this narration.