حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صُمْ مِنْ کُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَاقْرَأْ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ فَنَاقَصَنِي وَنَاقَصْتُهُ فَقَالَ صُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا قَالَ عَطَائٌ وَاخْتَلَفْنَا عَنْ أَبِي فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا خَمْسًا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1389
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Quran in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up other day. The narrator Ata said: The people differed from my father (in narrating the period of time). Some narrated seven days and others five.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020