34 - Chapter on What Has Been Reported Concerning the Breaking of the Fast by One Observing a Voluntary Fast

740 - Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Ibn Umm Hani', from Umm Hani', who said: I was sitting with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a drink was brought, and he drank from it, then he handed it to me, and I drank from it. Then I said: "I have committed a sin, so ask forgiveness for me." He said: "And what is that?" She said: "I was fasting, and I broke my fast." He said: "Was it to make up a missed fast that you were observing?" She said: "No." He said: "Then it will not harm you."(1)

In this chapter, there is also a narration from Abu Sa'id and 'A'ishah.

The hadith of Umm Hani' has some criticism regarding its chain of transmission.

The practice according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and others, is that if one observing a voluntary fast breaks his fast, there is no make-up required of him, unless he wishes to make it up. This is the opinion of Sufyan al-Thawri, Ahmad, Ishaq, and al-Shafi'i.

741 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah informed us, saying: I used to hear Simak ibn Harb saying: One of the sons of Umm Hani' narrated to me, and I met the most virtuous of them - and his name was Ja'dah, and Umm Hani' was his grandmother - and he narrated to me from his grandmother: That the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon her, and called for a drink, and he drank, then he handed it to her, and she drank. Then she said: "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I had been--------------------------------------------
(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the unknown status of Ibn Umm Hani', whose name is Ja'dah. It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i in al-Kubra (3302) and thereafter. It is also in Musnad Ahmad (26893), where we have discussed its chain of transmission in detail.