Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 25552a
"لاَ صَامَ مَنْ صَامَ الدَّهْرَ، صَوْمُ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ كُلِّه، قَال: إِنِّى أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ منْ ذَلِكَ، فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ، كَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا ويُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، وَلاَ يَفِرُّ إِذَا لاَقَى، وَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ، قَالَ: إِنِى أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: لاَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ".
Translation
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"He who fasts constantly has not fasted. Fasting three days is like fasting the whole of time." He said: "I am able to do better than that." So fast the fast of Dawud, who used to fast one day and break his fast the next day, and he did not flee when he met (the enemy), and it is the best of fasting." He said: "I am able to do better than that." He said: "There is no better than that."
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[خ] البخاري عن ابن عمرو
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