Hadith 5
Ubayd Allah bin Mu’ādh al-Anbarī narrated to us, my father narrated to us; and Muhammad bin ul-Muthannā narrated to us, Abd ur-Rahman bin Mahdī both narrated to us: Shu’bah narrated to us, on authority of Khubayb bin Abd ir-Rahman, on authority of Hafs bin Āsim, on authority of Abī Hurayrah, he said, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said: ‘It is enough of a lie for a man to narrate everything he hears’.
Hadith 5
Muhammad bin ul-Muthannā narrated to us, he said Abd ur-Rahman narrated to us, he said Sufyān narrated to us, on authority of Abī Ishāq, on authority of Abīl-Ahwas, on authority of Abd Illah, he said: ‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.
Hadith 21
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded that I should fight against people till they declare that there is no god but Allah, and when they profess it that there is no god but Allah, their blood and riches are guaranteed protection on my behalf except where it is justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah, and then he (the Holy Prophet) recited (this verse of the Holy Qur'an):" Thou art not over them a warden" (lxxxviii, 22).
Hadith 55
Muhammad bin Hatim and others narrate the same hadith of the Apostle (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) on the authority of Tamim ad-Dari.
Hadith 64
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: Abusing a Muslim is an outrage and fighting against him is unbelief. Zubaid said: I asked Abu Wa'il: Did you hear it from 'Abdullah narrating if from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes. But there is mention of the talk between Zubaid and Abu Wa'il in the hadith narrated by Shu'bah.
Hadith 74
It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace and blessings Be upon him) observed: The sign of a hypocrite is the hatred against the Ansar and the sign of a believer is the love for the Ansar.
Hadith 181
Suhaib reported the Apostle (ﷺ) saying: When those deserving of Paradise would enter Paradise, the Blessed and the Exalted would ask: Do you wish Me to give you anything more? They would say: Hast Thou not brightened our faces? Hast Thou not made us enter Paradise and saved us from Fire? He (the narrator) said: He (God) would lift the veil, and of things given to them nothing would he dearer to them than the sight of their Lord, the Mighty and the Glorious.
Hadith 253
'A'isha reported: Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered his house, he used tooth-stick first of all.
Hadith 255
Hudaifa reported: Whenever he (the Holy Prophet) got up for prayer during the night, he cleansed his mouth with the tooth-stick.
Hadith 262
Salman said that (one among) the polytheists remarked: I see that your friend even teaches you about the excrement. He replied; Yes, he has in fact forbidden us that anyone amongst us should cleanse himself with his right hand, or face the Qibla. He has forbidden the use of dung or bone for it, and he has also instructed us not to use less than three pebbles (for this purpose).
Hadith 267
Abu Qatadah (RA) reported it from his father: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None of you should hold penis with his right hand while urinating, or wipe himself with his right hand in privy and should not breathe into the vessel (from which he drinks).
Hadith 288
Qutaiba bin Sa'id, Ishaq bin Ibrahim, Ibn Abi 'Aruba, Abu Ma'shar, Abu Bakr (RA) bin Abu Shaiba, Mansur and Mughira have all transmitted from Ibrahim, who transmitted it on the authority of A'isha's narration pertaining to the scraping off of the (drop) of semen from the garment of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) like the hadith of Khalid on the authority of Abu Ma'shar.
Hadith 302
وحَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
ثَابِتٌ ، عَنْ
أَنَسٍ ، " أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ ، كَانُوا إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِيهِمْ ، لَمْ يُؤَاكِلُوهَا ، وَلَمْ يُجَامِعُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ ، فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ سورة البقرة آية 222 إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اصْنَعُوا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ، إِلَّا النِّكَاحَ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْيَهُودَ ، فَقَالُوا : مَا يُرِيدُ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ ، أَنْ يَدَعَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا شَيْئًا ، إِلَّا خَالَفَنَا فِيهِ ، فَجَاءَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ ، وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، فَقَالَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ ، تَقُولُ : كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَلَا نُجَامِعُهُنَّ ، فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ قَدْ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا ، فَخَرَجَا ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُمَا هَدِيَّةٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَرْسَلَ فِي آثَارِهِمَا ، فَسَقَاهُمَا فَعَرَفَا أَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيْهِمَا " .
