Sunan an-Nasa'i 2388

Translation

"The Messenger of Allah said: "The best of fasting is the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him. He used to fast for one day and break his fast for one day."' 'Ata said: "someone who heard him told me that Ibn 'Umar (said) that the Prophet said: 'Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted."

Grades by grader

Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 770Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 7922

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
   وَمُغِيرَةُثقة متقن إلا أنه كان يدلس ولا سيما عن إبراهيم
   أنبأنا
4. 4
   Hushaym b. Bashīr

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AH
   هُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفي
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Manīʿ

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, or 243 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍثقة حافظ
   قرأ علينا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.