Sahih al-Bukhari 5052

Translation

My father married me to a woman of noble lineage. He would regularly check on his daughter-in-law and ask her about her husband. She would say: “An excellent man he is—he has not come to our bed, nor has he looked into our private quarters since we came to him.”  When that went on too long for him, he mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: “Have me meet with him.” So I met him afterward, and he said: “How do you fast?” He replied: “Every day.” He said: “And how often do you complete ˹the Quran˺?” He replied: “Every night.” He said: “Fast three days each month, and recite the Qur’an once each month.” He said: I said, “I can do more than that.” He said: “Then fast three days each week.” I said, “I can do more than that.” He said: “Then break your fast for two days and fast one day.” He said: I said, “I can do more than that.” He said: “Then fast the best of fasting: the fast of Dawud: fast one day and break the fast one day, and recite it once every seven nights.” If only I had accepted the concession of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for I grew old and became weak. He would recite to some of his family during the day the portion of the Quran for seven days, and what he recited during the day he would review during the day so that it would be lighter for him at night. And when he wanted to regain strength, he would break his fast for some days, count them, and then fast the same number, disliking to leave anything he had adhered to when he parted from the Prophet ﷺ upon it.

Notes

• قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ: وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: فِي ثَلَاثٍ وَفِي خَمْسٍ، وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَى سَبْعٍ.

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Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

   One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاء
   عن
2. 2
   Mujāhid b. Jabr al-Makhzūmī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), an imam in Quranic exegesis and in knowledge.d. 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 102 AH, or 103 AH, or 104 AH, or 107 AH
   مُجَاهِدٍثقة ، إمام في التفسير وفي العلم
   عن
3. 3
   al-Mughīrah b. Miqsam al-Ḍabbī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and meticulous (mutqin), except that he used to practise concealment (tadlīs), especially from Ibrāhīmd. 132 AH, or: 133 AH, or: 134 AH, or: 136 AH
   مُغِيرَةَثقة متقن إلا أنه كان يدلس ولا سيما عن إبراهيم
   عن
4. 4
   Abū ʿAwānah

   trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
   أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 223 AH, or 226 AH
   مُوسَىثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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