Le Jeûne du Messager d'Allah, Ô Allah, accorde une compensation à Muhammad et à sa famille digne de leurs services pour Ta cause

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, continued fasting for such a long time that people thought he would not discontinue it. He then discontinued fasting for such a long time that people thought he would not fast. Then he began fasting as Dawud, ‘Alayhi al- Salam, did. One day he would fast and then not fast the next day. He left this practice and would fast three bright days (13, 14 and 15) of every month. He then left this practice and divided them by one day in each ten days of the month, of which two were Thursdays with a Wednesday between the two Thursdays. He passed away with this practice.”

Le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui et sa famille) a été envoyé en premier lieu en jeûnant jusqu'à ce qu'on dise ce qui rompt le jeûne, puis en rompant le jeûne jusqu'à ce qu'on dise ce qui le commence. Ensuite, il a laissé cela et a jeûné un jour et a rompu un jour, et c'était le jeûne de David (sur lui le salut). Puis, il a laissé cela et a jeûné les trois jours pleins du mois, puis il a laissé cela et les a divisés en chaque dizaine de jours, jeûnant un jour jeudi et un jour mercredi, avec quatre jours entre eux. Puis, il est décédé, ainsi que sa famille, tout en pratiquant cela.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from Muhammad ibn Marwan who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, say, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, continued fasting for such a long time that people thought he was not to discontinue his fasting. He then discontinued fasting for such a long time that people thought he did not intend to fast anymore. He then would fast one day and eat the next day. He then fasted every Monday and Thursday. Then he would fast three days every month, Thursday of the beginning of the month, Wednesday of the middle of the month and the last Thursday of the month. He would say, “It is like fasting forever.’” My father would say, ‘There is no other thing more hateful to me than one to whom it is said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did this, but he says, “Allah will not punish me if I tried to perform Salat (prayer)” as if he thinks the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, neglected some of the virtuous acts because of his failure.’”

J'ai entendu Abu Abdullah (que la paix soit sur lui) dire : "Le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui et sa famille) jeûnait jusqu'à ce qu'on dise qu'il ne rompt pas le jeûne, puis il jeûnait un jour et rompait un jour, puis il jeûnait les lundis et jeudis, puis il ajoutait à cela le jeûne de trois jours dans le mois : le jeudi de la première semaine, le mercredi de la deuxième semaine, et le jeudi de la dernière semaine. Il disait que c'était le jeûne de l'éternité. Mon père (que la paix soit sur lui) disait : "Il n'y a personne qui m'est plus antipathique qu'un homme à qui on dit : 'Le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui et sa famille) faisait telle et telle chose', et qui répond : 'Que Dieu ne me punisse pas si je ne m'efforce pas dans la prière comme s'il pensait que le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui et sa famille) avait omis quelque chose de méritoire par incapacité."

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that wives of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, when required to fast, would wait up to the month of Sha‘ban, due to anticipation that he may forbid them. In the month of Sha‘ban they would fast and the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Sha‘ban is my month.’”

قَالَ كُنَّ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِنَّ صِيَامٌ أَخَّرْنَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى شَعْبَانَ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَمْنَعْنَ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَإِذَا كَانَ شَعْبانُ صُمْنَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَقُولُ شَعْبانُ شَهْرِي.

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah, who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘Had any of your ancestors fasted during the month of Sha‘ban?’ He replied, ‘The best of my ancestors was the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, who fasted in it.’”

Le meilleur de mes ancêtres, le Messager de Dieu (que la paix et les bénédictions de Dieu soient sur lui et sa famille), jeûnait ce mois.

6. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar and Muhammad ibn Isma‘il from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan all from Safwan from ibn Muskan from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Once, I asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘Had any of your ancestors ever fasted during the month of Sha‘ban?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘The best of my ancestors, the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, fasted in it.’” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from Yunus from ibn Muskan from al-Halabiy from abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, a similar Hadith. There are narrations about fasting in the month of al-Sha‘ban. He (the Imam), ‘Alayhi al-Salam, was asked about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did not fast (during the month of Sha‘ban) neither did any of my ancestors.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is because certain people said that fasting in the month of al-Sha‘ban is obligatory like fasting in the month of Ramadan. If one destroys one day of fasting of month of al-Sha‘ban, the expiation for it is like the expiation for destroying one day of fasting of the month of Ramadan. The words of the scholar, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘The Messenger of Allah did not fast neither did any of my ancestors’ means they did not fast it as an obligatory fast. It was to refute what certain people thought it to be. Their fast was only as Sunnah in which there is virtue but it is not harmful to one who does not fast.

Quant à ce qui a été mentionné concernant le jeûne du mois de Cha'ban, il a été interrogé à ce sujet et il a dit : "Ni le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui) ni aucun de mes ancêtres ne l'ont jeûné." Cela est dû au fait qu'un groupe de personnes a prétendu que son jeûne était une obligation similaire au jeûne du mois de Ramadan, et que son obligation était similaire à celle du mois de Ramadan. Et celui qui rompt un jour de jeûne de ce mois doit expier de la même manière que celui qui rompt un jour de Ramadan. La parole de l'Imam (que la paix soit sur lui) "Ni le Messager d'Allah (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui) ni aucun de mes ancêtres" signifie que ce qu'ils jeûnaient n'était ni une obligation ni un devoir, contrairement à ce que prétendent ceux qui affirment que c'était une obligation. En réalité, ils jeûnaient ce mois par recommandation, comportant des mérites, et celui qui ne le jeûnait pas n'encourait aucune sanction."

7. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hassan from Ahmad ibn Sabih from ‘Anbasah al-‘Abid in a Mawquf manner who has said the following: “He (the Imam) ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘The Messenger of Allah left this world practicing the fast of month of al-Sha‘ban and three days of every month, the first Thursday, the middle Wednesday and the last Thursday of the month. Abu Ja‘far, and abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, would also do so.

Le Prophète (que la prière d'Allah et Son salut soient sur lui et sur sa famille) est décédé en jeûnant le mois de Sha'ban, le mois de Ramadan et trois jours de chaque mois, le premier jeudi, le milieu du mercredi et le dernier jeudi, et Abu Ja'far et Abu 'Abdillah (que la paix soit sur eux) jeûnaient de la même manière.