Hadith #481
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ كَانَ يُطِيلُ الصَّلَاةَ قَائِمًا وَقَاعِدًا
وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى قَائِمًا رَكَعَ قَائِمًا وَإِذَا صَلَّى قَاعِدًا رَكَعَ قَاعِدًا وَسَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ صِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ صَامَ قَدْ صَامَ قَدْ صَامَ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَلَمْ يَصُمْ شَهْرًا تَامًّا مُنْذُ أَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن سلمة
هشام
محمد بن سيرين
عبد الله بن شقيق
صلاة رسول الله
English Translation
It was narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: 'When he recited standing he would bow standing, and when he recited sitting he would bow sitting.' She was also asked about the fasting of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She replied: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would fast so much that we would say: He has fasted, he has fasted, he has fasted. And he would go without fasting to the point we would say: He has broken fast, he has broken fast, he has broken fast. And he never completed a full month of fasting from the time he came to Madinah, other than Ramadan.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 46, Hadith 481
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 24719
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-61109