حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَمْ أُنَبَّأْ أَنَّکَ تَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَتَصُومُ النَّهَارَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ فَإِنَّکَ إِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِکَ هَجَمَتْ الْعَيْنُ وَنَفِهَتْ النَّفْسُ صُمْ مِنْ کُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَذَلِکَ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ أَوْ کَصَوْمِ الدَّهْرِ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَجِدُ بِي قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ يَعْنِي قُوَّةً قَالَ فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام وَکَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا وَلَا يَفِرُّ إِذَا لَاقَی
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3420
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle said to me, "The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David who used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of it."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020