مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 6760
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،، ، فَقَالَ: " أَلَمْ أُحَدَّثْ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ؟ أَوْ: أَنْتَ (١) الَّذِي تَقُولُ: لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ؟ " قَالَ: أَحْسِبُهُ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: " فَقُمْ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَصُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَلَكَ (٢) مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ ". قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ ". قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا، وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ، وَهُوَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ "، قُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " (٣)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I met the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Are you the one about whom I have been informed that you say, 'I will stand (in prayer) every night and fast every day'?" I replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah! I have said this." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Pray (at night) and also sleep; fast and also leave fasting, and fast three days in every month—you will have the reward of fasting for a lifetime." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have the strength to do more than this." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Then fast one day and leave fasting for two days." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have the strength to do better than this." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Then fast one day and leave fasting for one day; this is the most moderate way of fasting, and this is the way of fasting of Dawood (peace be upon him)." I said, "I have the strength to do even better than this." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There is no fasting better than this."
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This is Hadith 6760 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 28, Musnad of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with them), as in-book entry 284.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 6760
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