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DISCIPLINE OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him

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“Out of compassion, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, forbade his Companions to fast continuously without a break. They commented, ‘But you fast continuously.’ He replied, ‘I am not like you. In the night my Lord gives me food and drink.’”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, who related this.