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عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، قَالَ : لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " أَلَمْ أُحَدَّثْ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ ؟ قَالَ : أَحْسَبُهُ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَاكَ . قَالَ : قُمْ وَنَمْ وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَصُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَذَاكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ : فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ . قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ : فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ وَهُوَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ . قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
Narrated Adb Allah bin Amr bin al-As: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ met me and said: Have I not been informed that you told: I shall stand at prayer all the night, and I shall fast during the day ? He said: I think so. Yes, Messenger of Allah, I have said this. He said: Get up and pray at night and sleep ; fast and break your fast ; fast three days every month: that is equivalent to keeping perpetual fast. I said: Messenger of Allah, I have more power than that. He said: Then fast one day and break your fast one day. That is the most moderate fast ; that is the fast of Dawud (David). He said: I have more power than that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no fast more excellent that it.