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769. Ja'far bin Humaid narrated that Anas bin Mālik was asked about the Prophet's ﷺ fasting and he said: "He would fast during a month until we thought that he did not want to abstain from fasting during any of it. And, he would not fast during a month until we thought that he did not want to fast during any of it. (There was no time) that I wanted to see if he was performing Salāt during the night, except that I would see him praying, nor to see him sleeping, except that I would see him sleeping."(Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not follow a regular and routine procedure for observing voluntary fasts; sometimes he ﷺ would fast regularly every day without a break and sometimes he would abandon fasting for many
consecutive days. He ﷺ would sometimes fast first Saturday, Sunday and Monday of a month, and the next month he would fast Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; he would fast on Monday and Thursday every week. He would sometimes fast in the beginning of a month, sometimes in the middle of a month and sometimes at the end of a month; the objective was to leave the door open for observing voluntary fasts for every person, so that every person is able to observe voluntary fasts every month according to one's time, circumstance, capability and courage.
