Chapter on Fasting Three Days in Every Month and What Has Come Concerning That
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 29
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 29
Chapter on Fasting Three Days in Every Month and What Has Come Concerning That
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ صَوْمِ اَلسُّنَّةِ فَقَالَ» صِيَامُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ اَلْخَمِيسِ وَ اَلْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَ اَلْخَمِيسِ يَذْهَبْنَ بِبَلاَبِلِ اَلْقَلْبِ وَ وَحَرِ اَلصَّدْرِ اَلْخَمِيسِ وَ اَلْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَ اَلْخَمِيسِ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ اَلْإِثْنَيْنَ وَاَلْأَرْبِعَاءَ وَاَلْخَمِيسَ وَإِنْ صَامَ فِي كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ يَوْماً فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثُونَ حَسَنَةً وَإِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَلْيَزِدْ«.
Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from al-Husayn ibn Said, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari, from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah, from Abu Basir, who said:
I (narrator) asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘the fast of the Sunnah.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Fasting three days from every month: (first) Thursday, Wednesday (after the tenth), and (last)Thursday; of the month. They remove the anxieties of the heart and the burning rancor of the chest (wahar al-sadr): Thursday, Wednesday, and Thursday. And if he wishes, (he can also fast) Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. And if he fasts one day in every ten days, then that is thirty good deeds. And if he loves to increase beyond that, then let him increase.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 379
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 380