My father رضي الله عنه narrated to us, saying that Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh narrated to him among others, from al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī, from Sulaymān b. Dāwūd al-Munqarī, from Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth al-Nakhʿī, who narrates: “I heard Abā ʿAbd Allāh عليه السلام saying: “Verily, fasting in the month of Ramaḍān has not been ordained by Allāh upon any of the communities before us.” I retorted: “And what of Allāh’s عز وجل saying: ﴾O’ believers! Fasting has been prescribed for you—as it was for those before you—so perhaps you will become mindful of Allāh﴿?” [2:183], so he replied: “Allāh ordained fasting in the month of Ramaḍān only upon the Prophets, and not their respective communities as well. Thus, Allāh has favoured this community with it and made fasting a duty upon the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله and his community.”