حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ أَنْبَأَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَصُمْهُ وَأَنَا لَا أَصُومُهُ وَلَا آمُرُكَ وَلَا أَنْهَاكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَصُمْهُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَصُمْهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5420
Ibn Abi Nujayh said: I heard my father narrate that a man asked Ibn 'Umar about fasting on the day of 'Arafah. He said: We went out (on Hajj) with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and he did not fast it, and (we went out) with Abu Bakr, and he did not fast it, and (we went out) with 'Umar, and he did not fast it, and (we went out) with 'Uthmaan, ard he did not fast it. I do not fast it or instruct you to do so, and I do not forbid you to do that. If you wish, fast it, and if you wish, do not fast it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ أَنْبَأَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