أحمد بن الليث أبو نصر البخاري

My father, may God have mercy on him, and Abū Zayd ʿImrān ibn Firīnām related to us. They said: Aḥmad ibn al-Layth, Abū Naṣr al-Bukhārī, related to us. He said: ʿĀrim, Abū al-Nuʿmān, related to us. He said: Ḥammād ibn Zayd related to us. He said: I heard Abū Ḥanīfa, may God be pleased with him, relate from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said: ʿAlī ibn al-Aqmar related to me, from Masrūq, who said: I visited ʿĀʾisha, may God be pleased with her, on the Day of ʿArafa. She said: ‘Give Masrūq something to drink, give him plenty, and milk for him.’ I said: ‘Mother of the Believers! The only thing that prevented me from fasting today was my fear that it might be the Day of Sacrifice.’ She said: ‘The Day of Sacrifice is the day on which the people sacrifice, and the day of breaking the fast is the day on which the people break their fast.’