DISCIPLINE OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him, H 231 "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.'" R 231 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.
230- وَعَنْهَا رضي الله عنها ، قَالَتْ : نَهَاهُمُ النَّبيُّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم عنِ الوِصَال رَحمَةً لَهُمْ ، فَقَالُوا : إنَّكَ تُوَاصِلُ ؟ قَالَ : "إنّي لَسْتُ كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ ، إنِّي أبيتُ يُطْعمُني رَبِّي وَيَسقِيني" مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ .