Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1176

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad related to us: ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf related to us: Khalid ibn ‘Abd Allah related to us, from Khalid, from Abu Qilabah, who said: Abu al-Malih informed me: I went with your father, Zayd, to ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr. He told us that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had been told about my fasting, so he came to me. I spread out for him a leather cushion stuffed with palm fiber, but he sat on the ground, with the cushion between us. He said to me, ‘Are three days each month enough for you?’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Five?’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Seven?’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Nine?’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘Eleven?’ I said, ‘Messenger of Allah!’ He said, ‘There is no fasting beyond the fasting of David: half the time, fasting one day and breaking the fast the next.’