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Fasting For Two-Thirds Of One's Lifetime

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Darussalam · Volume 3

22. The Book Of Fasting

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الحديث: 2386 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 208

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2388. It was narrated that 'Amr bin Shurahbīl said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, what do you say about a man who fasted for the rest of his life?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'I wish that he would never eat for the rest of his life.' He said: 'Two-thirds (of a lifetime)?' He said: 'That is too much.' He said: 'Half?' He said: 'That is too much.' He said: 'Shall I not tell you of that which will take away impurity from the heart?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Fasting for three days each month.'" (Sahih)

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2386 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، قَالَ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ كُلَّهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَدِدْتُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَطْعَمِ الدَّهْرَ شَيْئًا»، قَالَ: فَثُلُثَيْهِ، قَالَ: «أَكْثَرَ»، قَالَ: فَنِصْفَهُ، قَالَ: «أَكْثَرَ»، قَالَ: «أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا يُذْهِبُ وَحَرَ الصَّدْرِ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: «صِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»

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"Impurity of the heart (literally the breast)": Some scholars have understood it to mean the restlessness or the agitation of heart.