Musnad Ahmad 2540

Translation

✧ I sat with Ibn Abbas while he was reclining on his cloak at the well of Zamzam. I sat with him, and he was an excellent companion. I asked him about Ashura. He said: About which aspect of it do you ask? I said: About its fasting. He said: When you see the crescent of Muharram, count, and when you wake on its ninth day, fast that day. I said: Is this how Muhammad ﷺ used to fast it? He said: Yes.

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 1133aSunan Abi Dawud 2446

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   قال
2. 2
   al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbdullāh b. Isḥāq al-Aʿraj

   trustworthy (thiqah), though he sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْأَعْرَجِثقة ، ربما وهم
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Ḥājib b. ʿUmar

   Trustworthy (thiqah), accused of holding the opinion of the Khawārijd. 158 AH
   حَاجِبُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَبُو خُشَيْنَةَ أَخُو عِيسَى النَّحْوِيِّثقة ، رمي برأي الخوارج
   حدثنا
4. 4
   ʿAffān

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH, or 220 AH
   عَفَّانُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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