حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ قَعَدْتُ إِلَی کَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُکٍ قَالَ کَعْبٌ فِيَّ أُنْزِلَتْ کَانَ بِي أَذًی مِنْ رَأْسِي فَحُمِلْتُ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْقَمْلُ يَتَنَاثَرُ عَلَی وَجْهِي فَقَالَ مَا کُنْتُ أُرَی الْجُهْدَ بَلَغَ بِکَ مَا أَرَی أَتَجِدُ شَاةً قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُکٍ قَالَ فَالصَّوْمُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَالصَّدَقَةُ عَلَی سِتَّةِ مَسَاکِينَ لِکُلِّ مِسْکِينٍ نِصْفُ صَاعٍ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَالنُّسُکُ شَاةٌ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3079
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Maqil said: "I sat with Ka'b bin 'Ujrah in the Masjid and asked him about this Verse: 'He must pay a compensation of either fasting (three days) or giving charity (feeding six poor persons) or offering sacrifice (one sheep) Ka’b said: It was revealed concerning me. I had trouble with my head, so I was carried to the Messenger of Allah, with lice crawling on my face. He said: 'I did not think that you were suffering as much as I see. Do you have a sheep?’ I said: ‘No.’ Then this Verse was revealed: "He must pay a Fidyah (ransom) of either fasting (three days) or ‘Sadaqah (charity- feeding six poor persons) or offering sacrifice (one sheep). He said: 'Fasting is three days, chariy is to be given to six poor persons, giving each one half a Sa' of food, and the sacrifice is a sheep.’”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020