أَخْبَرَنِي
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ عَلَى
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو , قُلْتُ : أَيْ عَمِّ حَدِّثْنِي عَمَّا , قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَجْمَعْتُ عَلَى أَنْ أَجْتَهِدَ اجْتِهَادًا شَدِيدًا ، حَتَّى قُلْتُ لَأَصُومَنَّ الدَّهْرَ ، وَلَأَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ، فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَانِي ، حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ فِي دَارِي , فَقَالَ : " بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَأَصُومَنَّ الدَّهْرَ ، وَلَأَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ " , فَقُلْتُ : قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ : " فَلَا تَفْعَلْ صُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ " , قُلْتُ : إِنِّي أَقْوَى عَلَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ : " فَصُمْ مِنَ الْجُمُعَةِ يَوْمَيْنِ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسَ " , قُلْتُ : فَإِنِّي أَقْوَى عَلَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ , قَالَ : " فَصُمْ صِيَامَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام ، فَإِنَّهُ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمًا صَائِمًا وَيَوْمًا مُفْطِرًا ، وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا وَعَدَ لَمْ يُخْلِفْ ، وَإِذَا لَاقَى لَمْ يَفِرَّ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Salamah bin 'Abdur-Rahman said:` "I entered upon 'Abdullah bin 'Amr and said: O uncle, tell me what the Messenger of Allah said to you. He said: O son of my brother, I had resolved to strive very hard until I said: I will fast for the rest of my life and I will read the whole Quran every day and night. The Messenger of Allah heard about that, and came in to me in my house, and said: I have heard that you said, I will fast for a lifetime and will read the Quran. I said: I did say that, O Messenger of Allah. He said; Do not do that. Fast three days of each month. I said: I am able to do more than that. He said: fast two days of each week, Monday and Thursday. I said: I am able to do more than that. He said; Observe the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him, for it is the best kind of fasting before Allah; one day fasting, and one day not fasting. And when he made a promise he did not break it, and when he met (the enemy in battle) he did not flee." 'Ata said: "someone who heard him told me that Ibn 'Umar (said) that the Prophet said: 'Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted."