Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 4:29

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 4:29

Book of Fasting

كتاب الصيام

Hadith 4:29

Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from Mahdi ibn Maymun, from Muhammad ibn Abi Ya'qub, from Raja' ibn Haywah, from Abu Umamah, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, command me to do a deed by which I may enter Paradise," or something similar to that. He said, "You must fast, for there is nothing equal to it." He (the narrator) said: So Abu Umamah would not be seen with smoke in his house during the day, except when a guest arrived.

حدثنا يزيد بن هارون عن مهدي بن ميمون عن محمد بن أبي يعقوب عن رجاء بن حيوة عن أبي امامة قال قلت يا رسول الله مرني بعمل ادخل به الجنة أو نحو ذلك فقال عليك بالصوم فانه لا مثل له قال فكان أبو امامة لا يرى في بيته الدخان نهارا إلا إذا نزل به ضيف