The hadith “If dawn comes when a person is junub, he should ...

But Ibn Katheer said that the date [of the hadith] is not known, and he also said: Some of the scholars interpret it as meaning that his fast is imperfect, ... Categories PrinciplesofFiqh JurisprudenceandIslamicRulings ActsofWorship Purity FullAblution Categories PrinciplesofFiqh JurisprudenceandIslamicRulings ActsofWorship Fasting Thingswhichinvalidatethefast Categories PrinciplesofFiqh JurisprudenceandIslamicRulings ActsofWorship Fasting Issuesoffasting Thehadith“Ifdawncomeswhenapersonisjunub,heshouldnotfast” 222812 Publication:26-05-2018 Views: 15751 en العربية ar English en Español es Indonesian id اردو ur Question ImamAhmadnarrated,withanisnadthatmeetstheconditionsofthetwoshaykhs[al-BukhaariandMuslim]andothers,fromAbuHurayrah,fromtheMessengerofAllah(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim),thathesaid:“Ifthecalltoprayerisgivenandoneofyouisjunub,lethimnotfastthatday.”Thishadith,asthescholarssaid,iscontrarytowhatisnarratedinthebooksofSaheehfrom‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah,thattheProphet(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim)wouldwakeupjunub,thenhewoulddoghuslandfast.Themajorityofscholars,asiswellknown,areoftheviewthatthishadithofAbuHurayrahshouldnotbefollowed,anditissaidthatthehadithisabrogated(mansookh).ButIbnKatheersaidthatthedate[ofthehadith]isnotknown,andhealsosaid:Someofthescholarsinterpretitasmeaningthathisfastisimperfect,becauseofthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah,whichindicatesthatitispermissibleforhimtofast,andthiswayofinterpretingthetwohadithsisthemostlikelytobecorrectandisthebestwaytoreconcilethereports.Whatismeantbyhisfastbeingimpefect,andwhichoftheseviewsisthecorrectone? Answer PraisebetoAllah.Firstly: Whoeverbecomesjunubatnight,thenstartshisdayfasting,hisfastisvalidandhedoesnothavetomakeupthatdayaccordingtothemajorityofscholars.Thatisbecauseofthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah(mayAllahbepleasedwiththem),whosaid:WetestifythatiftheMessengerofAllah(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim)wokeupjunubinthemorning,notastheresultofawetdream,hewoulddoghuslthenfast.Ash-Shawkaanisaid:Thisistheviewofthemajority.An-Nawawistatedthattherewasconsensusonthis.IbnDaqeeqal-‘Eidsaid:Itreachedconsensusorwaslikeconsensus. Endquotefromal-Mawsoo‘ahal-Fiqhiyyah(28/63) Seealsotheanswerstoquestionsno.43307and181351 Al-Bukhaari(1926)andMuslim(1109)narratedthatAbuHurayrah(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)usedtonarratefromtheProphet(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim)thatheusedtosay:“Ifdawncomeswhenapersonisjunub,heshouldnotfast.”Heheardofthewordsof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamahreferredtoaboveandsaidtotheonewhotoldhimaboutit:Didtheysaythat?Hesaid:Yes.Hesaid:Theyknowbetter.ThenAbuHurayrahreferredwhatheusedtosayaboutthattoal-Fadlibnal-‘Abbaas.AbuHurayrahsaid:Iheardthatfromal-Fadl;IdidnothearitfromtheProphet(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim).AbuBakribn‘Abdar-Rahmaan(theonewhonarrateditfromAbuHurayrah)said:SoAbuHurayrahretractedwhatheusedtosayaboutthat. IbnMaajah(1702)narratedfromAbuHurayrah(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)thathesaid:No,bytheLordoftheKa‘bah,Ididnotsay,“Whoeverwakesupinastateofjanaabahlethimnotfast”;Muhammad(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim)saidit.Thiswasclassedassaheehbyal-AlbaaniinSaheehIbnMaajah. IbnAbiShaybah(2/330)narratedfromIbnal-MusayyibthatAbuHurayrahretractedhisfatwa,“Ifdawncomeswhenapersonisjunub,heshouldnotfast.” Thescholarsareagreedthatweshouldfollowthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah,notthehadithofAbuHurayrah,withregardtothismatter.ThisissupportedbythefactthatAbuHurayrah(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)himselfretractedhisfatwainfavouroftheirview. ThereareseveralscholarlyviewsconcerningtheresponsetothehadithofAbuHurayrah. Somesaidthatthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamahoutweighsthehadithofAbuHurayrahbecauseitsisnadismoresound,andbecausethereportoftwotakesprecedenceoverthereportofone. See:Naylal-Awtaar(4/253). Imamal-Bukhaari(mayAllahhavemercyonhim)said,afternarratingthetwohadiths:Thefirstoneismoresoundintermsofitsisnad–referringtothehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah. SomeofthescholarssaidthatthehadithofAbuHurayrahisabrogated(mansookh). Ibnal-Mundhir(mayAllahhavemercyonhim)said:ThebestofwhatIhaveheardconcerningthisisthatthatreportistoberegardedashavingbeenabrogated…AbuHurayrahinitiallyusedtogiveadvicebasedonwhathehadheardfromal-Fadlibnal-‘Abbaas,andhewasnotawareoftheabrogation.Whenheheardthereportof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah,hefollowedit. Endquotefromas-Sunanal-Kubrabyal-Bayhaqi(4/363). SomeofthescholarsinterpretthehadithofAbuHurayrahasmeaningthatthefastinthiscaseistoberegardedasimperfect. IbnKatheersaid: SomeofthescholarsinterpretthehadithofAbuHurayrahasmeaningthatthisfastisimperfect,becauseofthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamahwhichindicatesthatitispermissibletofastinthissituation.Thiswayofinterpretingthetwohadithsisthemostlikelytobecorrectandisthebestwaytoreconcilethereports.AndAllahknowsbest. EndquotefromTafseerIbnKatheer(1/517). Whatismeantbythefastbeingimperfectisthatwhatispreferableandmoreperfectfortheonewhowantstofastisthatheshoulddoghuslbeforedawn,sothathewillbeinastateofpurityfromthebeginningoftheday,butifhedelaysdoingghusluntilafterdawn,thatispermissible. Itsaysinal-Mawsoo‘ahal-Fiqhiyyah(28/63): ThehadithofAbuHurayrahistobeunderstoodashavingbeenabrogatedoraspointingtothatwhichispreferable,whichisthatitismustahabbtodoghuslbeforedawn,sothatonewillbeinastateofpurityatthebeginningofthefast.Endquote. PerhapsthestrongestscholarlyviewisthatthehadithofAbuHurayrahisabrogated(mansookh).ThisisindicatedbythefactthatAbuHurayrahdecidedtofollowthehadithof‘Aa’ishahandUmmSalamah,andabandonedwhatheusedtonarrate. AndAllahknowsbest. Wasthisanswerhelpful? 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