Sahih Al-Bukhari — Hadith #1937
Hadith #1937
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ الأَخِرَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ. فَقَالَ " أَتَجِدُ مَا تُحَرِّرُ رَقَبَةً ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ " فَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ " أَفَتَجِدُ مَا تُطْعِمُ بِهِ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ـ وَهُوَ الزَّبِيلُ ـ قَالَ " أَطْعِمْ هَذَا عَنْكَ ". قَالَ عَلَى أَحْوَجَ مِنَّا مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ مِنَّا. قَالَ " فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ ".
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "I had sexual intercourse with my wife on Ramadan (while
fasting)." The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He replied in the negative.
The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He replied in the negative. He
asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied in the negative. (Abu Huraira
added): Then a basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said (to that man), "Feed (poor
people) with this by way of atonement." He said, "(Should I feed it) to poorer people than we? There
is no poorer house than ours between its (Medina's) mountains." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then feed your
family with it."
Narrated by
Abu Hurairah (RA)
Source
Sahih Al-Bukhari # 30/1937
Grade
Sahih
Category
Chapter 30: Fasting