Fasting

“Whoever fasts three days in every month, that is fasting for alifetime.” Then, in testimony of that, Allah revealed: “Whoeverbringsa good deed shall have ten time the like thereof to hiscredit.”[6:160] So one day is equivalent to ten (in reward).

“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast three days of each month.” Isaid: “Which were they?” She said: “He did not care which daystheywere.”

“I asked ‘Aishah about thefasting of the Prophet (ﷺ). She said: ‘He used to fast until wethought he would always fast. And he used to not fast until wethoughthe would always not fast. I never saw him fast more in anymonth thanin Sha’ban. He used to fast all of Sha’ban; he used tofast all ofSha’ban except a little.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto fast until we thought he would never stop fasting. And he usedtonot fast until we thought we would never fast. And he never fastedany complete month apart from Ramadan, from the time he came toAl-Madinah.”

“The most beloved fast to Allah is the fast of Dawud,forhe used to fast one day and not the next. And the most beloved ofprayer to Allah is the prayer of Dawud; he used to sleep half of thenight, pray one-third of the night and sleep one-sixth of the night.”

“Umar bin Khattab said: ‘OMessenger of Allah! What about a person who fasts two days and doesnot fast one day?’ He said: ‘Is anyone able to do that?’ Hesaid: ‘OMessenger of Allah! What about a person who fasts one dayand not thenext?’ He said: ‘That is the fast of Dawud.’ Hesaid: ‘What about aman who fasts one day and does not fast thenext two days?’ He said:‘I wish that I were given the ability todo that.’”

“Iheard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘(Prophet) Nuh fasted for alifetime, except for the Day of Fitr and the Day of Adha.’”

“Whoever fastssixdays after the Fitr will have completed the year, for whoever doesagood deed will have the reward of ten like it.”

“Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it with six days of Shawwal,itis as if he fasted for a lifetime.”

“Whoever fasts one day in the cause of Allah, Allahwillkeep the Fire away from his face the distance of seventy autumns(years) for that day.”

“Whoever fasts one day for the sake of Allah, Allah will movehisface away from the Fire a distance of seventy autumns (years).”

“The days of Mina (11th, 12th, and 13thof Dhul-Hijjah) are daysof eating and drinking.’”

The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)delivered a sermon on the days of Tashriq (11th, 12th,and 13thof Dhul-Hijjah) and said: “No one will enterParadise but a Muslimsoul, and these days are the days of eating anddrinking.”