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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "O `Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you fast during the day and offer prayers all the night." `Abdullah replied, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't do that; fast for few days and then give it up for few days, offer prayers and also sleep at night, as your body has a right on you, and your wife has a right on you, and your guest has a right on you. And it is sufficient for you to fast three days in a month, as the reward of a good deed is multiplied ten times, so it will be like fasting throughout the year." I insisted (on fasting) and so I was given a hard instruction. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have power." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Fast like the fasting of the Prophet David (ﷺ) and do not fast more than that." I said, "How was the fasting of the Prophet of Allah, David (ﷺ)?" He said, "Half of the year," (i.e. he used to fast on every alternate day). Afterwards when `Abdullah became old, he used to say, "It would have been better for me if I had accepted the permission of the Prophet (which he gave me i.e. to fast only three days a month)

حدثنا ابن مقاتل، اخبرنا عبد الله، اخبرنا الاوزاعي، قال حدثني يحيى بن ابي كثير، قال حدثني ابو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، قال حدثني عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضى الله عنهما قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " يا عبد الله الم اخبر انك تصوم النهار وتقوم الليل ". فقلت بلى يا رسول الله. قال " فلا تفعل، صم وافطر، وقم ونم، فان لجسدك عليك حقا، وان لعينك عليك حقا، وان لزوجك عليك حقا، وان لزورك عليك حقا، وان بحسبك ان تصوم كل شهر ثلاثة ايام، فان لك بكل حسنة عشر امثالها، فان ذلك صيام الدهر كله ". فشددت، فشدد على، قلت يا رسول الله، اني اجد قوة. قال " فصم صيام نبي الله داود عليه السلام ولا تزد عليه ". قلت وما كان صيام نبي الله داود عليه السلام قال " نصف الدهر ". فكان عبد الله يقول بعد ما كبر يا ليتني قبلت رخصة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم