Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 5
Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ صُمْتَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ تَصُمْ» وَ ذَكَرَ «أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى اَلْحَسَنَ وَ اَلْحُسَيْنَ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ فَوَجَدَ أَحَدَهُمَا صَائِماً وَ اَلْآخَرَ مُفْطِراً فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالاَ «إِنْ صُمْتَ فَحَسَنٌ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَصُمْ فَجَائِزٌ».
It is narrated from Ya‘qub ibn Shu‘ayb, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام) about fasting on the Day of Arafah. Imam عليه السلام said: 'If you wish, you may fast, and if you wish, you may refrain from fasting.' Imam عليه السلام mentioned: 'A man came to al-Hasan عليه السلام and al-Husayn عليه السلام and found one of them fasting and the other not fasting. He asked them, and they said: "If you fast, it is good, and if you do not fast, it is permissible."’"
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