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“Three people asked the wives of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them, about the Prophet’s worshiping practice. After they had been informed, they felt this would be insufficient in their cases and said: ‘There is no comparison between the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and us. He has been forgiven in advance.’ One of them declared: ‘I will always spend the whole night in voluntary prayer.’ The second announced: ‘I shall fast every day without interruption.’ The third said: ‘I shall keep away from women and never marry.’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, arrived and asked them: ‘Did you say this and this? I fear Allah more than you do and I am more mindful of my duty to Him than you are, but I fast and also break the fast, and I offer voluntary prayers at night and also sleep, and I cohabit with my wives. He who turns away from my practice is not of me.’”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related this.