Hadith on Fasting

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: On the first night of the month of Ramadan, the Shayatin are shackled, the jinns are restrained, the gates of the Fires are shut such that no gate among them would be opened. The gates of..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Whoever fasts Ramadan and stands (in the night prayer) for it out of faith and seeking a reward (from Allah), he will be forgiven what preceded of his sins. Whoever stands (in the night..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Prophet said: Do not precede the month with a day nor with two days, unless that fast falls on a day that one of you would have (normally) fasted. Fast with its sighting and break fast with its sighting, and if..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Do no precede the month of Ramadan by fasting a day or two before it, unless it is the case of a man who normally performs some fast, then let him fast it. ..

Silah bin Zufar said: We were with Ammar bin Yasir when a roasted sheep was brought and he said: 'Eat.' Someone among the people said: 'I am fasting.' So Ammar said: 'Whoever fasts on a day in which there is doubt, then he has disobeyed..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Count the (the appearances of) the crescent of Sha'ban for Ramadan. ..

Ibn Abbas narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Do not fast before Ramadan. Fast with its sighting, and break fast with its sighting, and if it is obscured from you, then complete thirty days. ..

Ibn Mas'ud said: What I fasted with the Prophet hat was twenty-nine (days), was more than what we fasted that was thirty. ..

Anas narrated: The Messenger of Allah vowed to stay away from his wives for a month, so he stayed in a loft for twenty-nine days. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, your vow was for a month,' so he said: 'The month is twenty-nine (days).' ..

Ibn Abbas narrated: A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said: 'I have seen the crescent.' So he said: 'Do you testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah? Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes.' So..

Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah narrated from his father that : the Messenger of Allah said: The two months of Eid will not both be deficient: Ramadn and Dhul-Hijjah. ..

Muhammad bin Abi Harmalah narrated: Kuraib informed me that Umm Al-Fadl bin Al-Harith sent him to Mu'awiyah in Ash-Sham. He said: 'So I arrived in Ash-Sham and finished her errand, and I saw the crescent of Ramadan while I was in Ash-Sham. We..

Anas bin Malik narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Whoever has dried dates, then let him break the fast with that, and whoever does not, then let him break the fast with water, for indeed water is purifying. ..

Salman bin Amir Ad-Dabbi narrated that : the Prophet said: When one of you breaks his fast, then let him do so with dried dates. And whoever does not find dates, then water, for it is purifying. ..

Anas bin Malik narrated: The Messenger of Allah would break the fast with fresh dates before performing Salat. If there were no fresh dates then (he would break the fast) with dried dates, and if there were no dried dates then he would take a..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Prophet said: The fast is the day the people fast, the breaking of the fast is the day the people break their fast, and the sacrifice is the day the people sacrifice. ..

Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: When the night advances and the day retreats, and the sun is hidden, then the fast is to be broken. ..

Sahl bin Sa'd narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: The people will remain upon goodness as long as they hasten to break the fast. ..

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He, said: 'Those of My worshippers who are most beloved to me are the quickest to break their fast.' ..

Abu Hurairah narrated: (A Hadith similar to no. 700 with a different chain). ..