أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَکِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْحَوْتَکِيَّةِ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَنْ حَاضِرُنَا يَوْمَ الْقَاحَةِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ أَنَا أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَرْنَبٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جَائَ بِهَا إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهَا تَدْمَی فَکَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَأْکُلْ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ قَالَ کُلُوا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ قَالَ وَمَا صَوْمُکَ قَالَ مِنْ کُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنْ الْبِيضِ الْغُرِّ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4326
It was narrated that Ibn Al Hawtakiyyah said: “Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘Who was present with us on the day when we stopped at Al Qahah?’ Abu Dharr said: ‘I was. A rabbit was brought to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and the man who brought it said: I saw it bleeding (menstruating). The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not eat, then he said: “Eat.” A man said: “I am fasting.” He said: “What fast are you observing?” He said: “Three days each month.” He said: “Why don’t you fast the bright shining days, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020