Sahih Muslim 1159b
Prohibition of Fasting for a lifetime for the one who will be harmed by that or who will neglect other duties, or does not break his fast on the two 'Ids or during the days of At-Tashriq; It is better to fast alternate days
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وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّومِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ
انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا، وَإِذَا عِنْدَ بَابِ دَارِهِ مَسْجِدٌ، قَالَ: فَكُنَّا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنْ تَشَاءُوا أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا وَإِنْ تَشَاءُوا أَنْ تَقْعُدُوا هَا هُنَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: لَا بَلْ نَقْعُدُ هَا هُنَا، فَحَدِّثْنَا، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ، وَأَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، قَالَ: فَإِمَّا ذُكِرْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِمَّا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ لِي: «أَلَمْ أُخْبَرْ أَنَّكَ تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ، وَتَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ؟»، فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ وَلَمْ أُرِدْ بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ بِحَسْبِكَ أَنْ تَصُومَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ»، قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِزَوْرِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا»، قَالَ: «فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَعْبَدَ النَّاسِ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ وَمَا صَوْمُ دَاوُدَ؟ قَالَ: «كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا، وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا»، قَالَ: «وَاقْرَأِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عِشْرِينَ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ عَشْرٍ»، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: «فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعٍ وَلَا تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِزَوْرِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا»، قَالَ: فَشَدَّدْتُ، فَشُدِّدَ عَلَيَّ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي لَعَلَّكَ يَطُولُ بِكَ عُمْرٌ»، قَالَ: فَصِرْتُ إِلَى الَّذِي قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَبِرْتُ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ قَبِلْتُ رُخْصَةَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ.
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Rūmī
- al-Naḍr b. Muḥammad
- ʿIkrimah / Ibn ʿAmmār
- Yaḥyá
I set out, along with Abdullah b. Yazid, to go to Abu Salamah, and we sent a messenger to him. He came out to us, and there was a small mosque at the door of his house. He said: We stayed in the mosque until he came out to us, and he said: If you wish, you may enter, and if you wish, you may sit here. We said: Rather, we will sit here—so tell us. He said: Abdullah b. Amr b. al-As narrated to me: I used to fast continuously, and I would recite the Quran every night. Either I was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ or he sent for me, so I went to him. He said to me: “Have I not been informed that you fast continuously and recite the Quran every night?” I said: Yes, O Prophet of Allah, and I only intended good by that. He said: “It is sufficient for you to fast three days of every month.” I said: O Prophet of Allah, I am able to do better than that. He said: “Your wife has a right over you, your guest has a right over you, and your body has a right over you.” He said: “So fast the fast of Dawud, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, for he was the most devoted of people.” I said: O Prophet of Allah, what is the fast of Dawud? He said: “He would fast one day and break the fast the next.” He said: “And recite the Quran every month.” I said: O Prophet of Allah, I am able to do better than that. He said: “Then recite it every twenty ˹days˺.” I said: O Prophet of Allah, I am able to do better than that. He said: “Then recite it in every ten.” I said: O Prophet of Allah, I am able to do better than that. He said: “Then recite it in every seven, and do not go beyond that—for your wife has a right over you, your guest has a right over you, and your body has a right over you.” He said: So I made things hard on myself, and it was made hard on me. He said: And the Prophet ﷺ said to me: “You do not know, perhaps you will live a long life.” He said: So I ended up adhering to what the Prophet ﷺ had told me, and when I grew old, I wished that I had accepted the concession of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ.
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