Abdullah bin Buraida (RA) reported on the authority of his father: When we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , a woman came to him and said: I had gifted to my mother a maid-servant, and now she (the mother) has died. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: There is a definite reward for you and she (the maid-servant) has been returned to you as an inheritance. She (that woman) again said: Fasts of a month (of Ramadan) are due upon her; should I observe them on her behalf? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Observe fasts on her behalf. She (again) said: She did not perform Hajj, should I perform it on her behalf? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Perform Hajj on her behalf.

'Abdullah bin Buraida (RA) reported on the authority of his father: I was sitting with the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ; the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation that the (the narrator) said: "Fasts of two months."

Ibn Buraida (RA) reported on the authority of his father: A woman came to the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and the rest of the hadith is the same, but he said: "Fasting of one month."

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters in which it is said: "Fasting of two months."

Buraida (RA) reported a similar hadith on the authority of his father that a woman came to the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he said: "Fasting for one month."