Question

Is this Hadith authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily, fasting is not only from eating and drinking. Rather, fasting is from vanity and obscenity. If someone abuses you or acts foolishly against you, then say: Indeed, I am fasting.”

 

Answer

Imam Ibn Hibban (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith and he has declared it authentic.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Fasting is not merely refraining from food and drink. Rather, fasting is to abstain from idle and indecent talk. If someone swears you or behaves ignorantly towards you, then you should say, “I am fasting.”

(Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 3479)

Similar narrations are recorded in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. See here.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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