Tashih Hadith Iftar al-Saim Qabla Safarahi Baad al-Fajr - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (45)

Al-Tirmidhī related it from him1, and the Shaykh likewise transmitted it from him. In al-Masāʾil by Isḥāq ibn Manṣūr al-Marwazī ⦗29/1–2⦘ the following passage appears:

“I asked—meaning Imam Aḥmad—‘When a traveler sets out, at what point may he break the fast?’ He answered, ‘Once he has passed beyond the houses.’ Isḥāq—meaning Ibn Rahawayh—said, ‘Rather, the moment he sets his foot outside he may break his fast, just as Anas ibn Mālik2 did, and this was the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. When he has cleared the houses, he should shorten the prayer.’”

Ibn al-ʿArabī’s adherence to the hadith in opposition to the school:

Imam Ibn al-ʿArabī—may Allah have mercy on him—rendered a just verdict, for he chose to act upon the hadith in this matter, contrary to the stance of many scholars.

(1) It is truly remarkable that Ibn al-Arabi—-as will be shown—states that “no one held this view except Ahmad,” even though the report is found in al-Tirmidhi’s collection, which Ibn al-Arabi himself annotated. Exalted is the One who never slips. (2) This confirms the position I had deemed stronger: that Anas’s hadith should be considered sahih (authentic) by those who rely on it, such as Ahmad and Ishaq. I had reached that judgment before coming upon this passage; all praise belongs to Allah for His enabling grace.

الترمذي عنه١ وقد نقله الشيخ عنه وفي كتاب "المسائل" لإسحاق بن منصور المروزي "ق ٢٩/١ - ٢" ما نصه: "قلت "يعني للإمام أحمد": إذا خرج مسافرا متى يفطر؟ قال: إذا برز عن البيوت قال إسحق "يعني ابن راهويه": بل حين يضع رجله فله الإفطار كما فعل ذلك أنس بن مالك٢ وسن النبي صلى الله عليه "كذا" وإذا جاوز البيوت قصر". اتباع ابن العربي للحديث خلافا للمذهب: ولقد أنصف الإمام ابن العربي رحمه الله تعالى فإنه ذهب إلى العمل بالحديث في هذه المسألة خلافا لكثير من علماء.

١ ومن العجائب قول ابن العربي - كما يأتي -: "أنه لم يقل به إلا أحمد" مع أن ذلك ورد في كتاب الترمذي الذي شرحه ابن عربي نفسه فسبحان من لا يسهو. ٢ هذا يؤيد ما كنت رجحته أن حديث أنس هذا ينبغي أن يكون صحيحا عند من قال به كأحمد وإسحاق وقد كنت رجحت ذلك قبل أن أقف على هذا النص فالحمد لله على توفيقه.