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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: 3419 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 160

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3419. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-Ās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: The Prophet ﷺ said to me, "I have been informed that you offer Ṣalāt (prayer) all the nights and observe Ṣaum (fast) all the days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will get bored. So observe Ṣaum (fast) three days a month, for this will be the Ṣaum (fast) of a whole year." I said, "I find myself able to observe Ṣaum (fast) more." He said: "Then observe Ṣaum (fast) like the fasting of (the Prophet) Dāwūd (David) عليه السلام who used to fast on alternate days and would not flee on facing the enemy."

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3419 - حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي العَبَّاسِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ العَاصِ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلَمْ أُنَبَّأْ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَتَصُومُ النَّهَارَ» فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: «فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ هَجَمَتِ العَيْنُ، وَنَفِهَتِ النَّفْسُ، صُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَذَلِكَ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ، أَوْ كَصَوْمِ الدَّهْرِ» قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أَجِدُ بِي، - قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ يَعْنِي قُوَّةً - قَالَ: «فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ، وَكَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، وَلاَ يَفِرُّ إِذَا لاَقَى» بَابٌ: أَحَبُّ الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صَلاَةُ دَاوُدَ، وَأَحَبُّ الصِّيَامِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ: كَانَ يَنَامُ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ ثُلُثَهُ، وَيَنَامُ سُدُسَهُ، وَيَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَهُوَ قَوْلُ عَائِشَةَ: مَا أَلْفَاهُ السَّحَرُ عِنْدِي إِلَّا نَائِمًا

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