Remembrance of Allah — Page 122
122 َ َّ هللا ِ قَال َ فَل َ تَفْعَل ْ صُم ْ وَاَفْطِر ْ وَقُم ْ وَنَم ْ فَاِن َّ لِجَسَدِك َ عَلَيْك َ حَقًّا وَاِن َّ لِعَيْنِك َ عَلَيْك ُ حَقًّا وَاِن َّ لِزَوْجِك َ عَلَيْك َ حَقًّا وَاِن َّ لِزَوْرِك َ عَلَيْك َ حَقًّا وَاِن َّ بِحَسْبِك َ اَن ْ تَصُوْم َ كُل ه ٖ فَشَدَّدْت ِّ حَسَنَة ٍ عَشْر َ اَمْثَالِهَا فَاِن َّ ذٰلِك َ صِيَام ُ الدَّهْر ِ كُل ِّ ُل ک ِ َّام ٍ فَاِن َّ لَك َ ب ی ُ شَهْر ٍ ثَلَثَة َ اَ هللا ِ دَاوُد ُ عَلَيْه ِ السَّلَم ِّ ي ْ اَجِد ُ قُوَّة ً قَال َ فَصُم ْ صِيَام َ نَبِي ِّ َا رَسُوْل َ هللا ِ اِن ی ُ د َ عَلَي َّ قُلْت ِّ ِ فَشُد َمُ؟ قَال َ نِصْف َ الدَّهْر ل َّ هللا ِ دَاوُد َ عَلَيْه ِ الس ِّ وَل َ تَزِد ْ عَلَيْه ِ قُلْت ُ وَمَا كَان َ صِيَام ُ نَبِي هللا ُ عَلَيْه ِ وَسَلَّمَ. ی َّ صَل ِّ َا لَيْتَنِي ْ قَبِلْت ُ رُخْصَة َ النَّبِي ی َ َقُوْل ُ بَعْد َ مَا كَبِر ی ِ َان َ عَبْد ُ هللا ک فَ ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-Asra narrates: The Messenger of Allah s as said to me, ‘O ‘Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you fast during the day and offer prayers during the night?’ Abdullah replied, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah!’ The Prophet s as said, ‘Do not do that; fast and give it up (fast for a few days and then give it up for few days), offer prayers and also sleep at night, as your body has a right on you, and your eye has a right on you, and your wife has a right on you, and your guest has a right on you. And it is sufficient for you to fast three days in a month, as the reward of a good deed is multiplied ten times, so it will be like fasting throughout the year. ’ I insisted (on fasting) and so I was given a hard instruction. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! I have the strength. ’ The Prophet s as said, ‘Then fast how David, the Prophet of Allah, would fast, and do not fast more than that. ’ I said, ‘How did David, the Prophet of Allah, fast?’ He said, ‘Half of the year,’ [every alternate day]. Afterwards, when ‘Abdullah became old, he used to say, ‘It would have been better for me if I had accepted the permission of the Prophet s as (i. e. to fast only three days a month)’ ( S a hih al-Bukh ā r ī, Kitābu s-S aum, Bāb H aqqil-Jismi fi s-S aum; Hadith 1975).