حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَی حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَحْيَی عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ هَلْ عِنْدَکُمْ شَيْئٌ فَنَقُولُ لَا فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ فَيُقِيمُ عَلَی صَوْمِهِ ثُمَّ يُهْدَی لَنَا شَيْئٌ فَيُفْطِرُ قَالَتْ وَرُبَّمَا صَامَ وَأَفْطَرَ قُلْتُ کَيْفَ ذَا قَالَتْ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ هَذَا مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَيُعْطِي بَعْضًا وَيُمْسِکُ بَعْضًا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1701
It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H would enter upon me and say: 'Do you have anything (any food)?' If we said: 'No: he would say: 'Then I am fasting.' So he would continue fasting, then if we were given some food, he would break his fast." She said: "Sometimes he would fast and (then) break fast (i.e., combine fasting and breaking fast in one day)." I said: "How was that?" She said: "Like the one who goes out with charity (i.e., something to give in charity), and he gives some away and keeps some." (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020