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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet was told that I had said: I shall observe the fast every day and shall spend the whole night in voluntary Prayer as long as I live. The Holy Prophet asked me: Are you the one who has said this? I replied: Indeed, I have said it, Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be thy ransom. He said: You will not be able to sustain this. You may fast but with breaks, and you may get up for voluntary Prayer, but you should also sleep. Observe the fast for three days in a month, and as the value of a good deed is tenfold this would be equal to a full month’s fast. I said: I am strong enough to do better than this. He said: Then fast one day and leave out two days. I said: I am strong enough enough to do better than that. He said: Well, then, fast one day and leave off one day. This was the fast of David and it is the best fast. I said: I am strong enough to do better than that. The Holy Prophet said: There is nothing better than this. I now wish I had agreed to the suggestion of the Holy Prophet that I should fast on three days in a month. This would be dearer to me than my property and my children (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: The Holy Prophet said: Have I not been told that you observe the fast every day and stand for voluntary Prayer throughout the night? I said: That is so, Messenger of Allah. He said: Do not do so. Observe the fast and leave off, sleep and stand in Prayer. Your body has a right, your eyes have a right, your wife has a right, your guest has a right. It would be enough if you were to fast on three days in a month; for as every good deed has a tenfold value this would be equal to a whole month of fasting. But I was hard on myself and thus was hardship imposed upon me. I said: Messenger of Allah, I feel strong. He said: Then observe the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, and do not add to it. | asked: What was the fast of David? He said: Half the time. Alas, how I wish I had accepted the first suggestion of the Holy Prophet! Another version is: Have I not been told that you observe the fast every day and recite the entire Quran during one night? I said: That is so, Messenger of Allah, and I intend only good in doing so. He said: Observe the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, for he performed more worship than any other man, and completed the recitation of the Quran in one month. I said: Prophet of Allah, I am strong enough to do better than this. He said: Then complete it in twenty days. I said: Prophet of Allah, I feel strong enough to do better than that. He said: Then recite it in ten days. I said: Prophet of Allah, I have strength for better than that. He said: Well, then, recite it in seven days and do not add to this recitation. Thus I was hard on myself and hardship was imposed upon me. The Holy Prophet said to me: You do not know, you may live quite long. Then I arrived at that which the Holy Prophet had said. When I became old I wished I had accepted the original suggestion of the Holy Prophet. One version adds: Your son has a right. One version is: The Holy Prophet said: He who fasts everyday, does not fast at all, and repeated it three times. One version adds: The fast most acceptable to Allah is the fast of David, and the salat most acceptable to Allah is the salat of David. He slept through half the night, then stood in Prayer one third of it and then slept through one sixth; and he used to fast one day and leave off one. He did not retreat in the face of the enemy. . Another version is: My father had married me to a woman of good family and he used to inquire from his daughter-in-law about her husband. She would say: A fine man indeed. Since I have come to him he has not lain down with me nor has he looked at my face. When this continued for some time my father mentioned the matter to the Holy Prophet. He said to my father: Send him to me. So I went to him. He asked me: How often do you fast? I said: Every day. He asked me: How long do you take in reciting the entire Quran? I said: Once every night. Then followed that which has been related already. When Abdullah became old he would recite one seventh of his nightly recitation to some member of his family during the day to lighten his task at night. When he desired relief from his fasting on alternate days he would leave off fasting for a few days and make up later the number of fasts he had missed. He would not give up the" number altogether as he disliked going back on what he had settled with the Holy Prophet in the latter's lifetime.
Mu‘azah Adawiah relates that she asked Ayesha: Did the Holy Prophet observe fast on three days during every month? And she said: Yes. I asked her: During which part of the month did he fast? She answered: He did not mind which part it was (Muslim).
Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: If you observe fast on three days in a month, then make them the days of the 13th, 14th and 15th nights of the moon (Tirmidhi),
Qatadah ibn Milhan relates: The Holy Prophet directed | us to observe the fast on the three white days of every month, meaning the days of the 13th, 14th and 15th nights of the moon (Abu Daud).
Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet never omitted observance of the fast on white days, whether he was stationary or was on a journey (Nisai).
Zaid ibn Khalid Juhni relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who provides for the breaking of the fast of another earns the same merit as the one who was observing the fast without diminishing in any way the reward of the latter (Tirmidhi).
Umm Ammarah relates that the Holy Prophet visited her and she put some food before him. He asked her to eat also. She said: I am fasting. On this he observed: Angels call down blessings on a person who should be fasting when other people eat in his presence till they finish (or till they have eaten their fill) (Tirmidhi).
Anas relates that the Holy Prophet came to visit Sa‘ad ibn Ubadah who brought bread and olive oil and presented it to him. The Holy" Prophet partook of it and said: Those who were fasting have broken their fast with you and the righteous have eaten your food while the angels were calling down blessings on you (Abu Daud).