Thabit narrated it from Anas (RA) : Among the Jews, when a woman menstruated, they did not dine with her, nor did they live with them in their houses; so the Companions of the Apostle (ﷺ) asked The Apostle (ﷺ) , and Allah, the Exalted revealed: "And they ask you about menstruation; say it is a pollution, so keep away from woman during menstruation" to the end (Qur'an, ii. 222). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do everything except intercourse. The Jews heard of that and said: This man does not want to leave anything we do without opposing us in it. Usaid bin Hudair and Abbad bin Bishr came and said: Messenger of Allah, the Jews say such and such thing. We should not have, therefore, any contact with them (as the Jews do). The face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) underwent such a change that we thought he was angry with them, but when they went out, they happened to receive a gift of milk which was sent to the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) . He (the Holy Prophet) called for them and gave them drink, whereby they knew that he was not angry with them
Hadith 307
This hadith has been transmitted with the same chain of transmitters from Mu'awyia bin Salih by Zuhair bin Harb, 'Abdul Rahman bin Mahdi, Harun bin Sa'id al-'Aili and Ibn Wahb.
Hadith 325
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace he upon him) took a bath with five Makkuks of water and performed ablution with one Makkuk. Ibn Muthanna has used the words five Makakiyya, and Ibn Mu'adh narrated it from 'Abdullah bin 'Abdullah and he made no mention of Ibn Jabr.
Hadith 453
Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: 'Umar said to Sa'd: They complain against you in every matter, even in prayer. He (Sa'd) said: I prolong (standing) in the first two (rak'ahs) and shorten it in the last two, and I make no negligence in following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He ('Umar) remarked: This is what is expected of you, or, that is what I deemed of you.
Hadith 454
وحَدَّثَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ
مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ
رَبِيعَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
قَزْعَةُ ، قَالَ : " أَتَيْتُ
أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ وَهُوَ مَكْثُورٌ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ ، قُلْتُ : إِنِّي لَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا يَسْأَلُكَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْهُ ، قُلْتُ : أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا لَكَ فِي ذَاكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ ، فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الظُّهْرِ تُقَامُ ، فَيَنْطَلِقُ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ ، فَيَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي أَهْلَهُ ، فَيَتَوَضَّأُ ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى " .
Qaz'a reported: I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and he was surrounded by people. When the people departed from him I said: I am not going to ask you what these people have been asking you. I want to ask you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He (Abu Sa'id) said: There is no good for you in this. He (Qaz'a), however, repeated (his demand). He then said: The noon prayer would start and one of us would go to Baqi' and, having relieved himself, would come to his home, then perform ablution and go to the mosque, and (he would find) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the first rak'ah.
Hadith 459
Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the noon prayer: "By the night when it envelopes" (xcii.), and in the afternoon like this, but he prolonged the morning prayer as compared to that (noon and afternoon prayers).
Hadith 503
Shu'bah narrated the same on the basis of two authorities and in the hadith transmitted by Hakam (the words are): The people began to get water that was left out of his (the Prophet's) ablution.
Hadith 518
This hadith has been narrated by Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith transmitted by Numair the words are: "I called upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ."
Hadith 618
Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to offer the noon prayer when the sun declined.
Hadith 660
This hadith has also been narrated by Shu'bah with this chain of transmitters.
Hadith 677
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed Qunut for one month invoking curse upon some tribes of Arabia (those who were responsible for the murders in Bi'r Ma'una and Raji'), but then abandoned it.
