حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِکْرَمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَلَی الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْکِينٍ فَکَانَ مَنْ شَائَ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَفْتَدِيَ بِطَعَامِ مِسْکِينٍ افْتَدَی وَتَمَّ لَهُ صَوْمُهُ فَقَالَ فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَأَنْ تَصُومُوا خَيْرٌ لَکُمْ و قَالَ فَمَنْ شَهِدَ مِنْکُمْ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَنْ کَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَی سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2316
Ibn Abbas explain the Quranic verse “For those who can do it (with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent” said “If one of them wished to pay ransom by providing food to an indigent person he could pay ransom. . Thus, his fast was complete. Allaah, the Exalted pronounced “But he that will give more of his own free will, it is better for him”. Again he pronounced “So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting. ” But, if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020