Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 770

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What Has Been Related About Fasting Consecutive Days

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Darussalam · Volume 2

6. The Chapters On Fasting From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 132

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770. 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The most virtuous fast is the fast of my brother Dāwūd. He would fast a day, and not fast (the next) day. He would not flee at the time of engagement (with the enemy)." (Sahih) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh. Abul-'Abbās (one of the narrators) is Ash-Shā'ir (the poet) (Al-Makkī), Al-A'mā (the blind), and his name is As-Sā'ib bin Farrūkh. Some of the people of knowledge said: The most virtuous fasting is that one fast one day, and not fast the next. And it is said that this is the most difficult type of fasting.

Arabic text

٧٧٠ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌هَنَّادٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ ‌مِسْعَرٍ ‌وَسُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ ‌حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ ، عَنْ ‌عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَفْضَلُ الصَّوْمِ صَوْمُ أَخِي دَاوُدَ؛» كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، وَلَا يَفِرُّ إِذَا لَاقَى. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَأَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الشَّاعِرُ الْمَكِّيُّ، وَاسْمُهُ السَّائِبُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ. قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ أَنْ تَصُومَ يَوْمًا وَتُفْطِرَ يَوْمًا. وَيُقَالُ: هَذَا هُوَ أَشَدُّ الصِّيَامِ.

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Islam is a system of life given by The Creator of the nature, so it is exactly according to the human nature, therefore Islam does not ignore the worldly needs to propagate the religion only. It burdens on a person only to the extent that does not affect the rights of his body and soul, family and dependents, kith and kin, friends and loved ones.