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Fasting One Day, And Not Fasting One Day, And The Difference In The Wording Of The Transmitters Of The Narration Of 'Abdullâh Bin 'Amr About It

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Darussalam · Volume 3

22. The Book Of Fasting

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الحديث: 2392 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 211

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2394. It was narrated from 'Abdullâh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Âs that it was mentioned to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ that he had said: "I will certainly stand all night (in prayer) and fast every day for as long as I live.” The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Are you the one who said that?” “I said: ‘I said it, O Messenger of Allāh.’” The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘You cannot do that. Fast and break your fast, sleep and stand (in prayer), and fast three days of each month. For a good deed is equal to ten like it, and that is like fasting for a lifetime.’ I said: ‘But I am able to do better than that.’ He said: ‘Fast for one day and break your fast for two days.’ I said: ‘I am able to do better than that, O Messenger of Allāh.’ He said: ‘Then fast for one day and break your fast for one day, and that is the fast of Dāwūd and it is the best kind of fasting.’ I said: ‘I am able to do better than that.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘There is nothing better than that.’” Abdullāh said: “If I had accepted the three days that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, that would be dearer to me than my family and my wealth.” (Sahih)

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2392 - أَخْبَرَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: ذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ: لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ مَا عِشْتُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: قَدْ قُلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ، فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَنَمْ وَقُمْ، وَصُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ»، قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «صُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ»، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا، وَذَلِكَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ، وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ»، قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو: «لَأَنْ أَكُونَ قَبِلْتُ الثَّلَاثَةَ الْأَيَّامَ الَّتِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي»

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“If I had accepted three days”: this perception dawned upon him in his old age, when it became hard to endure such strenuous worship.