Sunan Ibn Majah 1651
What was narrated concerning the prohibition of anticipating Ramadan by fasting before it, except for one who has a habitual pattern of fasting and it coincides with that
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ؛ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ؛ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ؛ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَال؛ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلاَءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؛ عَنْ أَبِيهِ؛ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
«إِذَا كَانَ النِّصْفُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَلاَ صَوْمَ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ رَمَضَانُ۔»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- [Chain 1] Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad [Chain 2] Hishām b. ʿAmmār
- Muslim b. Khālid
- al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- his father
- Abū Hurayrah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
‘When it is the middle of Sha’ban, do not fast until Ramadan comes.”
Grades by grader
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Isnaad Sahih | fawazahmed0, sunnah.com |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1347 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn ʿAsākir
صححه ابن عساكر
machine translationIbn ʿAsākir declared it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Ibn Ḥazm
صححه ابن حزم
machine translationIbn Ḥazm declared it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
حديث منكر
machine translationA rejected (munkar) hadith.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - عبد الرحمن بن مهدي
كان عبد الرحمن لا يحدث به
machine translationʿAbd al-Raḥmān did not narrate it.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717
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- Nūr al-Dīn al-Sindī
قيل غير صحيح
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
صححه ابن عبد البر
machine translationIbn ʿAbd al-Barr declared it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
هذا الحديث ليس بمحفوظ والعلاء ثقة لا ينكر من حديثه إلا هذا
machine translationThis hadith is not preserved (maḥfūẓ). Al-ʿAlāʾ is trustworthy (thiqah), and nothing of his hadith is rejected except this one.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
ليس بمحفوظ والعلاء لا ينكر من حديثه إلا هذا وهذا خلاف الأحاديث التي رويت عن النبي صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم
machine translationIt is not preserved (maḥfūẓ). Nothing of al-ʿAlāʾ's hadith is rejected except this one, and this is contrary to the hadiths that were narrated from the Prophet ﷺ.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - عبد الرحمن بن مهدي
لم يصححه ولم يخدش به وكان يتوقاه
machine translationHe did not authenticate it and did not fault it, and he used to avoid it.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
منكر
machine translationRejected (munkar)
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn
منكر
machine translationRejected (munkar)
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī
ضعفه
machine translationHe considered him weak (ḍaʿīf).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Zarqānī
صح مرفوعا
machine translationIt is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) as raised to the Prophet (marfūʿ).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717 - Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī
لم يصححه وكان يتوقاه
machine translationHe did not authenticate it, and he used to avoid it.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1717
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Abi Dawud 2337Jami' at-Tirmidhi 738Sunan ad-Darimi 1781Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 7380al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 8059al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 2924
Narrators
- The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AHأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AHأَبِيهِثقةعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 130-odd, or: 132 AH, or: 139 AHالْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِصدوق ربما وهمحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq); he used to narrate from the books of others and would make mistakes.d. 182 AH, or 186 AH, or 187 AH, or 189 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍصدوق ، كان يحدث من كتب غيره فيخطئحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), accused of nasb (hostility toward ʿAlī and the Ahl al-Bayt)d. 245 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَثقة ، رمي بالنصبحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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