Chapter on the virtue of one who breaks the fast of a fasting person, the virtue of the fasting person at whom food is eaten, and the supplication of the one who eats for the one at whom he eats.
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the virtue of one who breaks the fast of a fasting person:
It was narrated from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 807Sahih (Darussalam) Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: A good, authentic hadith.
And it was narrated from Umm 'Amarah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her):Riyad as-Salihin 1266 Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: A good hadith.
And it was narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): Abu Dawud narrated it with an authentic chain.
The Book of I'tikaf: Chapter on I'tikaf in Ramadan:
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said:Riyad as-Salihin 1268 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And it was narrated from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):Riyad as-Salihin 1269 Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:Riyad as-Salihin 1270 Al-Bukhari narrated it ".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
This chapter: "Chapter on one who breaks the fast of a fasting person": This is the last thing al-Nawawi -may Allah have mercy on him- mentioned in his book *Riyad al-Salihin* regarding fasting.
And that is because among the blessings of Allah the Exalted and Supreme upon His servants is that He prescribed for them cooperation in righteousness and piety.
And among that is breaking the fast of the fasting person, because the fasting person is commanded to break his fast and to hasten the breaking of the fast, so if he is helped in this, it is from the blessing of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
The scholars differed regarding the meaning of his saying:
And some scholars said: The meaning of breaking his fast is that he satisfies him, because this is what benefits the fasting person throughout his night, and perhaps he will be satisfied with it and not need the pre-dawn meal. However, the apparent meaning of the hadith is that if a person breaks the fast of a fasting person, even with a single date, he has a reward like his. For this reason, a person should strive to break the fasts of those who are fasting to the best of his ability, especially given the need of the fasting people and their poverty, or their need because there is no one in their homes to prepare the breaking of the fast for them, and the like of that.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the virtue of one who breaks the fast of a fasting person:
It was narrated from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said:
Whoever provides the food for a fasting person to break his fast with, then for him is the same reward as his (the fasting person's), without anything being diminished from the reward of the fasting person.
من فطر صائماً كان له مثل أجره، غير أنه لا ينقص من أجر الصائم شيءAnd it was narrated from Umm 'Amarah al-Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her):
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) visited us and I served him some food. He (ﷺ) asked me to eat. I replied that I was observing (optional) fast. He (ﷺ) said, "When people eat by a person observing fast, the angels keep asking Allah's forgiveness for that person until they have had their fill."
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم دخل عليها فقدمت إليه طعاما، فقال : كلي فقالت : إني صائمة، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الصائم تصلي عليه الملائكة إذا أُكل عنده حتى يفرغوا وربما قال : حتى يشبعواAnd it was narrated from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him):
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him), so he brought out bread and oil and he ate, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The fasting people break their fasts at your place, the righteous eat your food, and the angels send blessings upon you
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم جاء إلى سعد بن عبادة رضي الله عنه، فجاء بخبز وزيت فأكل، ثم قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : أفطر عندكم الصائمون، وأكل طعامكم الأبرار، وصلت عليكم الملائكةThe Book of I'tikaf: Chapter on I'tikaf in Ramadan:
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعتكف العشر الأواخر من رمضانAnd it was narrated from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to engage himself in I'tikaf (seclusion for prayers) in the mosque during the last ten nights of Ramadan till he passed away; thereafter, his wives followed this practice after him.
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يعتكف العشر الأواخر من رمضان حتى توفاه الله تعالى، ثم اعتكف أزواجه من بعدهAnd it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to observe I'tikaf every year (during Ramadan) for ten days; in the year in which he passed away, he observed I'tikaf for twenty days.
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يعتكف في كل رمضان عشرة أيام، فلما كان العام الذي قُبض فيه اعتكف عشرين يوماًThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
This chapter: "Chapter on one who breaks the fast of a fasting person": This is the last thing al-Nawawi -may Allah have mercy on him- mentioned in his book *Riyad al-Salihin* regarding fasting.
And that is because among the blessings of Allah the Exalted and Supreme upon His servants is that He prescribed for them cooperation in righteousness and piety.
And among that is breaking the fast of the fasting person, because the fasting person is commanded to break his fast and to hasten the breaking of the fast, so if he is helped in this, it is from the blessing of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever breaks the fast of a fasting person has a reward like his, without anything being deducted from the reward of the fasting person
مَن فطَّر صائما فله مثل أجره من غير أن ينقص من أجر الصائم شيءThe scholars differed regarding the meaning of his saying:
Whoever breaks the fast of a fasting person
مَن فطَّر صائماAnd some scholars said: The meaning of breaking his fast is that he satisfies him, because this is what benefits the fasting person throughout his night, and perhaps he will be satisfied with it and not need the pre-dawn meal. However, the apparent meaning of the hadith is that if a person breaks the fast of a fasting person, even with a single date, he has a reward like his. For this reason, a person should strive to break the fasts of those who are fasting to the best of his ability, especially given the need of the fasting people and their poverty, or their need because there is no one in their homes to prepare the breaking of the fast for them, and the like of that.