Hadith 7023

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ، فِي كَمْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ؟ " ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : فِي يَوْمِي وَلَيْلَتِي ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ لِي : " ارْقُدْ وَصَلِّ ، وَارْقُدْ ، وَاقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ " ، قَالَ : فَمَا زِلْتُ أُنَاقِصُهُ وَيُنَاقِصُنِي ، إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ : " اقْرَأْهُ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعِ لَيَالٍ " ، قَالَ أَبِي : وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ ، وَسَقَطَتْ عَلَيَّ كَلِمَةٌ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَصُومُ وَلَا أُفْطِرُ ؟ قَالَ : فَقَالَ لِي : " صُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ ، وَصُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ " ، فَمَا زِلْتُ أُنَاقِصُهُ وَيُنَاقِصُنِي ، حَتَّى قَالَ : " صُمْ أَحَبَّ الصِّيَامِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، صِيَامَ دَاوُدَ ، صُمْ يَوْمًا ، وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا " ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو : لَأَنْ أَكُونَ قَبِلْتُ رُخْصَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ ، حَسِبْتُهُ شَكَّ عَبِيدَةُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abdullah bin Amr, in how long do you complete the recitation of the Qur'an?" I replied, "In one day and night." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Sleep as well, perform prayer as well, and complete the recitation of the Qur'an once every month." I kept requesting the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to reduce it further, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept reducing it, until the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Complete the recitation of the Qur'an once every seven nights." (My father says that here I missed a word which I could not understand.) Then I said that I always fast and never leave it. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Fast as well and leave it as well, and fast three days in every month." I kept requesting the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to reduce it further, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kept reducing it, until the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fast in the way which is most beloved to Allah, and it is the way of Sayyiduna Dawud (peace be upon him), that is, fast one day and leave one day." Later, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that now accepting the concession of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is more beloved to me than red camels.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 7023
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