English translation
767. Abū Qatādah said: “It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! What is the case of the one who fasts daily?’ He said: ‘He did not fast nor break (the fast).’” Or, he said: “He never fasted nor broke (his fast).” (Sahih) There are narrations on this topic from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr, ‘Abdullah bin Ash-Shikh-khir, ‘Imran bin Husain, and Abū Mūsā. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadith of Abū Qatādah is a Hasan Hadith. There are those among the people of knowledge who disliked fasting daily (and there are those others who permitted it). They said fasting daily is only disliked when he does not abstain from fasting on the Day of Fitr, the Day of Adhā, and the Days of Tashriq. So whoever abstains from fasting on these days then he has stayed away from the limit of what is disliked and he has not fasted every day. This was reported from Mālik bin Anas, and it is the view of Ash-Shāfi‘ī. Ahmad and Ishāq said similar, saying that it is not required for one to abstain from fasting except for these five days which were prohibited by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: the Day of Fitr, the Day of Adhā, and the Days of Tashriq.