مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 6874
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ، قَالَا: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، وَرَوْحٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءً، يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ، الشَّاعِرَ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ: بَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَصُومُ أَسْرُدُ، وَأُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ. قَالَ: فَإِمَّا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ، وَإِمَّا لَقِيتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ تَصُومُ وَلَا تُفْطِرُ، وَتُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ؟ فَلَا تَفْعَلْ، فَإِنَّ لِعَيْنِكَ حَظًّا (٣) ، وَلِنَفْسِكَ حَظًّا، وَلِأَهْلِكَ حَظًّا، فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَصَلِّ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ يَوْمًا، وَلَكَ أَجْرُ تِسْعَةٍ "، قَالَ: إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي أَقْوَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، قَالَ: " فَصُمْ صِيَامَ دَاوُدَ "، قَالَ:، ، فَكَيْفَ (١) كَانَ دَاوُدُ يَصُومُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: " كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، وَلَا يَفِرُّ إِذَا لَاقَى "، قَالَ: مَنْ لِي بِهَذِهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ؟ - قَالَ عَطَاءٌ: فَلَا أَدْرِي كَيْفَ ذَكَرَ صِيَامَ الْأَبَدِ -، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا صَامَ مَنْ صَامَ الْأَبَدَ " قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَرَوْحٌ: " لَا صَامَ مَنْ صَامَ الْأَبَدَ " مَرَّتَيْنِ (٢)،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) came to know that I always fast during the day and stand in prayer at night. So the Prophet (ﷺ) sent for me, or perhaps we met by chance, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Are you the one about whom I have been told that you say, 'I will stand in prayer every night and fast every day'?" Do not do so, for your eyes have a right over you, your self and your family have a right over you. Therefore, stand in prayer and also sleep, fast and also leave fasting sometimes, and fast only one day in every ten days; you will have the reward of additional nine fasts. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! I have the strength to do more than that.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Then fast like Dawud (peace be upon him)." I asked, 'O Prophet of Allah! How did Dawud (peace be upon him) fast?' The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "He would fast one day and leave fasting the next day, and he would not flee when facing the enemy." I said, 'O Prophet of Allah! How can I do this?' The Prophet (ﷺ) also said twice: "Whoever fasts continuously has not really fasted."
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This is Hadith 6874 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 398.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 6874
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