Hadith 54

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 7: Fasting Sahih

Chapter 21

What was narrated concerning backbiting and obscene speech while fasting

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْغِيبَةِ وَالرَّفَثِ لِلصَّائِمِ

Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah 1691
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلاَ يَرْفُثْ وَلاَ يَجْهَلْ. فَإِنْ جَهِلَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ، فَلْيَقُلْ: إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ ‏"
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“When anyone of you is fasting, let him not utter evil or ignorant speech. If anyone speaks to him in an ignorant manner, let him say: ‘I am fasting.’”