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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Fasting

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2402

Chapter: Fasting Five Days of the Month

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 2402

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، - وَهُوَ الْحَذَّاءُ - عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ، قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِيكَ زَيْدٍ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذُكِرَ لَهُ صَوْمِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ وِسَادَةَ أَدَمٍ رَبْعَةً حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَصَارَتِ الْوِسَادَةُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ خَمْسًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ سَبْعًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ تِسْعًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ لاَ صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ وَفِطْرُ يَوْمٍ ‏"

It was narrated that Ibn Al-Malih said:

"I entered with Zaid upon 'Abdullah bin Amr and he narrated: 'The Messenger of Allah was told about my fasting, so the entered upon me and I gave him an average-sized leather pillow that was stuffed with palm fibvers. He sat in the ground with the pillow between myself and him, and said: "Whill it not be sufficient for you to fast three days each months?" I said: O Messenger of Allah! He said: "O Messenger of Allah!" He said: "Eleven." I said: "O Messenger of Allah!" Then the Prophet said: "There is not fast better than the fast of Dawud, half of a lifetime, fasting one day and not next."

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 2402), Al-Bukhari (No. 6277) and Muslim (No. 1159m).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( فَأَلْقَيْت لَهُ وِسَادَة أَدَمٍ ) هِيَ بِكَسْرِ الْوَاوِ الْمِخَدَّة وَأَدَم بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ الْجِلْدُ ( رَبْعَة ) بِفَتْحٍ فَسُكُونٍ أَوْ بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ أَيْ مُتَوَسِّطَة لَا كَبِيرَة وَلَا قَصِيرَة ( حَشْوُهَا ) الْحَشْو مَا يُحْشَى بِهَا الْفُرُشُ وَغَيْرُهَا ( لِيفٌ ) لِيف النَّخْلِ بِالْكَسْرِ مَعْرُوفٌ ( قُلْت يَا رَسُول اللَّه ) أَيْ زِدْ لِي ( لَا صَوْم فَوْق صَوْم دَاوُدَ شَطْر الدَّهْر ) قَالَ الْحَافِظ اِبْن حَجَر بِالرَّفْعِ عَلَى الْقَطْع أَيْ عَلَى تَقْدِير الْمُبْتَدَأ وَيَجُوز النَّصْبُ عَلَى إِضْمَار فِعْلٍ وَالْجَرُّ عَلَى الْبَدَلِ مِنْ صَوْم دَاوُدَ قَالَ وَيَجُوز فِي قَوْله صِيَام يَوْم الْحَرَكَاتُ الثَّلَاثُ ثُمَّ ظَاهِر الْحَدِيث أَنَّ صَوْم دَاوُدَ أَفْضَلُ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2402
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 2402
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2402

Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6277

The news of my fasting was mentioned to the Prophet (ﷺ) . So he entered upon me and I put for him a leather cushion stuffed with palm-fibres. The Prophet (ﷺ) sat on the floor and the cushion was between me and him. He said to me, "Isn't it sufficient for you (that you fast) three days a month?" I…

لاَ صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ، شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ، وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 1159m

I went along with your father to 'Abdullah b. Amr, and he narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was informed about my fasting and he came to me, and I placed a leather cushion filled with fibre of date-palms for him. He sat down upon the ground and there was that cushion between me and…

لاَ صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ شَطْرُ الدَّهْرِ صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1176

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported his fasting was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to visit me and I threw him a leather cushion stuffed with palm fibre, but he sat on the ground. The cushion…

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ قَالَ‏:‏ دَخَلْتُ…

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  • الأدب المفرد للبخاري (1156)لا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (2684)لا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ ، شَطْرَ الدَّهْرِ ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ وَفِطْرُ يَوْمٍ
  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (2404)لا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ ، شَطْرُ الدَّهْرِ ، صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ ، وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ
  • شرح السنة (3237)ذُكِرَ لَهُ صَوْمِي ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ لَهُ وِسَادَةً مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ ، فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ ، وَصَارَتِ الْوِسَادَةُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَا يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ : خَمْسًا ، قُلْتُ : ي
  • صحيح ابن حبان (3723)لا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ ، شَطْرُ الدَّهْرِ صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ ، وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (2331)لا صَوْمَ فَوْقَ صَوْمِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ، شَطْرُ الدَّهْرِ : صِيَامُ يَوْمٍ ، وَإِفْطَارُ يَوْمٍ

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1976

There is no fasting superior to the fast of my brother Dawūd; fasting half of one's life by fasting one day and eating one day

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was told that I had said: "By Allah, I will fast every day and pray every night for as long as I live." The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon…

فَصُمْ وَأَفْطِرْ، وَقُمْ وَنَمْ، وَصُمْ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ صِيَامِ الدَّهْرِ ‏"

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1979

No fasting counts for the one who fasts continuously. Fasting three days is like fasting the entire year

"You fast continuously and stand in prayer at night?" I said: Yes. He said: "If you do that, your eyes will become weak, and your soul will become weary. No fasting counts for the one who fasts continuously. Fasting three days is like fasting the entire year". I said: Indeed, I am capable of more…

يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا، وَلاَ يَفِرُّ إِذَا لاَقَى ‏"

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 1389

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Qur'an in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up other day. The narrator 'Ata said: The people differed from my father (in…

صُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَاقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَنَاقَصَنِي وَنَاقَصْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ صُمْ يَوْمًا وَأَفْطِرْ يَوْمًا ‏"

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan an-Nasa'i 2391

"The Messenger of Allah entered my apartment and said: "I have been told that you stand all night (in prayer) and fast all day.' I said: 'Yes (I do).' He said: 'Do not do that. Sleep and stand (in prayer); fast and break your fast. For your eyes have a right over you, your body has a right over…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1159n

Observe fast for a day and there would be reward for you for the rest (of the days). He said: I am capable of doing more than this. He then said: Observe fast for two days, and there would be reward for you for the rest (of the days). He said: I am capable of doing more than this. He (the Holy…

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