Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي قَالَ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ أُحَدَّثْ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ أَوْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ لَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَلَأَصُومَنَّ النَّهَارَ قَالَ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقُمْ وَنَمْ وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَصُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمَيْنِ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَصُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ أَعْدَلُ الصِّيَامِ وَهُوَ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَأَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ بَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَقُولُ لَأَصُومَنَّ الدَّهْرَ وَلَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ مَا بَقِيتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ أَوْ قُلْتَ لَأَصُومَنَّ الدَّهْرَ وَلَأَقُومَنَّ اللَّيْلَ مَا بَقِيتُ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقُمْ وَنَمْ وَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ وَصُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ فَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَةَ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ma'mar narrated from al-Zuhri from Ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) met me and said: "Have I not been told that you stand in prayer all night and fast all day?" - or he said: "Are you the one who says: I will surely stand in prayer all night and fast all day?" He said - I think he said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, I have said that." He said: "Then stand in prayer and sleep, fast and break your fast. Fast three days of every month, and that is equivalent to fasting the entire time." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am able to do more than that." He said: "Then fast one day and break your fast for two days." I said: "I am able to do better than that." He said: "Then fast one day and break your fast one day. That is the most balanced fasting, and it is the fast of Dawud (David)." I said: "I am able to do better than that." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "There is nothing better than that." Rawh narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Abi Hafsah informed us, Ibn Shihab informed us from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As who said: It reached the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that I was saying: "I will surely fast perpetually and stand in prayer all night as long as I live." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Are you the one who says - or said - I will surely fast perpetually and stand in prayer all night as long as I live?" He said: I said: "Yes." He said: "You cannot endure that. So stand in prayer and sleep, fast and break your fast. Fast three days of every month, for a good deed is multiplied ten times" - and he mentioned the same meaning. Abd al-Samad narrated to us: Hisham narrated from Yahya from Abu Salamah: Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As narrated to me saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) entered upon me - and he mentioned a similar hadith to that of al-Zuhri.