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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
the Holy Reading in a month.‟ I replied: „O Prophet of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him, I am strong enough to do more than this.‟
He said: „Then complete it every twenty days.‟ I said: „O Prophet of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I feel strong enough to do
more than that.‟ He said: „Then recite it every ten days.‟ I said: „O
Prophet of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I have strength to
do more than that. He said: „Well then, recite it every seven days
and do not add to this recitation.‟ So I was hard on myself and
hardship was imposed upon me. The Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, told me: „You do not know, you may have a long life.‟
Then I reached that of which the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, had spoken. When I became old I wished I had accepted the
waiver of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him.
In another narration:
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
the Holy Reading in a month.‟ I replied: „O Prophet of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him, I am strong enough to do more than this.‟
He said: „Then complete it every twenty days.‟ I said: „O Prophet of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I feel strong enough to do
more than that.‟ He said: „Then recite it every ten days.‟ I said: „O
Prophet of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, I have strength to
do more than that. He said: „Well then, recite it every seven days
and do not add to this recitation.‟ So I was hard on myself and
hardship was imposed upon me. The Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, told me: „You do not know, you may have a long life.‟
Then I reached that of which the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, had spoken. When I became old I wished I had accepted the
waiver of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him.
In another narration: