The Book of Fasting · How to Fast Three Days of Each Month, And Mentioning The Differences Reported by The Narrators In The Narration Regarding that
Arabic
أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الْحُرِّ بْنِ الصَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ هُنَيْدَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ، أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَصُومُ تِسْعًا مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَيَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ أَوَّلَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ وَخَمِيسَيْنِ .
English translation
It was narrated from Hunaidah bin Khalid, from his wife, from one of the wives of
the Prophet, that:
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast nine days of Dhul-Hijjah, the day of 'Ashura', and three days of each month: The first Monday of the month, and two Thursday.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that:
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast three days of each month: Monday at the beginning of the month, the following Thursday, then the Thursday after that.
Hunaidah Al-Khuza'i said:
"I entered upon the Mother of the Believers and heard her say: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast three days of each month: The first Monday of the month, then Thursday, then the following…
It was narrated that Hafsah said:
"There are four things which the Prophet (ﷺ) never gave up: Fasting 'Ashura', (fasting during) the ten days, (fasting) three days of each month, and praying two Rak'ahs before Al-Ghadah…
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي صَفْوَانَ الثَّقَفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الْحُرِّ بْنِ الصَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ هُنَيْدَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ، أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصُومُ الْعَشْرَ وَثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ م…
It was narrated from Hunaidah bin Khalid, from his wife, that one of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ) used to fast the ten (days), and three days of each month: Monday and Thursday."
It was narrated from Jarir bin 'Abdullah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Fasting three days
of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and the shining days of Al-Bid, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."