Hadith #449
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ أَنَّ مُطَرِّفًا مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَع
َةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ الثَّقَفِيَّ دَعَا لَهُ بِلَبَنٍ لِيَسْقِيَهُ فَقَالَ مُطَرِّفٌ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ مِنْ النَّارِ كَجُنَّةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ الْقِتَالِ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ صِيَامٌ حَسَنٌ صِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ
Isnad Chain
حجاج
ليث بن سعد
يزيد بن أبي حبيب
سعيد بن أبي هند
English Translation
Ḥajjāj narrated to us, he said: Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to us, he said: Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb narrated to me, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Hind, that Muṭarrif from Banū ʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah narrated to him that ʿUthmān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ al-Thaqafī called for milk to give him to drink. Muṭarrif said: I am fasting. ʿUthmān said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Fasting is a shield from the Fire, like the shield of one of you in battle." And I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "An excellent fast is the fast of three days every month."
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 449
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15687
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52077