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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الصوم
Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)
" لاَ تَصُومُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ إِلاَّ فِيمَا افْتُرِضَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلاَّ لِحَاءَ عِنَبَةٍ أَوْ عُودَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلْيَمْضُغْهُ "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothing but a grape skin or a piece of wood from a tree, he should chew it.
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- Hadith 2389
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- Hadith 2430
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- Hadith 2423
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- Hadith 2353
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- Hadith 2395
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