Sahih al-Bukhari 6277

Translation

The news of my fasting was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ. So he entered upon me and I put for him a leather cushion stuffed with palm-fibres. The Prophet ﷺ sat on the floor and the cushion was between me and him. He said to me, "Isn't it sufficient for you (that you fast) three days a month?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (I can fast more than this)." He said, "You may fast) five days a month." I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! (I can fast more than this)." He said, "(You may fast) seven days." I said, "O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "Nine." I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He said, "Eleven." I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He said, "No fasting is superior to the fasting of (the Prophet ﷺ David) which was one half of a year, and he used, to fast on alternate days. (See Hadith No. 300, Vol 3)

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Other narrations of this report

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2413al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 3229al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4697al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4963Musnad al-Bazzar 9404Musnad Abi Ya'la 4581

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
   قال
2. 2
   Abū al-Malīḥ b. Usāmah al-Hudhalī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 98 AH, or: 112 AH, also said: 108 AH
   أَبُو الْمَلِيحِثقة
   أخبرني
3. 3
   Abū Qilābah al-Jarmī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent, who often narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl)d. 104 AH, or 105 AH, or 106 AH, or 107 AH
   أَبِي قِلَابَةَثقة فاضل ، كثير الإرسال
   عن
4. 4
   Khālid al-Ḥadhdhāʾ

   Trustworthy (thiqah); he narrates with omission of the intermediary (yursil).d. 141 AH, or 142 AH, or more.
   خَالِدٍثقة يرسل.
   عن
5. 5
   Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt).d. 179 AH, or 182 AH, also said: 183 AH.
   خَالِدٌثقة ثبت.
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Isḥāq b. Shāhīn

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. after 250 AH
   إِسْحَاقُصدوق
   حدثنا
7. 7
   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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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.