كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِيمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي شَعْبَانَ وَ هُوَ صَائِمٌ ثُمَّ رَأَيْنَا هِلَالَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَأَفْطَرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَمْسِ كَانَ عَنْ شَعْبَانَ وَ أَنْتَ صَائِمٌ وَ الْيَوْمُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ أَنْتَ مُفْطِرٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ذَاكَ تَطَوُّعٌ وَ لَنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَ مَا شِئْنَا وَ هَذَا فَرْضٌ فَلَيْسَ لَنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَ إِلَّا مَا أُمِرْنَا .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Bilal, from Al Hassan Bin Bassam Al Jammal, from a man who said, ‘I was with Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> in what is between Makkah and Al-Medina, and he was Fasting. Then we saw the crescent of the Month of Ramazan, so he<sup>asws</sup> broke. So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Yesterday was from Shaban and you<sup>asws</sup> were Fasting, and today is from the Month of Ramazan and you are not Fasting?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘That was voluntary (Fast), and for us<sup>asws</sup> is that we<sup>asws</sup> do what we<sup>asws</sup> so desire to, and this is an Obligation, so it is not for us<sup>asws</sup> that we<sup>asws</sup> do except for what we<sup>asws</sup> have been Commanded for’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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