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Bayhaqi 8437 — Fasting three days of every month

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ، ثنا عَفَّانُ، أنبأ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، أنبأ ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ ⦗٤٨٥⦘ النَّهْدِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي لِيَطْعَمَ، فَقَالَ لِلرَّسُولِ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ وَكَادُوا يَفْرُغُونَ فَجَاءَ فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَى رَسُولِهِمْ فَقَالَ: مَا تَنْظُرُونَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ صَائِمٌ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: صَدَقَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ وَصَوْمُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ " فَقَدْ صُمْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ فَأَنَا مُفْطِرٌ فِي تَخْفِيفِ اللهِ، وَصَائِمٌ فِي تَضْعِيفِ اللهِ.
Abu Uthman al-Nahdi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was on a journey. When they halted, a message was sent to him to come and eat, but he was praying, so he said to the messenger: "I am fasting." But when the food was laid out and they were about to finish, he came and began to eat. The people looked at the messenger, and he said: "What are you looking at? He himself told me that he was fasting." Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He has spoken the truth. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Fasting the month of patience and three days of every month is fasting for the whole year.' So I have fasted three days of the month; thus I am not fasting by virtue of the concession granted by Allah, and I am fasting by virtue of the multiplied reward from Allah."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8437
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