أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ فَيَّاضٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِيَاضٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صُمْ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ يَوْمًا وَلَکَ أَجْرُ مَا بَقِيَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ قَالَ فَصُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَلَکَ أَجْرُ مَا بَقِيَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ قَالَ فَصُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَکَ أَجْرُ مَا بَقِيَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ قَالَ صُمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَکَ أَجْرُ مَا بَقِيَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّوْمِ صَوْمُ دَاوُدَ کَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2409
‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to me: ‘Fast one day of the month and you will have the reward of what is left.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Fast two days and you will have the reward of what is left.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Fast three days and you will have the reward of what is left.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Fast four days and you will have the reward of what is left.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘The best fasting is the fast of Dawftd; he used to fast one day and not the next.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020