Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī Ḥadīth [1947] – Regarding fasting while travelling
5 April 2023 · 14 Ramaḍān 1444 AH
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا نُسَافِرُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَعِبِ الصَّائِمُ عَلَى المُفْطِرِ، وَلاَ المُفْطِرُ عَلَى الصَّائِمِ
Reference
Book [30]: Fasting
Chapter [37]: Not to criticize each other for observing ṣawm or not (on journeys)
Translation
Ḥadīth [1947]: It is narrated on the authority of Anas bin Mālik [d. 90H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: ‘We used to travel with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) and neither did the fasting persons criticize those who were not fasting, nor did those who were not fasting criticize the fasting ones.’
Takhrīj
• Sunan Abī Dāwūd (2405)
• Muwaṭṭā’ Mālik (670 (1/245) [Zuhrī: 793])
• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān (3561 (8/328))
• Sharḥ as-Sunnah (1761 (6/305-306))
Non-primary books:
• Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (915 (1/568))
• Al-Musnad al-Jāmi’ (704 (1/478))
• Tuḥfatul Ashrāf (660 (1/366))
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (4588 (6/701-702))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (4588 (2/310))
Grade: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
Commentary
Commentary by Mawlānā Muḥammad Dāwūd Rāz (may Allāh have mercy upon him)
The connection between the chapter name and ḥadīth is clear. It is not allowed for the one who is fasting while traveling to lash out against the one who is not fasting, as the former is acting according to a concession given by the sharī’ah. No one has the right to stop someone from taking a shar’ī concession, and this is a principle that applies to all such concessions in the sharī’ah.
• Reference: [1947 (3/130), Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Darul Ilm, India (Ur)]
Translated by ‘Imrān (Germany)
Commentary by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (may Allāh have mercy upon him)
❶ Both fasting and breaking the fast are permissible while traveling. If a fast is broken during the month of Ramaḍān, it must be made up later on. If traveling in very hot conditions or the fast becomes very difficult, then it is preferable to break the fast.
❷ Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar [d. 72H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) did not fast while traveling (Muwaṭṭā’ Mālik (663 (1/295)) with a ṣaḥīḥ sanad). On the other hand, ‘Urwah bin az-Zubayr [d. 94H] would fast while traveling (Muwaṭṭā’ Mālik (664 (1/295)) with a ṣaḥīḥ sanad).
❸ If two ways are established in the sharī’ah, one should not object to someone who acts on either one of them.
❹ It is completely acceptable to reject any speech that goes against the Qurān and the sunnah.
• Reference: [670 (1/245), Muwaṭṭā’ Mālik, (Ur)]
Translated by ‘Imrān (Germany)
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