42 - Chapter: Fasting While Traveling

2402 - Sulayman ibn Harb and Musaddad narrated to us, they said: Hammad narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'A'ishah: that Hamzah al-Aslami asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man who continually fasts. Shall I fast while traveling?" He said: "Fast if you wish, and break the fast if you wish."(1)

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= And al-Bayhaqi also recorded it in "Al-Kubra" 4/254 via the route of Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Abbas.

And al-Nasa'i recorded in "Al-Kubra" (2930) via the route of 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: No one prays on behalf of another, and no one fasts on behalf of another, but one feeds [the poor] on his behalf for each day a mudd of wheat. And its chain is authentic.

And al-Bukhari recorded (1953) as a suspended commentary, and Muslim (1148) — and the wording is his — and al-Nasa'i (2929) via the route of al-Hakam ibn 'Utaybah, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, my mother died and she owed a fast of a vow. Shall I fast on her behalf?" He said: "What do you think — if your mother had a debt and you paid it off, would that not settle it on her behalf?" She said: "Yes." He said: "Then fast on behalf of your mother." And Ibn Hibban declared it authentic (4396).

(1) Its chain is authentic. Musaddad: he is Ibn Musarhad al-Asadi, and Hammad: he is Ibn Zayd. And Muslim recorded it (1121), and al-Nasa'i in "Al-Kubra" (2705) via the route of Hammad, with this chain.

And al-Bukhari recorded it (1942) in abbreviated form and (1943), and Muslim (1121), and Ibn Majah (1662), and al-Tirmidhi (720), and al-Nasa'i in "Al-Kubra" (2626-2629) via multiple routes from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, with it.

And it is in "Musnad Ahmad" (24196), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (3560).

Al-Khattabi said: This is an explicit text affirming the option for the traveler between fasting and breaking the fast, and in it is a clarification of the permissibility of fasting the obligatory fast for the traveler if he fasts it, and it is the view of the general body of scholars.

Then the scholars differed after this regarding which of the two matters is better: =