سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2449

Book 14: Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

كتاب الصيام

Chapter 69

Chapter: Regarding Fasting Three Days Every Month.

باب فِي صَوْمِ الثَّلاَثِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ

English narration

Narrated by قتادة بن ملحان القيسي

Narrated Qatadah Ibn Malhan al-Qaysi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command us to fast the days of the white (nights): thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of the month. He said: This is like keeping perpetual fast.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَخِي مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مِلْحَانَ الْقَيْسِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "

يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَصُومَ الْبِيضَ : ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ

" . قَالَ : وَقَالَ : هُنَّ كَهَيْئَةِ الدَّهْرِ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2449In-book: Book 14, Hadith 2449

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