Muwatta Malik #707
Fasting
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، كَبِرَ حَتَّى كَانَ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الصِّيَامِ فَكَانَ يَفْتَدِي . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَلاَ أَرَى ذَلِكَ وَاجِبًا وَأَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ إِذَا كَانَ قَوِيًّا عَلَيْهِ فَمَنْ فَدَى فَإِنَّمَا يُطْعِمُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مُدًّا بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Anas ibn
Malik used to pay fidya when he had grown old and could no longer
manage to do the fast.
Malik said, "I do not consider that to
do so is obligatory, but what I like most is that a man does the fast
when he is strong enough. Whoever pays compensation gives one mudd of
food in place of every day, using the mudd of the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace."
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This hadith is #707 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fasting.