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Regarding Continuous Voluntary Fasting

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2427 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 322

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2427. It was reported from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘Āsh, who said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ met me and said: ‘Have I not been informed that you said: “I will pray the whole night and fast during the day?”’ — He (one of the narrators) said: “I think he said: ‘Yes O Messenger of Allāh! I did say that.’” — “He (ﷺ) said: ‘Stand (in prayer at night) and sleep, fast and break your fast, and fast from each month three days, and that is equivalent to fasting all the time.’” He said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! I can do more than that.’ He said: ‘Then fast for a day and break fast for two days.’” He said: “I said: ‘I can do more than that.’ He said: ‘Then fast one day, and break fast one day; it is the most just fast, and it is the fast of Dāwud.’ I said: ‘I can do more than that.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "There is no fast better than that." (Sahih)

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2427 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ: لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَلَمْ أُحَدَّثْ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ: لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ، وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ؟ "، قَالَ: أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَاكَ، قَالَ: «قُمْ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَصُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَذَاكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَصُمْ يَوْمًا، وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ»، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا، وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ، وَهُوَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ»، قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»

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