Hadith 35
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Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (rh) narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khalid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Darsatuwayh al-Farisi narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Mansur narrated to us. He said: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us. He said: Shu`ba narrated to us. He said: Hamad b. Abi Sulayman narrated to me from Anas. He said
I heard the Prophet (s) said: Whoever fasts one day from Rajab out of faith and anticipation, Allah will put seventy trenches between him and the Fire. The width of each trench would be the distance between heaven and Earth.
حدثنا الشيخ الفقيه أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خالد، قال: حدثنا محمد ابن درستويه الفارسي، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن منصور، قال: حدثنا أبو داود الطيالسي، قال: حدثنا شعبة، قال: حدثني حماد بن أبي سليمان، عن أنس، قال
سمعت النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) يقول: من صام يوما من رجب إيمانا واحتسابا، جعل الله تبارك وتعالى بينه وبين النار سبعين خندقا، عرض كل خندق ما بين السماء والارض (1).
Similar narrations
- Al-Amālī #927 Whoever fasts the twenty-seventh of Rajab, Allah records the reward of seventy years of fasting for him.
- Al-Amālī #927 Whoever fasts the twenty-seventh of Rajab, Allah records the reward of seventy years of fasting for him.
- Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #238 The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was asked regarding the fast of Rajab. He replied, “Why don’t you care for the fasts of Shaban?”