Chapter on Obligation of Fasting

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 1
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 1

Chapter on Obligation of Fasting

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلرَّبِيعِ اَلْأَقْرَعِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:» مَا كَلَّفَ اَللَّهُ اَلْعِبَادَ فَوْقَ مَا يُطِيقُونَ« فَذَكَرَ اَلْفَرَائِضَ وَ قَالَ» إِنَّمَا كَلَّفَهُمْ صِيَامَ شَهْرٍ مِنَ اَلسَّنَةِ وَ هُمْ يُطِيقُونَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ«.
And from him, from Muhammad ibn al-Rabi al-Aqra, from Hisham ibn Salim, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I heard Imam عليه السلام saying: “Allah سبحانه وتعالى has not burdened the servants beyond what they are able to bear.” Then Imam عليه السلام mentioned the obligations and said: “Allah سبحانه وتعالى only burdened them with fasting one month of the year, while they are able to bear more than that.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 207
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb