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DO NOT INFLICT UNNECESSARY HARDSHIPS UPON YOURSELF

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While the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was delivering his sermon, he noticed a man standing up and inquired about him. He was told that his name was Abu Israel and that he had made a vow to keep standing in the sun. He would neither sit down, move into the shade, nor would he speak to anyone and he was fasting. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: ‘Tell him to speak, and to move into the shade and sit down. But let him complete his fast.’

Bukhari with a chain up to ibn Abbas who related this.