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Jami at-Tirmidhi 732 (Book 8, Hadith 51) #26297
Voluntary Fasting and Personal Choice

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught that those who fast voluntarily have the freedom to choose whether or not they want to break their fast.

Simak bin Harb narrated: "A person from the offspring of Umm Hani narrated to me - I met one of the most virtuous among them, and his name was Ja'dah, and Umm Hani was his grandmother - he narrated to me from his grandmother that the Messenger of Allah entered upon her and asked for some drink, and he drank. Then he offered it to her and she drank it. Then she said: "O Messenger of Allah! I was fasting". So the Messenger of Allah said: "The one fasting a voluntary fast is the trustee for himself; if he wishes he fasts, and if he wishes he breaks". Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "I said to him (Ja'dah), 'Did you hear this from Umm Hani?' He said: 'No Abu Salih and our family informed us of it from Umm Hani'."
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ سِمَاكَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ يَقُولُ أَحَدُ ابْنَىْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ حَدَّثَنِي فَلَقِيتُ، أَنَا أَفْضَلَهُمَا، وَكَانَ، اسْمُهُ جَعْدَةَ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ هَانِئٍ جَدَّتَهُ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَدَعَى بِشَرَابٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهَا فَشَرِبَتْ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمَا إِنِّي كُنْتُ صَائِمَةً ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ الصَّائِمُ الْمُتَطَوِّعُ أَمِينُ نَفْسِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ صَامَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَفْطَرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ قَالَ لاَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ وَأَهْلُنَا عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ هَارُونَ ابْنِ بِنْتِ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ ‏.‏ وَرِوَايَةُ شُعْبَةَ أَحْسَنُ ‏.‏ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَمِينُ نَفْسِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنَا غَيْرُ مَحْمُودٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَمِيرُ نَفْسِهِ أَوْ أَمِينُ نَفْسِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ عَلَى الشَّكِّ وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ‏"‏ أَمِينُ أَوْ أَمِيرُ نَفْسِهِ ‏"‏ عَلَى الشَّكِّ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَحَدِيثُ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ مَقَالٌ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّ الصَّائِمَ الْمُتَطَوِّعَ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَلاَ قَضَاءَ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُحِبَّ أَنْ يَقْضِيَهُ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ

TOPICS
voluntary  *  choice  *  sawm  *  ikhtiyar  *  hani  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect your own decisions when it comes to voluntary acts like fasting; make autonomous choices without external pressure or judgement .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of voluntary fasting and personal choice. It was narrated by Simak bin Harb from Ja'dah, who heard it from his grandmother Umm Hani. The Prophet Muhammad entered her home and asked for a drink, which he drank himself before offering it to her. When she told him she was fasting, he said that those who fast voluntarily are trustees for themselves; they can choose whether or not they want to break their fasts. This hadith teaches us that we should respect our own decisions when it comes to voluntary acts like fasting; if we decide to do something out of our own free will then we should be allowed to make our own choices regarding it without any external pressure or judgement.

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