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Your body has a right, your eyes have a right, your wife has a right
and your guest has a right. It is sufficient if you fast for three days a
month because every good deed has a tenfold value and this way of
fasting is equal to fasting for ever.‟ But I was hard on myself and so
hardship was imposed upon me. I said, „O Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, I feel strong.‟ He said, „Then observe
the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, and do not add to it.‟ I asked,
„What was the fast of David?‟ He replied, „Half the time.‟ When
Abdullah became old he would say: „Alas, how I wish I had accepted
the first waiver of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him.‟"
We are also informed:
“I have been told that you fast every day and recite the entire Koran
during each night? I replied, „That is so, O Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, and I intend only good in doing so.‟
He said, „Fast like the fast of David the Prophet of Allah, he
worshiped more than any other man, and completed the recitation of
and your guest has a right. It is sufficient if you fast for three days a
month because every good deed has a tenfold value and this way of
fasting is equal to fasting for ever.‟ But I was hard on myself and so
hardship was imposed upon me. I said, „O Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, I feel strong.‟ He said, „Then observe
the fast of David, the Prophet of Allah, and do not add to it.‟ I asked,
„What was the fast of David?‟ He replied, „Half the time.‟ When
Abdullah became old he would say: „Alas, how I wish I had accepted
the first waiver of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him.‟"
We are also informed:
“I have been told that you fast every day and recite the entire Koran
during each night? I replied, „That is so, O Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, and I intend only good in doing so.‟
He said, „Fast like the fast of David the Prophet of Allah, he
worshiped more than any other man, and completed the recitation of