English translation
رضي الله عنه 1977. Narrated ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr: The news of my observing Ṣaum (fasting) daily and offering Ṣalāt (prayer) every night throughout the night reached the Prophet ﷺ. So he sent for me, or I met him, and he ﷺ said, “I have been informed that you observe Ṣaum (fast) every day and offer Ṣalāt (prayer) every night (all the night). Observe Ṣaum (fast) (for some days) and give it up (for some days), offer Ṣalāt (prayer) and sleep for your eyes have a right on you, and your body and your family (your wife) have a right on you.” I replied, “I have more strength than that (for fasting).” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Then observe Ṣaum (fast) like the Ṣaum (fast) of (the Prophet) Dāwūd (David).” عليه السلام. I said, “How?” He replied, “He used to observe Ṣaum (fast) on alternate days, and he used not to flee on meeting the enemy.” I said, “From where can I get that chance, O Allāh’s Prophet?” [‘Aṭā said, “I do not know how the expression of ‘observe Ṣaum (fast) daily throughout the life’ occurred.”] So, the Prophet ﷺ said, twice, “Whoever observe Ṣaum (fast) daily throughout his life is just as the one who does not observe Ṣaum (fast) at all.”
