Muwatta Malik #703
Fasting
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يُسْأَلُ عَنْ قَضَاءِ، رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ لاَ يُفَرَّقَ قَضَاءُ رَمَضَانَ وَأَنْ يُوَاتَرَ . قَالَ يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ فِيمَنْ فَرَّقَ قَضَاءَ رَمَضَانَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِعَادَةٌ وَذَلِكَ مُجْزِئٌ عَنْهُ وَأَحَبُّ ذَلِكَ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يُتَابِعَهُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ مَنْ أَكَلَ أَوْ شَرِبَ فِي رَمَضَانَ سَاهِيًا أَوْ نَاسِيًا أَوْ مَا كَانَ مِنْ صِيَامٍ وَاجِبٍ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاءَ يَوْمٍ مَكَانَهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he heard
Said ibn al Musayyab being asked about making up days missed in
Ramadan, and Said said, "What I like best is for days missed in
Ramadan to be made up consecutively, and not separately."
Yahya said that he had heard Malik say, about some one who made up the
days he had missed in Ramadan separately, that he did not have to
repeat them. (What he had done) was enough for him. It was, however,
preferable, if he did them consecutively.
Malik said,
"Whoever eats or drinks thoughtlessly or forgetfully in Ramadan or
during any other obligatory fast that he must do, has to fast another
day in its place."
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This hadith is #703 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fasting.