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Fasting Five Days Of The Month

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Darussalam · Volume 3

22. The Book Of Fasting

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2402 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 215

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2404. It was narrated that Ibn Al-Maliḥ said: “I entered with Zaid upon ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr and he narrated: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was told about my fasting, so he entered upon me and I gave him an average-sized leather pillow that was stuffed with palm fibers. He sat in the ground with the pillow between myself and him, and said: ‘Will it not be sufficient for you to fast three days each month?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh!’ He said: ‘Five.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh!’ He said: ‘Seven.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh!’ He said: ‘Nine.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh!’ He said: ‘Eleven.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh!’ Then the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘There is no fast better than the fast of Dâwûd, half of a lifetime, fasting one day and not the next.” (Sahîh)

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2402 - أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ الْحَذَّاءُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِيكَ زَيْدٍ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، فَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذُكِرَ لَهُ صَوْمِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ وِسَادَةَ أَدَمٍ رَبْعَةً حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ، فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَصَارَتِ الْوِسَادَةُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، قَالَ: «أَمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ؟»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «خَمْسًا»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «سَبْعًا»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «تِسْعًا»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ»، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ وَفِطْرُ يَوْمٍ»

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