Hadith 692
Jubair bin Nufair reported: I went along with Shurahbil bin al-Simt to a village which was situated at a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles, and he said only two rak'ahs of prayer. I said to him (about it) and he said: I saw 'Umar observing two rak'ahs at Dhu'l-Hulaifa and I (too) said to him (about it) and he said: I am doing the same as I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing. (This hadith has been transmitted by Shu'bah with the same chain of narrators and it is narrated from Simt, and the name of Shurahbil has not been mentioned, and he said that he had gone to a place called Dumin, situated at a distance of eighteen miles from Hims.)
Hadith 763
حَدَّثَنِي
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هَاشِمِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ
كُرَيْبٍ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ ، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَتَى حَاجَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ نَامَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَأَتَى الْقِرْبَةَ فَأَطْلَقَ شِنَاقَهَا ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا بَيْنَ الْوُضُوءَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُكْثِرْ وَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى ، فَقُمْتُ فَتَمَطَّيْتُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَرَى ، أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَنْتَبِهُ لَهُ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى ، فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَدَارَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ، فَتَتَامَّتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ ، فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ ، وَكَانَ إِذَا نَامَ نَفَخَ ، فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ ، فَآذَنَهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ ، وَكَانَ فِي دُعَائِهِ : " اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا ، وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا ، وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا ، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا ، وَعَنْ يَسَارِي نُورًا ، وَفَوْقِي نُورًا ، وَتَحْتِي نُورًا ، وَأَمَامِي نُورًا ، وَخَلْفِي نُورًا ، وَعَظِّمْ لِي نُورًا " ، قَالَ كُرَيْبٌ : وَسَبْعًا فِي التَّابُوتِ ، فَلَقِيتُ بَعْضَ وَلَدِ الْعَبَّاسِ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِنَّ ، فَذَكَرَ : عَصَبِي ، وَلَحْمِي ، وَدَمِي ، وَشَعْرِي ، وَبَشَرِي ، وَذَكَرَ : خَصْلَتَيْنِ .
Ibn 'Abbas reported: I spent a night with my material aunt (sister of my mother) Maimuna. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) got up during the night and relieved himself, then washed his face and hands and went to sleep. He then got up again, and came to the water skin and loosened its straps, then performed good ablution between the two extremes. He then stood up and observed prayer. I also stood up and stretched my body fearing that he might be under the impression that I was there to find out (what he did at night). So I also performed ablution and stood up to pray, but I stood on his left. He took hold of my hand and made me go round to his right side. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) completed thirteen rak'ahs of his night prayer. He then lay down and slept and snored (and it was his habit to snore while asleep). Then Bilal (RA) came and he informed him about the prayer. He (the Holy Prophet) then stood up for prayer and did not perform ablution, and his supplication included there words:" O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right hand, light on my left hand, light above me, light below me, light in front of me, light behind me, and enhance light for me." Kuraib (the narrator) said: There are seven (words more) which are in my heart (but I cannot recall them) and I met some of the descendants of 'Abbas and they narrated these words to me and mentioned in them: (Light) in my sinew, in my flesh, in my blood, in my hair, in my skin, and made a mention of two more things.
Hadith 771
A'raj reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would start the prayer, he would pronounce takbir (Allah-o-Akbar) and then say: I turn my face (up to Thee), I am the first of the believers; and when he raised his head from ruku' he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him; O our Lord, praise be to Thee; and he said: He shaped (man) and how fine is his shape? And he (the narrator) said: When he pronounced salutation he said: O Allah, forgive me my earlier (sins), to the end of the hadith; and he did not say it between the Tashahhud and salutation (as mentioned above).
Hadith 795
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-Bara' with a slight modification of words.
Hadith 809
This hadith has been transmitted by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters. But Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: At the end of Surah al-Kahf, but Hammam said: At the beginning of Surah al-Kahf.
Hadith 962
It is narrated on the authority of Muhammad bin Munkadir that he said: I heard from Mas'ud bin al-Hakam who narrated it on the authority of Hadrat 'Ali that he said: We saw the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) stood up for a (bier) and we also stood up; he sat down and we too sat down.
