No. 2494

Umm al-Fadl bint- al-Harith reported that some people argued about the fasting of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the day of 'Arafa. Some of them said that he had been fasting, whereas the others said that he had not been fasting. I sent a cup of milk to him while he was riding his camel at 'Arafa, and he drank it.

No. 2495

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Nadr with the same chain of transmitters, but he did not mention that he was mounting (riding on) his camel.

No. 2496

This hadith has been narrated by Abu Nadr on the authority of Umair, the freed slave of Umm al-Fadl, through the same chain of transmitters.

No. 2497

Umm al-Fadl (Allaah be pleased with her) is reported to have said that some people among the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) were in doubt about fasting on the day of 'Arafa and we were with him on that day. I (Umm al-Fadl) sent him a cup of milk and he was halting at 'Arafa, and he drank that.

No. 2498

Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas (Allaah be pleased with him), reported from Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), that people had doubt about the fasting of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the day of 'Arafa. Maimuna sent him a cup of milk and he was halting at a place and he drank it and the people were seeing him.