71 - Chapter: Mentioning the discrepancy regarding Ata' in the report on this matter

2373 - Hajib ibn Sulayman informed me, saying: Al-Harith ibn Atiyyah narrated to us, saying: Al-Awza'i narrated to us, from Ata' ibn Abi Rabah,

from Abdullah ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever fasts perpetually, then he has not fasted."(1)

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And it was narrated - with similar wording and with an addition at its end: "and two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer" - by Amr ibn Qays al-Mula'i - as in narration (2416) - from al-Hurr ibn Sayyah, from Hunaydah, from Hafsah. And he did not mention her husband in the chain of transmission.

And it was narrated - with its final portion - by Sharik, who is Ibn Abdullah al-Nakha'i - as will come in the two narrations (2413) and (2414) - from al-Hurr ibn Sayyah, from Ibn Umar.

And it was narrated - with its final portion - by Al-Hasan ibn Ubaydullah - as will come in narration (2419) - from Hunaydah, from his mother, from Umm Salamah. And there was disagreement regarding him, as will be explained there.

And regarding his fasting, peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Ashura and the encouragement to fast it, it has preceded under number (2320) from the hadith of Muhammad ibn Sayfi, and under number (2321) from the hadith of Salamah ibn al-Akwa', and under number (2370) from the hadith of Ibn Abbas, and under number (2371) from the hadith of Mu'awiyah.

As for his saying: "and nine days of Dhu al-Hijjah," this contradicts what Muslim (1176) narrated from the hadith of A'ishah, who said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, fasting during the ten days at all. And see the commentary on the hadith (22334) from the "Musnad of Ahmad."

As for his saying: "and three days of the month, the first Monday of the month and two Thursdays," the encouragement to fast three days of every month has been reported without restriction from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which has preceded under number (1677), and from the hadith of a man from the companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, which will come under number (2385), and from the hadith of Abu Dharr, which will come under number (2404), and from the hadith of Abu Aqrab, which will come under number (2433). And their specification as being the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth days has been reported in the hadith of Jarir ibn Abdullah, which will come under number (2420), and in the hadith of Abu Dharr under number (2421).

(1) A sound hadith, and this chain of transmission has been disputed regarding al-Awza'i, who is Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr. It was narrated - as here and in the following narration - from him, from Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, from Ibn Umar. And it was narrated - as in the following narration as well - from him, from Ata', from Abdullah without attribution. And it was narrated - as in the two narrations =