Hadith 963
A hadith like this has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 979
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: No Sadaqa is payable on the grains and dates till it comes to the Weight of five wasqs, or less than five heads of camels, or less than five uqiyas (of silver).
Hadith 1008
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1066
A hadith like this has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1080
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Aswad bin Qais with the same chain of transmitters, but herein no mention has been made of the other month (consisting of) thirty days.
Hadith 1098
A hadith like this has been transmitted by Sahl bin Sa'd.
Hadith 1106
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) (peace be upon him) kissed (his wives) while fasting.
Hadith 1116
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters by different narrators (except this difference) that in the hadith transmitted by Taimi and Umar bin Amir and Hisham (the date of setting out is) 18th, and in the hadith transmitted by Sa'id it is the 12th, and in the one transmitted by Shu'bah it is the 17th or 19th.
Hadith 1120
حَدَّثَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، عَنْ
مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ
رَبِيعَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
قَزَعَةُ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ
أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ مَكْثُورٌ عَلَيْهِ ، فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ ، قُلْتُ : إِنِّي لَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا يَسْأَلُكَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْهُ ، سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فِي السَّفَرِ ، فَقَالَ : سَافَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَنَحْنُ صِيَامٌ ، قَالَ : فَنَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ دَنَوْتُمْ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ ، وَالْفِطْرُ أَقْوَى لَكُمْ " ، فَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةً فَمِنَّا مَنْ صَامَ وَمِنَّا مَنْ أَفْطَرَ ، ثُمَّ نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا آخَرَ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّكُمْ مُصَبِّحُو عَدُوِّكُمْ وَالْفِطْرُ أَقْوَى لَكُمْ ، فَأَفْطِرُوا " ، وَكَانَتْ عَزْمَةً فَأَفْطَرْنَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا نَصُومُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي السَّفَرِ .
Qaza'a reported: I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) and he was surrounded (by people), and when they dispersed I said to him: I am not going to ask you about what these people were asking. I ask you about fasting on a journey. Upon this he said: We travelled with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) towards Makkah and we had been observing fast. We halted at a place. There the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: You are nearing your enemy and breaking of fast would give you greater strength, and that was a concession (given to us). But some of us continued to observe the fast and some of us broke it. We then got down at another place and he (the Holy Prophet) said: You are going to encounter the enemy in the morning and breaking of the fast would give you strength, so break the fast. As it was a point of stress, so we broke the fast. But subsequently we saw ourselves observing the fast with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey.
Hadith 1123
This hadith has been narrated by Abu Nadr on the authority of Umair, the freed slave of Umm al-Fadl, through the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1159
وحَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ،
وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ جميعا ، عَنِ
ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ ، قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ، بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَصُومُ النَّهَارَ ، وَتَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ ، فَلَا تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ لِجَسَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَظًّا ، وَلِعَيْنِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَظًّا ، وَإِنَّ لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَظًّا ، صُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ ، صُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ، فَذَلِكَ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ " ، قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ بِي قُوَّةً ، قَالَ : " فَصُمْ صَوْمَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام ، صُمْ يَوْمًا ، وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا " ، فَكَانَ يَقُولُ : يَا لَيْتَنِي أَخَذْتُ بِالرُّخْصَةِ .
'Abdullah bin 'Amr (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me! 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, it has been conveyed to me that you observe fast during the day and stand in prayer during the whole night. Don't do that, for your body has a share of its own in you, your eye has a share of its own in you, your wife has a share of her own in you. Observe fast and break it too. Fast for three days in every month and that is a perpetual fasting. I said! Messenger of Allah, I have got strength enough (to do more than this), whereupon he said: Then observe the fast of David (peace be upon him). Observe fast one day and break it (on the other) day. And he ('Abdullah bin 'Amr) used to say: Would that I had availed myself of this concession.