Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2430
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ - قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبَ، فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لاَ يَصُومُ .
Translation
Uthman ibn Hakim said: I asked Said ibn Jubayr about fasting in Rajab. He said that Ibn Abbas told him the Messenger of Allah would fast so much that we thought he would never stop fasting, and then refrain from fasting so much that we thought he would never fast again.