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The Statement of Allāh

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Darussalam · Volume 4

60 - THE BOOK OF THE STORIES OF THE PROPHETS

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الحديث: 3418 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 160

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3418. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was informed that I have said: "By Allāh, I will observe Ṣaum (fast) all the days and offer Ṣalāt (prayers) all the nights as long as I live." On that, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked me: "Are you the one who says: 'I will observe Ṣaum (fast) all the days and offer Ṣalāt (prayer) all the nights as long as I live?'" I said, "Yes, I have said it." He said, "You cannot do that. So, observe Ṣaum (fast) and do not fast (for a period). Offer Ṣalāt (prayer) and sleep. Observe Ṣaum (fast) for three days a month, for the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the fasting of three days a month equals the fasting of a year." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I can do more than this." He said, "Observe Ṣaum (fast) on every third day. I said, "I can do more than that." He said, "Fast on alternate days and this was the fasting of Dāwud (David) which is the best sort of observing fast." I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I can do more than that." He said, "There is nothing better than that."

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3418 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ المُسَيِّبِ، أَخْبَرَهُ وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: أُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَقُولُ: وَاللَّهِ لَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ، وَلَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ مَا عِشْتُ " فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ وَلَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ مَا عِشْتُ» قُلْتُ: قَدْ قُلْتُهُ قَالَ: «إِنَّكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ، فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَقُمْ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَإِنَّ الحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ» فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا، وَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ " قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «لاَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»

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