مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الصومBook of Fasting
Virtue of fasting three days each month besides Ramadan
Hadith 396
أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، نا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَنَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا، فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ رَسُولًا وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي لِيَطْعَمَ، فَقَالَ: لِلرَّسُولِ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ وَكَادُوا أَنْ يَفْرُغُوا جَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَى رَسُولِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ صَائِمٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: صَدَقَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ، وَصِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ)) ، فَقَدْ صُمْتُ ثَلَاثًا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَأَنَا مُفْطِرٌ فِي تَخْفِيفِ اللَّهِ وَصَائِمٌ فِي تَضْعِيفِ اللَّهِ.
It is narrated from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi that Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. He stopped at a place and sent a messenger to him while he was praying, so that he could come and eat. He said to the messenger: I am fasting. When the food was served and it was near that they would finish, he also started eating. Then he looked towards his messenger, so he said: He had told me that he was fasting. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He spoke the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Fasting in the month of patience and fasting three days of every month is equivalent to fasting forever." I have already fasted three days of the month. I am one who leaves fasting in Allah’s concession and fasts in Allah’s strengthening.
